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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 534

Independence Day

President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) and his wife Olena lay flowers at the Wall of Remembrance on the occasion of Independence Day of Ukraine in Kyiv, August 24, 2024. (Handout / UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE / AFP)
August 24, 2024, 2:55 pm
Zelensky vows ‘retribution’ against Russia on Ukrainian independence day
Ukraine’s president delivers address near border at site of country’s surprise incursion into Russia, says new law bans Moscow branch of Ukrainian Orthodox Church
By AFP
Family members and friends of fallen soldiers visit their graves on Memorial Day at Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, May 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
May 14, 2024, 1:07 pm
As Israel turns 76, little to celebrate… except resilience and a unique history
Israel has never had the luxury of taking its survival for granted, as Oct. 7 proved again. And yet, through millennia, it is always those who try to destroy the Jews who disappear
By David Horovitz
At 43 years old, Rabbi Avi Poupko joined the IDF following the October 7 massacres and serves in the north in a reserves unit. Pictured here in Kiryat Shemona, May 2024. (courtesy)
May 14, 2024, 9:53 am
Daily Briefing May 14: Day 221 – Why a 43-year-old rabbi joined the IDF after Oct. 7
For Independence Day, we speak with American immigrant Rabbi Avi Poupko who, 25 years after he came to Israel to study at the Mir Yeshiva, picked up an M-16 and put on a uniform
By ToI Staff
A group of people in Jerusalem mark Israel's 75th Independence Day with a ceremonial reading of the Declaration of Independence, on April 26, 2023 (Credit: Mabua).
May 14, 2024, 9:01 am
Emerging Independence Day ritual inspires unity and gratitude in shadow of October 7
Reading the Declaration of Independence together in public bridges between secular and religious Israelis in a new-old tradition that can be adapted to any citizen’s faith
By Maya Zanger-Nadis
Israel's Annual Independence Day ceremony begins at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, May 13, 2024. The ceremony was prerecorded this year, without a live audience. (Video screenshot)
May 14, 2024, 5:05 am
With subdued state ceremony, Israel begins marking a somber 76th Independence Day
Torch-lighting pre-recorded for first time since COVID, amid reports government organizers wanted to avoid heckling of Netanyahu, other ministers as seen at Memorial Day events
By Sam Sokol
Jenny Sividia with a picture of her brother Shlomi Sividia, killed by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023 (Screen capture, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 13, 2024, 9:56 am
‘Every day is Memorial Day’ for bereaved siblings of October 7 victims
Brothers and sisters talk about what their lives have been like since their loved ones were killed — at the Supernova rave, in Sderot and in the line of duty
By Jessica Steinberg
Demonstrators protest calling for the release of Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip outside the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv, May 6, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
May 11, 2024, 1:36 pm
‘Bring home the dead and the living’: Hostages’ families rally ahead of Memorial Day
Families of captives declared dead in Gaza speak in Tel Aviv, alongside French philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy; anti-government protests urging elections to be held nationwide
By ToI Staff
Smoke rises from a rocket fired from Lebanon into northern Israel as it is seen from Kiryat Shmona, May 5, 2024. (David Cohen/Flash90)
May 10, 2024, 4:28 pm
Northern residents plan to ‘disengage’ from Israel in Independence Day protest
Residents and communities to hold a series of protests against government’s inability to allow some 60,000 residents, evacuated due to border fighting, to return to their homes
By ToI Staff
Demonstrators protest calling for the release of Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip outside Hakirya Base in Tel Aviv, May 8, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
May 9, 2024, 4:56 pm
Israel’s population ticks toward 10 million milestone as it marks 76 years
Immigration drops by about half as growth rate slows slightly, but country should still surpass big 1-0 by the time Independence Day 2025 rolls around, statistics bureau says
By ToI Staff
The 75th anniversary Independence Day ceremony, held at Mount Herzl, Jerusalem on April 25, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
May 5, 2024, 8:21 pm
Independence Day preparations disrupted by clash between minister, Knesset speaker
Amir Ohana cancels participation of Knesset Guard in annual torch-lighting ceremony after Miri Regev reportedly informs him he will not be giving speech at event
By Sam Sokol
Miriam Peretz holds a torch during the Israeli 66th Independence Day Ceremony at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem on May 5, 2014. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 3, 2024, 8:45 am
Torch lighters for Independence Day chosen to highlight October 7 heroism
This year’s ceremony, which will be prerecorded without an audience, will include soldiers, medical personnel and civilians who saved lives during the Hamas massacre
By ToI Staff
Fireworks at the 75th anniversary Independence Day ceremony, held at Mount Herzl, Jerusalem, on April 25, 2023.(Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
April 8, 2024, 10:51 pm
Independence Day ceremony to be pre-recorded, held at Gaza border communities
Minister Regev announces change of format to honor fallen on October 7, shifts from traditional location of Mount Herzl, scraps audience to respect ‘public atmosphere’
By ToI Staff
Fireworks from the Mount Herzl ceremony seen over the Knesset in Jerusalem, marking the beginning of celebrations of Israel's 68th Independence Day, May 11, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 6, 2024, 7:32 pm
Traditional Independence Day fireworks show scrapped, amid ongoing war in Gaza
Miri Regev, who is presiding over the annual event, says ceremony will be adjusted in light of the October 7 onslaught, urges mayors to follow suit at local confabs
By ToI Staff
File: Noam chair Avi Maoz speaks during a function at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on March 20, 2023. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)
April 28, 2023, 1:38 pm
Far-right MK ’embarrassed’ by gay Knesset speaker’s husband attending events
In letter to activists, Noam party chair Avi Maoz decries prominence of same-sex couple at recent state ceremonies ‘as though this were an authentic and acceptable Jewish norm’
By ToI Staff
The 75th anniversary Independence Day ceremony, held at Mount Herzl, Jerusalem on April 25, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
April 27, 2023, 12:58 pm
Daily Briefing Apr 27: Preview of new Knesset session after charged 75th celebration
Knesset correspondent Carrie Keller-Lynn on today’s pro-overhaul rally and an Israeli-Palestinian event; health reporter Renee Ghert-Zand on torch lighters and Israel Prize winner
By ToI Staff
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