bereaved families

A dance performance at Barbur Gallery in Jerusalem, 2017 (screen capture: YouTube)

August 30, 2018, 10:04 pm

Court okays eviction of Jerusalem art gallery that hosted left-wing events

Judge says that while municipality decision was motivated by politics, city within rights to reclaim its property; Barbur Gallery vows to appeal

By Alexander Fulbright and Sue Surkes

Bereaved Israelis mourn next to graves of fallen soldiers at the Mt Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, during Israeli Memorial Day, commemorating the deaths of Israeli soldiers killed in wars since 1860, and Israeli victims of terror. April 18, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

April 18, 2018, 11:02 am

Mournful Israel pauses to remember 23,646 fallen soldiers, 3,134 terror victims

Two-minute siren brings country to a halt; Netanyahu addresses official state ceremony at Mount Herzl

By TOI staff

Soldiers place Israeli flags on the graves of fallen soldiers in Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem on April 16, 2018 ahead of Memorial Day for Israel's Fallen Soldiers. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

April 18, 2018, 6:47 am

Marking Memorial Day, Israelis to pay respects at military cemeteries nationwide

Two-minute siren will bring country to a halt at 11 a.m. as families, fellow soldiers attend the gravesides of 23,646 war dead and 3,134 victims of terror

By TOI staff

Tali Muskal (center) speaks about her brother Refanel at a Memorial Day event in Efrat on April 15, 2018. (Jacob Magid/Times of Israel)

April 18, 2018, 5:57 am

At salon Memorial Day event, bereaved sister tries to convey the unimaginable

Dozens of residents of West Bank Efrat settlement file into living room to hear Tali Muskal speak about her brother, who was killed in the Second Lebanon War

By Jacob Magid

Thousands attend a joint Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day service at Tel Aviv's Hayarkon Park on April 16, 2018. (Rami Ben-Ari/Combatants for Peace)

April 18, 2018, 12:08 am

8,000 join Israeli, Palestinian bereaved families for Memorial Day ceremony

Israel Prize-winning author David Grossman, whose son was killed in the Second Lebanon War, blasts Liberman’s attempt to ‘silence bereaved families’

By Jacob Magid

Israeli soldiers march during a Memorial Day ceremony at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, April 17, 2018, as Israel commemorates its fallen soldiers and victims of terror. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

April 17, 2018, 7:59 pm

Israelis bow heads in silence as siren signals start of Memorial Day

At main ceremony in Jerusalem’s Western Wall, president and IDF chief hail army as a unifying force; Rivlin: ‘We did not leap into the tunnels as right-wing or left-wing’

By Michael Bachner

Ahead of Memorial Day events, flags lie on graves of fallen Israeli soldiers on Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem, April 28, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

April 17, 2018, 5:15 pm

Israel prepares to remember 23,646 fallen soldiers and 3,134 terror victims

Memorial Day sirens to sound nationwide at 8 p.m.; at ceremony in Jerusalem, Netanyahu saying ‘It is thanks to the fallen that we are here’

By Michael Bachner

Minister of Culture Miri Regev speaks during a ceremony at the Knesset honoring the torch lighters of the 69th Independence Day state ceremony at Mount Herzl, April 26, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

March 18, 2018, 10:11 pm

IDF bereaved parents cry foul over nixed Independence Day choir

Culture minister insists main bereavement organizations pushed for one unified ceremony for all family members to participate

By Stuart Winer

March 13, 2018, 1:14 pm

Michael Boyden

Torah study equals army service? Not even close

We whose family members have died in Israel’s wars don’t happen to think Haredim ‘kill’ themselves learning

The day after a truck ran into a crowded Christmas market a police officer lights a candle nearby, in Berlin, Germany, December 20, 2016. (AP/Matthias Schrader)

December 18, 2017, 8:45 am

Merkel to meet bereaved a year after Christmas market attack

Sit-down comes after families of 17 victims — among them an Israeli — penned a letter to the chancellor condemning her for failing to reach out to them

By AFP and TOI staff

Education Minister and head of the Jewish Home party Naftali Bennett leads a faction meeting at the Knesset on November 27, 2017. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

November 29, 2017, 3:50 am

Bennett cancels event with rights group accused of aiding terrorists

Association for Civil Rights in Israel denies charge after bereaved families convince education minister to nix Human Rights Day conference

By Stuart Winer

Settler leaders agree to a deal with the government to end their protest outside the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem on November 10, 2017. From left to right: David Bitan, Beit Aryeh Mayor Avi Naim, MK Oren Hazan, Shomron Regional Council head Yossi Dagan, Itzhak Abutbul, Hadas Mizrahi, Kiryat Arba-Hebron Mayor Melachi Levinger. (Courtesy: Samaria Regional Council)

November 10, 2017, 1:53 pm

Settler leaders, bereaved families end protest for upping West Bank security

Despite signing agreement with virtually same terms PM had promised Yesha Council last month, Samaria Council chairman touts 5-day hunger strike as a success

By Jacob Magid

Adva Biton, mother of Adele Biton, who was injured at a terror attack and died later from her wounds, reacts during a Likud party faction meeting at the Knesset on November 6, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

November 6, 2017, 7:34 pm

Bereaved families berate PM as NIS 200m earmarked for settler bypass roads

Hunger-strikers put little stock in Netanyahu pledge of deal with Treasury to fund West Bank routes around Palestinian towns, a major security demand

By Jacob Magid

Leah (L) and Simcha Goldin, parents of late Israeli soldier Hadar Goldin, attend a ceremony marking three years since Operation Protective Edge at the National Memorial Hall at the entrance to the military cemetery on Mount Herzl, July 13, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

August 30, 2017, 6:00 am

Israelis renew emotional debate on price of a soldier’s body

Defense minister says Israel cannot afford repeat of 2011 Gilad Shalit prisoner swap, again setting off unremitting argument

By Andrew Tobin

MK David Bitan rebukes bereaved parents during a Knesset State Control Committee discussion about Israel‘s 2014 Gaza war against Hamas, April 19, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

May 19, 2017, 4:01 am

Ethics panel won’t sanction Likud MKs for yelling at bereaved parents

Citing apologies by David Bitan and Miki Zohar, committee says ‘no room’ to seek penalties

By TOI staff