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Memorial Day is the time to betray our Israeliness
This day represents how militarism and apartheid are burned deep into our consciousness. Only when we are ready to betray it can we dream about peace.
By
Yuli Novak
May 4, 2022
Jewish terrorists killed his wife. Now he has a message for the world
Aisha Rabi was killed by settlers in the West Bank two years ago. Her husband Yacoub will commemorate her as part of a joint Israeli-Palestinian memorial ceremony.
By
Orly Noy
April 27, 2020
Thousands of Israelis, Palestinians mark Memorial Day together
After numerous venues backed out of hosting the ceremony and the High Court had to intervene to allow Palestinian participants to join, the crowd exceeded capacity. Right-wing Israelis protest outside. Nearly 7,000 Israelis and Palestinians held an alternative Memorial Day ceremony in Tel Aviv Tuesday night, organized by the Bereaved Families Forum and Combatants for…
By
Joshua Leifer
April 18, 2018
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Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day event blasted as ‘insult to citizens’
In response to a joint Israeli-Palestinian memorial ceremony organized by “Combatants for Peace” in the Tel Aviv Harbor, Naomi Enoch, chair of the state-owned company that operates the harbor, said that the ceremony was an outrage, and condemned its participants. In the last year, 67 Palestinians were killed by Israel, and four Israeli citizens were…
By
Haggai Matar
April 25, 2012
Each teen in Israel to adopt a tomb
Not kidding. According to Haaretz, the Education Ministry has found a particularly macabre way of imbibing our young ones with respect for their heritage: Each junior high to high school students will adopt “a memorial or the tomb of a soldier fallen in the War of Independence.” They will be tasked with keeping the tombs…
By
Dimi Reider
May 22, 2011
Motty Fogel: Grief shouldn’t be used for peace or war
Translation from Hebrew: Dimi Reider Motty Fogel, an Israeli journalist who lost his brother, sister-in-law, nephews and niece in the terror attack on the settlement of Itamar, spoke yesterday at the joint Palestinian and Israeli memorial ceremony organized by Combatants for Peace. He shared his speech with +972. When they offered me to speak at…
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+972 Magazine
May 9, 2011
Why I stand on Israel’s Memorial Day
I stand still during the sirens of Memorial Day here in Israel. Even if I am in my house and no one can see me. Even though I oppose the IDF’s policies. Even though I believe every soldier is responsible for his actions and can choose to refuse. While in the West Bank recently, I…
By
Mairav Zonszein
May 9, 2011
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