Remembrance Day

‘I never knew my father’: Avichai Ayubi on loss, Israel’s orphaned generation, and moving forward

Avichai was born five months after his father's death. But that is not to say his father's presence has not played an important role in his life.

Avichai Ayubi.
Memorial ceremony on Har Herzl in Jerusalem, Israel. April 19, 2026.

From grief to action: Ensuring the sacrifices of Israel’s fallen are not in vain - editorial

Defense Minister Israel Katz places a wreath at a memorial for fallen IDF soldiers.

At least 170 soldiers killed, 54 disabled due to war over past year, Defense Ministry reports

Before she became one of the names carried into national memory, Yulia was something more irreplaceable: the center of her family’s life.

In her final moments, she chose to stay


Israel approves national remembrance day for October 7 massacre

Knesset approved of two new ceremonies every year to honor the fallen victims.

 Zaka personnel work at a field with destroyed cars from the October 7 massacre, near the Israel-Gaza border, November 23, 2023.

Cabinet to approve Oct. 7 memorial day during meeting on Sunday

It is proposed that every year on Tishrei 24 there will be a national memorial day to commemorate the events that took place on October 7, including a state ceremony.

 Pictures of Israelis who were murdered by Hamas terrorists at the Nova festival placed outside the Knesset in Jerusalem on February 7, 2024

UK's Diane Abbott spreads fake news on X about pro-Palestinian protests, shames Braverman

Diane Abbott used a 2016 photo to claim that counter-protesters, protesting against the pro-Palestinian marches on Armistice Day, were neo-Nazis.

 Labour Party's Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott reads her party's manifesto at its launch in Birmingham, Britain November 21, 2019

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.

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.

 THEN-PRESIDENT Shimon Peres sings ‘Hatikva’ with Israeli youngsters, 2008.

Grapevine: Remembering Dr. Hashkes

Movers and shakers in Israeli society

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.

 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. 

 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.

 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.

 NOA KIREL with British Ambassador Neil Wigan.