WATCH: Masa hosts largest English-language Memorial Day event
The theme of this year’s ceremony was “Forever Connected". Over 7,000 attendees and hundreds of thousands of viewers across the globe, in dozens of countries, reportedly took part.
Israel
High Court rules in favor of Palestinians attending Memorial Day ceremony
The court unanimously accepts the appeal filed against Defense Minister Yoav Galant's decision, banning the entry of about 150 Palestinians from the West Bank to take part in a joint commemoration by Israelis and Palestinians.
Israel lost 59 soldiers since last Memorial Day
Overall, 24,213 soldiers have lost their lives in service to the nation since 1860.
Israel prepares for Memorial Day to honor its fallen soldiers, terror victims
Memorial Day for Israel's Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terrorism will be marked with a series of state services nationwide until Tuesday night, at which point Independence Day celebrations are to begin.
Israelis protest legal changes before nation's 75th birthday
“This is not about so-called judicial reform, it’s about democracy,” Sheila Katz, head of the National Council of Jewish Women, said from the rally in central Tel Aviv – a sea of blue-and-white national flags.
PM, Opposition to join forces in call for unity on Memorial Day
"We would support every initiative that would honor the fallen's memory and the bereaved families during that day," Opposition Leader Yair Lapid says after Netanyahu calls for "preserving the sanctity" of annual remembrance events.
Lapid to boycott Independence Day ceremony in protest of judicial reform
"If national unity were so important to you, you would not have dismantled our democracy, and you would have gone to work on behalf of the citizens of Israel," Opposition Leader Yair Lapid says.
Government moves to tackle Haredi draft conundrum
Legislation being drafted aims to lower the age at which Haredi Jewish men need to receive deferments from serving in the military, and significantly increase the pay of combat soldiers.
Nearly 150,000 Holocaust survivors live in Israel
The new figures also include 521 immigrants from Ukraine who fled after the Russian invasion.
Son of Iran's last shah to make first visit to Israel
Reza Pahlavi is set to participate in the Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony on Monday night and deliver "a message of friendship from the Iranian people.”