Remembrance Day

In her final moments, she chose to stay

An immigrant from Ukraine who became a police officer, Yulia Waxer Daunov was, above all, a mother whose final actions on Oct. 7 saved lives. Her story will be told at the Masa Yom Hazikaron ceremony

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, IN COLLABORATION WITH MASA ISRAEL JOURNEY
Before she became one of the names carried into national memory, Yulia was something more irreplaceable: the center of her family’s life.
A HOLOCAUST survivor lights a torch during a ceremony held at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem, as Israel marks annual Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Women of the Wall call on Katz to include women in national Remembrance Day ceremony

The letter deplored that women had never had a significant role in the ceremony at the Western Wall, other than lighting the ceremonial torch.

|ByTZVI JASPER
Right-wing protesters scream in opposition at the joint Israeli-Palestinian Remembrance Day ceremony in Jaffa

Israelis must refrain from violence, even if we disagree - comment

This wasn’t a protest – it was an attack on the very idea that coexistence is possible. On the eve of a day meant for national unity, these rioters chose division, hate, and violence.

|ByTAMAR URIEL-BEERI
Israeli flag

Why Israel makes me smile: Reflections on life, culture, and connection - opinion

When we inadvertently got stuck overnight in Jerusalem on Remembrance Day, I said to myself that Jews throughout time and space would have done anything to be in my predicament.

|ByHOLLY CIN

Portugal slams Palestinian envoy: 'You shouldn't have started the war'

"I know you blame the Israelis, but this time someone from your side started it," said Rebelo de Sousa. "The Palestinian side started it. You can't blame Israel, you shouldn't have started it.

NOVEMBER 4, 2023ByMAARIV ONLINE
Portugal's President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa gestures near national flags of Israel and Portugal upon landing at Ben Gurion International Airport to take part in a Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial event

‘Hatikvah’: Hope and faith – why olim come to Israel - opinion

As I listened to “Hatikvah” over and over again, I reminded myself of why I had come to this country in the first place as a still-young entering unknown, uncharted territory.

MAY 5, 2023BySTEWART WEISS
THEN-PRESIDENT Shimon Peres sings ‘Hatikva’ with Israeli youngsters, 2008.

Grapevine: Remembering Dr. Hashkes

Movers and shakers in Israeli society

MAY 5, 2023ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda market

The Independence Day ceremony didn't reflect my Israel - opinion

The Remembrance and Independence days didn't go by without hitches but on the whole, most of us were able to give a sigh of relief when they were over.

MAY 1, 2023BySUSAN HATTIS ROLEF
THIS YEAR, I treated myself to a short drive to Mt. Shalmon, west of Ein Kerem, where two species of Ophrys are in bloom.

Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana’s welcome words - opinion

Keeping gratitude for Israel going will require the kind of resolve that is hard to come by under the present circumstances. 

APRIL 28, 2023ByRUTHIE BLUM
MK Amir Ohana attends the Knesset's Mimouna on April 12, 2023.

Don’t miss the opportunity to integrate haredim in Israel - opinion

Seventy-five years after David Ben-Gurion gave the famous exemption to 400 yeshiva students, the state is again facing a critical juncture.

APRIL 27, 2023ByYAAKOV KATZ
CONSTRUCTION AND Housing Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf arrives for a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem.

Grapevine April 27, 2023: Constitutionally speaking

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

APRIL 27, 2023ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
NOA KIREL with British Ambassador Neil Wigan.

Remembrance, Independence day pass without incident, but what's next? - analysis

Israelis took a collective sigh of relief after Remembrance Day and Independence Day both passed without major incidents despite the fears of many.

APRIL 26, 2023ByELIAV BREUER
A woman waves a large Israeli flag as people watch the military airshow as part of Israel's 75th Independence Day celebrations, in Jerusalem, April 26, 2023.

IDF, Shin Bet mark Israel's Remembrance Day for fallen soldiers

IDF rescue chief wins award from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan; Shin Bet head Ronen Bar warns Israel's enemies not to get cocky

APRIL 25, 2023ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Bereaved families, high school students, and military officers attend the central Remembrance Day ceremony remembering the fallen IDF soldiers, overlooking ancient Gamla and the sea of Galilee, Golan Heights on April 25, 2023.

Israel's Erdan lights candle, reads terror victims names at UN, leaves in protest

Gilad Erdan: I refuse to spend this sacred day listening to lies and condemnations. This debate disgraces the fallen, and Israel will not take part in it.

APRIL 25, 2023ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan lights a candle to commemorate Israel’s Memorial Day during his speech to a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on "The Middle East, including the Palestinian question" at UN headquarters in New York City, US, April 25, 2023.