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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 365

memorial day

Singer-songwriter and reservist Idan Amedi attends a press conference following his release from Sheba Medical Center, in central Israel, after being seriously injured in the Gaza Strip, January 25, 2024. (Miriam Alster/ Flash90)
August 28, 2024, 10:24 pm
Three coalition members back celebrities’ compromises in Oct. 7 memorial fracas
As tensions over dueling ceremonies continue to rise, MKs Illouz, Sukkot back move to stagger memorials, while lawmaker Saada favors replacing Regev with three bereaved women
By ToI Staff
Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan (2R) and other Israeli delegates hold a moment of silence for terror victims brothers Yaakov and Asher Palley during the United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, at the United Nations headquarters in New York City on February 20, 2023. (Yuki IWAMURA/AFP)
April 25, 2023, 7:49 pm
Israel’s UN envoy walks out of Security Council to protest Memorial Day session
Gilad Erdan reads out names of fallen Israelis to council members, lights memorial candle in chamber, says UN rejected requests to move session to another day
By Luke Tress
Israelis stand in silence next to graves of soldiers at the Mount Herzl miitary cemetery in Jerusalem during the Memorial Day siren, April 25, 2023. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)
April 25, 2023, 6:31 am
Israel comes to standstill for Memorial Day, amid fears politics could mar events
Main ceremonies begin after 2-minute nationwide siren sounds, with Netanyahu and Herzog attending at Mount Herzl; Ben Gvir goes to Beersheba after bucking calls to stay out
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: People and soldiers visit graves during a Memorial Day which commemorates fallen Israeli soldiers and victims of terror at Nahalat Yitzhak military cemetery in Tel Aviv on May 4, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
April 21, 2023, 8:27 pm
Opposition’s Lapid, Gantz join Netanyahu in call to halt protests for Memorial Day
‘We must not violate the sanctity of Memorial Day,’ rival politicians say in rare show of agreement, reflecting gravity of fears ministers will be heckled at cemetery ceremonies
By ToI Staff
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on March 22, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 20, 2023, 6:14 pm
PM, Gallant tell ministers and MKs to leave politics, arguments out of Memorial Day
In letter, defense minister says lawmakers must refrain from divisive comments on ‘one of the most sensitive and sacred’ days of the year, as authorities seek to tamp down tensions
By ToI Staff
A memorial ceremony commemorating the victims of the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict in Tel Aviv on May 3, 2022, as Israel marks the annual Memorial Day for fallen soldiers. (Tomer Neuberg/ Flash90)
May 3, 2022, 11:01 pm
Israelis, Palestinians observe annual joint memorial ceremony, watched by 200,000
At controversial event, grieving families recount stories of lost loved ones and call for peace, end to Israeli ‘occupation’; some coalition lawmakers attend, sparking criticism
By Aaron Boxerman
An illustrative image of a woman biting into an apple (kzenon; iStock by Getty Images)
April 18, 2021, 2:16 pm
Podcast: Daily Briefing Apr. 18 – Israeli scientists take a bite out of obesity
Tune in Sunday through Thursday to hear ToI editors and reporters quickly catch you up on what’s important today
By ToI Staff
Soldiers before the main rehearsal of the 73rd Independence Day ceremony, held at Mount Herzl, Jerusalem, on April 14, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 14, 2021, 10:31 pm
Memorial Day sorrow fades into joy as Israel ushers in 73rd Independence Day
At celebratory event in Jerusalem, Netanyahu contravenes tradition by issuing video speech; Pfizer CEO hailed as a Jewish hero, lauds ‘groundbreaking’ vaccination campaign
By ToI Staff
The Daily Briefing
April 14, 2021, 2:08 pm
Daily Briefing Apr. 14 – From remembrance to independence: An Israeli transition
Tune in Sunday through Thursday to hear ToI editors and reporters quickly catch you up on what’s important today
By ToI Staff
Saudi police close a street leading to a non-Muslim cemetery in the Saudi city of Jeddah where a bomb struck a World War I commemoration attended by European diplomats on November 11, 2020 leaving several people wounded amid Muslim anger over French cartoons. (AFP)
November 12, 2020, 11:33 pm
Islamic State group claims attack at Saudi WWI ceremony
3 wounded in blast at international ceremony attended by representatives of several countries; terror group says French diplomats were targeted
By Sarah El Deeb
Vietnam Veteran Kitch Kichula, wearing a protective face mask as a precaution against the coronavirus, pays his respects at the at the Vietnam War Memorial on Memorial Day in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 25, 2020. (AP/Matt Rourke)
May 26, 2020, 2:44 am
Pandemic brings smaller, subdued US Memorial Day observances
Coronavirus forces Americans to honor war dead, and virus fatalities, with online tributes and small processions instead of parades as outbreak’s US death toll nears 100,000
By Amy Forliti and MATTHEW BROWN
A motorcade of veterans stops outside the VA Medical Center as wreaths are placed beside memorial stones on the premises in Brooklyn, New York, May 25, 2020. (AP/John Minchillo)
May 26, 2020, 2:17 am
New York marks ‘especially poignant’ Memorial Day amid pandemic
Coronavirus reshapes solemn holiday, with car convoys and small ceremonies honoring American war dead alongside tributes to virus fatalities and front line health care workers
By Jennifer Peltz and Michael R. Sisak
People visit Pensacola Beach in Pensacola, Fla., Saturday, May 23, 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic. (David Grunfeld/The Advocate via AP)
May 25, 2020, 3:04 am
In US, Memorial Day weekend draws crowds and triggers warnings
Thousands flock to beaches and parks, Trump plays golf for second day, as authorities warn against abandoning social distancing rules over holiday that signals start of summer
By Curt Anderson and Brian Mahoney
Yair Netanyahu, son of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Flash90)
April 28, 2020, 6:23 pm
Yair Netanyahu slams ‘evil globalist’ EU for backing coexistence program
After European Union official attends Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day event, PM’s son predicts bloc’s imminent ‘death,’ making continent ‘free, democratic and Christian’
By Raphael Ahren and Jacob Magid
From left: Yaakov Stutsky, Yitzhak Mordecai, Haim Poznansky, Mordecai Franco. (Courtesy/Curator Beit Hapalmach)
April 28, 2020, 6:03 am
The shepherd, the pilot, the long-lost grave: 5 stories of Israel’s 1948 fallen
Hundreds of Jews died in the fight for Jerusalem, including teenage immigrants and seasoned veterans; today, monuments and battle sites remain outside the capital
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
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