Israel remembers its fallen soldiers, victims of terror
Israel remembers its fallen soldiers, victims of terror, DEBKAfile, May 10, 2016
Israeli soldies gather on the Mount of Olives cemetery of fallen Israeli soldiers to place flags on the graves during a ceremony held at the Mount of Olives in preparation for Memorial Day, beginning tonight.
At 7:30 p.m., there will be a candle-lighting ceremony at the Western Wall attended by President Reuven Rivlin, the IDF chief of staff, Lieut. Gen. Gady Eisenkot, the chief rabbi of the Western Wall, Shmuel Rabinovitz, and representatives of bereaved families. At the start of the official ceremony, the national flag will be lowered to half staff, and at 20:00 sirens will go off for one minute around the country.
At 9:15 p.m. there will be a ceremony titled “poems in their memory” at the Knesset that will be attended by hundreds of bereaved family members. Poems will be read by Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein, Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon, the IDF deputy chief of staff, Maj. Gen. Yair Golan, and Police Commissioner Roni Alsheikh. Singers Shiri Maimon, Ninet Tayeb, Harel Skaat, Eidan Habib, Uzia Tzadok and military bands will also perform.
Israeli security forces at the scene of a stabbing attack in Armon Hanatziv neighborhood in Jerusalem on May 10, 2016. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Paletinian terrorists stabbed their two friends, aged 86 and 82, in Jeruslaem.
On Wednesday, the events will start at 11:00 a.m. with sirens going off around the country for two minutes, followed by the official ceremony on Mt. Herzl to honor the fallen from Israel’s wars, which will be attended by the president, the prime minister, the chief of staff, the chief judge of the supreme court and representatives of bereaved families.
Official memorial ceremonies are to be held at cemeteries around the country. The ceremony at Kiryat Shaul cemetery in Tel Aviv will be attended by Defense Minister Yaalon. The official ceremony to honor those who died in terrorist attacks is to take place at 1;00 p.m. at Mt.. Herzl.
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WarSclerotic 
May 10, 2016 at 10:13 PM
I bow down for those heroes past and present who paid the ultimate price to defend the nation of Israel – the jewish people !
Lift up your heads and eyes Israel – for ”your help and strength is from above, from the almighty God of Israel who never slumbers nor sleeps, but watches over his firstborn Israel, his chosen nation, the apple of HIS eye, day and night ! ”