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Tuesday, April 21, 2015
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Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Rivlin: Israel must not only survive, but live
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GooglePresident Reuven Rivlin opens the official state ceremony for Israel’s Memorial Day at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, saying the people of Israel “insist on surviving because we believe in life.”
Rivlin says, “I’ve learned that the geography of pain crisscrosses Israel, but does not divide it. There is no camp without its dead.”
But the president says it is not enough to survive: to honor the ultimate sacrifices made by the nation’s sons and daughters, Israelis must seek “to deepen our commitment to build a more moral home, a more just home… where all members are equal.”
The fallen “gave their lives not only so that we may survive, but so that we may live… This is our debt to their courage and their lives that are no more,” he adds.
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