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Israeli Memorial Day
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With BBQs and F-35s, Israelis delight in 70 years of independence
By TOI staff
Some 200,000 people flock to national parks around the country, with many more taking to beaches to watch flyover of fighter jets
A woman smiles during Independence Day celebrations marking 70 years since the founding of the state in 1948, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, April 19, 2018. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
April 19, 2018, 1:48 pm
With BBQs and F-35s, Israelis delight in 70 years of independence
Some 200,000 people flock to national parks around the country, with many more taking to beaches to watch flyover of fighter jets
By TOI staff
People watch the military airshow in Saker Park on Israel's 69th Independence Day in Jerusalem, May 2, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
April 19, 2018, 7:40 am
Israelis bask in 70 years of independence with barbecues in the sun
Flyover of fighter jets expected to be highlight of day as country celebrates holiday at beaches, parks, watching Bible Quiz
By TOI staff
People watch fireworks during a show to mark Israel's 70th Independence Day in Tel Aviv on April 18, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
April 18, 2018, 9:51 pm
Israel opens 70th Independence Day festivities with Jerusalem extravaganza
After somber Memorial Day, torch-lighting ceremony kicks off anniversary; Netanyahu and Knesset Speaker Edelstein make speeches after public spat; show ends with dancing, fireworks
By Michael Bachner
Screen capture from video showing police dispersing ultra-Orthodox protesters from Kikar Hashabat intersection, Jerusalem, on Memorial Day, April 18, 2018. (YouTube)
April 18, 2018, 5:24 pm
Ultra-Orthodox protesters try to disrupt Memorial Day salute in Jerusalem
Police disperse demonstrators at capital's Kikar Hashabat intersection before nation marks minute of silence for fallen soldiers
By Stuart Winer
Illustrative image of a firework. (pxel66//iStock by Getty Images)
April 18, 2018, 4:57 pm
Lod man arrested for shooting fireworks during Memorial Day moment of silence
City's Arab and Jewish communities condemn act as attempt to sabotage coexistence; mayor says suspect a known provocateur
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a Memorial Day ceremony at Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, April 18, 2018. (Marc Israel Sellem/Flash90)
April 18, 2018, 4:27 pm
At terror victims memorial, Netanyahu vows to fight ‘barbaric’ extremist Islam
PM says there are signs of change in the region, stemming from recognition that Israel is determined to protect its people
By Stuart Winer
Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman lays a wreath at the memorial for Israel's fallen soldiers at the Kiryat Shaul Military Cemetery in Tel Aviv on Israel's Memorial Day, April 18, 2018. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)
April 18, 2018, 1:10 pm
‘Take our warnings seriously,’ defense minister tells Iran, Hamas
In Memorial Day speech, Avigdor Liberman says situation 'fragile and explosive,' all of IDF's power may be needed 'at any moment'
By TOI staff
Graves of fallen soldiers, at Mount Herzl, on Israel's Memorial Day. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
April 18, 2018, 11:34 am
When the siren sounds on Mount Herzl
At Israel's military cemetery, the crowd shares a common history, fate, purpose, and deadline: to be at a grave by 11 am
By Shira Pasternak Be'eri
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
Ahead of Memorial Day events, IDF soldiers put flowers on the graves of fallen soldiers in Mount Herzl Military Cemetery, Jerusalem, April 30, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 18, 2018, 10:52 am
I remember Rami’s smile and Joe’s bushy beard
Our duty to remember everyone includes honoring soldiers killed in training accidents
By Paul Mirbach
IDF soldiers stand at attention and bow their heads as a one-minute siren sounds during a Memorial Day ceremony at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest site, in Jerusalem's Old City, April 21, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 18, 2018, 9:46 am
No soldier wants to be the next dead Israeli hero
We know what happens when we don't have our own army, so I'm choosing combat, and will give it my all
By Daniel Zacks
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
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
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