At Memorial Day event, Netanyahu calls for unity: We shoulder the burden together

Speaking at a ceremony ahead of Memorial Day at the Yad Lebanim memorial center, Prime Minister Benjamin calls for unity in the nation.

“We say to the people of Israel, we are ‘united under the stretcher’; our sons and our daughters continue to shoulder the stretcher, the burden of responsibility for the fate of our nation,” Netanyahu says.

His comments come in the wake of the mass protests against his government’s judicial overhaul plans that critics say will undermine democracy.

As part of widespread anger against the government, hundreds of elite army and air force reservists threatened to stop showing up for reserve duty, sparking warnings from security officials that Israel’s security was being imperiled.

“We are marking 75 years of independence, sacrifice, 75 years of brotherhood,” Netanyahu says.

“The memories of the fallen from Israel’s wars and the terror attack will continue to be embedded among us from generation to generation,” he says.