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Armistice Day

A "Palestine Poppy" badge being sold in Britain ahead of Remembrance Day, October 2026. (Palestine Poppy website)
October 19, 2026, 9:16 am
Anti-Israel activists accused of ‘hijacking’ UK’s Remembrance Day with ‘Palestine Poppy’
Various public figures slam pro-Palestinian version of national remembrance symbol, saying the initiative is disrespectful to war victims and ‘designed to divide rather than unite’
By Michael Bachner
A veteran walks besides the Poppy crosses at the 'Field of Remembrance' at the Westminster Abbey in London, November 8, 2023. (Kin Cheung/AP）
November 8, 2023, 5:10 pm
UK police urged to ban pro-Palestinian rally scheduled for soldiers’ Remembrance Day
PM Sunak has called protest ‘disrespectful,’ home secretary branded it a ‘hate march’ but police chief says it doesn’t meet threshold for prohibition
By AFP and ToI Staff
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (C) and French President Emmanuel Macron (R) react as US President Donald Trump (front L) arrives to attend a ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris on November 11, 2018 as part of commemorations marking the 100th anniversary of the 11 November 1918 armistice, ending World War I. (BENOIT TESSIER / POOL / AFP)
November 11, 2018, 2:57 pm
In apparent dig at Trump, Macron calls patriotism the ‘opposite of nationalism’
French president, speaking before world leaders gathered for WWI ceremony, including US president, urges ‘hope, not fear’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
French police officers run after a topless protester who rushes the motorcade of US President Donald Trump on the Champs Elysees in Paris, November 11, 2018 (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
November 11, 2018, 2:11 pm
Police tackle topless protesters who rush Trump motorcade in Paris
Radical feminist group Femen takes responsibility for protest ahead of event marking centenary of WWI’s end
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A veteran carries a flag during a wreath laying ceremony beside the eternal flame of The Unknown Soldier at The Arc de Triomphe in Paris on November 9, 2018, to honour Asian soldiers as part of events leading to the hundredth anniversary of the end of World War I. (JACQUES DEMARTHON / AFP)
November 11, 2018, 5:11 am
100 years after guns fell silent, world’s eyes again turned to Paris
Leaders from around globe gathering in French capital Sunday to pay respects to millions killed in World War I, exactly a century after Armistice ended years of bloodshed
By AP
French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel review troops during a French-German ceremony on November 10, 2018, in the Clairiere of Rethondes in Compiegne, northern France, as part of commemorations marking the 100th anniversary of the 11 November 1918 armistice. (PHILIPPE WOJAZER / POOL / AFP)
November 11, 2018, 4:29 am
Former enemies fete friendship, honor war dead ahead of Armistice centenary
Holding hands with Germany’s Merkel, France’s Macron lauds ‘unprecedented’ peace but warns against complacency, ahead of Sunday ceremonies to mark 100 years since end of WWI
By Raf Casert and Angela Charlton
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