ISRAEL (IINO)
YOM HAZIkARON – Day of Remembrance for Israel’s fallen soldiers and Citizens
Blessed is the True Judge
Watch: Memorial Day siren and Psalms at the Western Wall [23:13]
Two-minute Memorial Day siren is followed by Psalms at Western Wall, in moving ceremony attended by hundreds.
Apr 25, 2023, 1:12 PM (GMT+3) – For the first time, a Memorial Day morning ceremony was held on Tuesday at the Western Wall, during which hundreds of worshipers and visitors at the site emotionally recited Psalms following the Memorial Day siren.
Immediately following the memorial siren, a moving ceremony was held at the Western Wall, beginning with the recital of Psalms in memory of those who fell in service and who were murdered in terror attacks.
The ceremony was attended by Western Wall Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz, Construction and Housing Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf (United Torah Judaism), Western Wall Heritage Foundation Director-General Mordechai Eliav, and hundreds of visitors who were present in the Western Wall plaza at the time.
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Rabbi Rabinowitz recited Psalm 16 in memory of the fallen, and immediately afterwards cantor Eli Cohen recited the Kaddish prayer, followed by Kel Malei Rachamim.
Watch Live: Memorial Day ceremony at Mount Herzl military cemetery [41:01]
Prime Minister Netanyahu, President Herzog, Knesset Speaker Ohana attend Memorial Day ceremony at Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem
Apr 25, 2023, 11:04 AM – The state ceremony marking Israel’s Memorial Day (Yom HaZikaron) began just after 11:00 a.m. Tuesday morning, immediately following the two-minute siren in honor of Israel’s fallen soldiers.
President Isaac Herzog, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana arrived at the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem for the ceremony, as a special flyover of fighter jets passed overhead.
“I understand your pain and anguish,” Netanyahu said during his address. “I [also] understand the pride that goes into it.”
Netanyahu said all the citizens of Israel – Jews, Druze, Muslims, Christians, and Caucasians – are “brothers in arms, brothers in service, and brothers in blood,” referring to different nationalities that have given their lives for the State of Israel.
Thousands of Israelis gathered at cemeteries across the country to commemorate the country’s 24,213 fallen soldiers, as well as the 4,255 civilians murdered in terrorist attacks.
Alongside the central event in Jerusalem, 52 other government ceremonies are being held at military cemeteries and memorial centers throughout Israel.
Watch: Memorial Day commemorations begin at the Western Wall [56:05]
Israel begins commemorating its Memorial Day for fallen soldiers and victims of hostilities with minute-long siren. [56:05]
Apr 24, 2023, 7:46 PM (GMT+3) – The annual opening ceremony of Israel’s Memorial Day began at the Western Wall at 8 pm Monday evening in the presence of President Isaac Herzog and IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi.
The ceremony was preceded by a minute-long siren which sounded across the country.
Caroline Glick under consideration for New York consul post BY ETGAR LEFKOVITS
The JNS columnist worked for Benjamin Netanyahu a quarter century ago.
(April 24, 2023 / JNS) The prominent Israeli-American columnist Caroline B. Glick is among the candidates being considered for the high-profile position of consul general in New York.
The move comes after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decided not to appoint Likud lawmaker May Golan to the posting, following criticism from left-wing American Jewish leaders and the State Department over her past remarks.
Glick, who worked with Netanyahu a quarter century ago before becoming a widely-read columnist, including for JNS, has been critical of the Biden administration’s policies vis-à-vis Israel.
[Ed.: She would also be an excellent Prime Minister… Just sayin’! Personally, I hope she turns down the job. New York is a dangerous, dismal. hell hole. Israel does not need to send our best to the (once was) United States. Today Israel should keep more than an arms length away from those who have taken over this country! Caroline’s presence would not help anything.]
Israel commemorates fallen heroes as state marks Memorial Day
A total of 24,213 soldiers have lost their lives in service to the nation since 1860.
(April 24, 2023 / JNS) 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 veterans died due to their condition. Overall, 24,213 soldiers have lost their lives in service to the nation since 1860. [Emphasis added]
Commemorations are taking place at 52 military cemeteries and memorial sites during the next 24 hours, with the main ceremony held at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. President Isaac Herzog and Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi were set to address the central event.
Memorial Day terror: Israeli shot near Jerusalem, suspect at large
April 25, 2023 – Israeli man participating in memorial run for fallen soldiers wounded in drive-by shooting; Manhunt for the terrorist is currently underway.
An Israeli man was shot by a terrorist in a vehicle in the Binyamin region north of Jerusalem on Tuesday morning, Israel’s national Memorial Day for IDF soldiers and security forces who were killed during the country’s wars and military operations.
The 28-year-old Israeli, whose name was not made public, was participating in a Memorial Day jog along route 60, with dozens of other runners who were commemorating fallen soldiers.
[Ed.: We need more ‘Palestinian’ musloids in Israel. That way we can ‘coexist’, show the world our ‘diversity’, and how ‘inclusive’ we are. What’s a few dead Jews, after all?]
Israeli court orders government to let Palestinians attend Memorial Day event
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant had barred passage across the Green Line, citing the “complex security situation.”
(April 24, 2023 / JNS) 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 Day event.
In its decision, the court expressed “regret” over Gallant’s decision earlier this month to bar Palestinian participants, despite previous rulings ordering the state to allow them to attend the event, now in its 17th year, hosted by Combatants for Peace.
Gallant attributed his decision to “the complex security situation” in Judea and Samaria, citing the standard practice of closing the crossings into Green Line Israel over Memorial Day and Independence Day to reduce the risk of terrorist attacks.
However, the court noted that the Defense Ministry’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories unit, which oversees civilian affairs in Israeli-controlled areas of Judea and Samaria, had approved the request, and that tens of thousands of Palestinians are routinely allowed into Israel every day for various reasons.
[Ed.: Of course our mortal enemies should be invited to our Memorial Day! Otherwise, how else could they have access to killing more of us? Jewish blood is cheapest in the State of IINO.]
Grieving together for our fallen heroes DANNY DANON
This Remembrance Day, we will stand united as one grieving people.
(April 25, 2023 / JNS) 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 and recognize that our enemies do not differentiate between left and right, between supporters or opponents of judicial reform or between civilians and soldiers. To our enemies, we are one target, no matter our religious practices or political leanings. Today, we recall that only together, united, will we be able to face down those who threaten us and wish to destroy us.
Today, as on every Remembrance Day, the entire nation of Israel feels the deep pain that Israel’s bereaved families experience all year round. This year especially, against the backdrop of current events, our coming together will take on a unique significance. When we stand together in the military cemeteries where the fallen among our family and friends are buried, we will know without a doubt that we are all one people, a nation united.
Alongside the bereaved families, there are thousands of us who are named after a father, an uncle, a brother or a friend we will never have the opportunity to meet. I was privileged to be named after one of these thousands of heroes, the late Danny Verdon, and thus join those who have become living monuments to fallen heroes.
