Yigael Yadin, purofesa wezvokuchera matongo paHebrew University, akanga ambova mukuru mukuru wemauto echiIsrael. Somunhu anochera matongo, muna 1960, akawana mipumburu yematehwe yakanyorwa naShimon bar-Kochva, mutungamiriri Mukumukira kwechiJudha
. Kuwana kwacho kwakachengetwa chakavanzika kwemwedzi, kusati kwaziviswa pamhemberero yakapindwa nevatungamiriri vakasiyana-siyana veIsrael uye vezvenhau vemarudzi ose. Hurukuro yakatevera yaYadin paMann Auditorium muTel Aviv yakakwezva vanhu vanenge zviuru zvitatu.