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On Independence Day, Israelis choose life

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The people of Israel are different. Despite a terrible war, on Israel’s 76th birthday, nothing is clearer than the strength of its extraordinary young people. They should be admired by other young people the...

On Memorial Day, Israeli leaders promise brighter future

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Monday that the Israel Defense Forces would “keep going until the end” to defeat Hamas, as the Jewish state marked its first Memorial Day since the Oct....

President Isaac Herzog’s Yom Hazikaron address

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Every year, after the sounding of the shofar, there reigns here in the expanse of the Western Wall Plaza a sacred, special silence, preserved only for this moment of the year. But tonight, we...
Soldiers place flags on the graves of fallen comrades at Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem, April 23, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Israel commemorates fallen heroes as state marks Memorial Day

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Israel began marking Memorial Day on Monday night as a one-minute commemorative siren sounded across the country. Fifty-nine Israeli soldiers fell in the line of duty in the past year, and an additional 86 disabled...
David Caspi. Photo by Avi Kumar.

‘I can spit on the canal,’ radioed first tank to reach the Suez in...

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David Caspi still remembers the signal phrase 56 years later: “red blanket.” At the time, he could not have known that when he led his tank unit—Division 200—towards the Suez Canal, the conflict would...
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Grieving together for our fallen heroes

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This year, Israel’s annual Remembrance Day for the Fallen Soldiers of the Wars of Israel will have a special meaning. At the height of a polarizing political storm, we will all pause for a day...
A "Joint Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day" ceremony held by the Combatants for Peace group. Source: Screenshot.

Israeli court orders government to let Palestinians attend Memorial Day event

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Israel’s Supreme Court, sitting as the High Court of Justice, overruled Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Sunday and ordered him to allow Palestinians to cross the Green Line to attend an annual joint Memorial...
Thousands of Israelis protest against judicial reform at the Azrieli junction in Tel Aviv, April 8, 2023. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90.

Israel’s protests are now crossing sacred red lines

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Israel’s three-month-old protest movement, which has repeatedly brought tens of thousands into the streets, is now crossing an increasing number of red lines. There are serious anxieties that protests will disrupt next week’s Remembrance Day...
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant at the government's swearing-in ceremony at the Knesset, Dec. 29, 2022. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Gallant asks ministers to eschew politics on Memorial Day

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Defense Minister Yoav Gallant sent a letter to government ministers and Knesset members on Thursday requesting that they stress unity in official state speeches on Israel’s Memorial Day and Independence Day next week. “I would...
World Zionist Organization chairman Yaakov Hagoel poses for a picture at the World Zionist Organization offices in Jerusalem, June 15, 2020. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

WZO chairman calls for Israel Memorial Day recognition for global victims of anti-Semitic terror

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The chairman of the World Zionist Organization has sent Israel’s prime minister a letter requesting official Yom Hazikaron, Israeli Memorial Day, recognition for the victims of anti-Semitic attacks outside the Jewish state, according to...