The state memorial ceremony for the victims of the hostilities was held today (Tuesday) at Mount Herzl in the presence of President Yitzhak Herzog and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu . Herzog called in his speech: "Let's put aside our differences and wrap ourselves together in pain and longing", while Netanyahu told our enemy: "You will not overpower us and you will not break us, the greatness of our spirit is stronger than your barbarism."
A member of the entire family waved the Israeli flag with the Declaration of Independence written on it, as a protest against Netanyahu during his speech at Mount Herzl Cemetery >> pic.twitter.com/YvvbUL83Rk
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During Netanyahu's speech, there was a silent protest, when one of those present in the audience waved the Israeli flag on which is written the Declaration of Independence. The protester, Nir Galon, who lost his sister Liat on the bloody bus in 1978, told Galz: "I decided to protest in a way that would not disturb the other bereaved families, I debated a lot how. I don't think the Israeli flag disturbs anyone."
President Yitzhak Herzog, Benjamin and Sara Netanyahu on Memorial Day (Photo: Eric Marmor, Flash 90)Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke and mentioned at the beginning of his remarks: "This is the second time in a week that I am with you, here on Mount Herzl, in this place, to pay the respect that is due to the victims of hostilities. Last week we laid the cornerstone for the memorial hall for the victims of terrorism, which will be built In the coming years here in this place, on Mount Herzl."
"Our country is lined with tombstones, monuments, memorials. More lined than other countries. We remember the memory of our fallen, probably more than most nations. But here it will be something else, here it will be a national memorial site, because the death of the victims of terrorism has national significance. Our soldiers The uniformed fell to the homeland guard, and our non-uniformed citizens fell into the hands of an enemy who opposes our very existence in the homeland."
"I am proud that I had the privilege of heading governments that decided to build a memorial hall for the martyrs of Israel not far from here – and we built it, and now we will build the hall in memory of the hostilities on Mount Herzl. Herzl – the contract of the state, the creator of the state, without him it would not have been established, and you The creators of the state, because without you it wouldn't have come into existence either."
"Since the beginnings of the national revival were seen in the Land of Israel 170 years ago, those seeking our souls have spared no means to try to uproot us from our homeland. Yesterday and today on Memorial Day in Jerusalem and in the Binyamin region we received an illustration of this in two more terrorist attacks. Each generation in turn faces the poison of incitement, the fanaticism of destruction and the lust for killing. Each generation in turn must stand firm in the face of our oppressors, and deepen our roots in our country."
"In contrast to our fragile existence in the small Hebrew settlement, today our strength is not in doubt. We are sending our best fighters deep into the nests of terror to harm those who rise up against us and our brides. Anyone who raises a hand against us will not be cleaned. At the same time, we are strengthening our grip throughout the homeland. We will add To build, we will continue to create, we will continue to plant, we will add life."
Benjamin Netanyahu (Photo: Eric Marmor, Flash 90)Netanyahu continued: "My brothers and sisters, when the lives of your loved ones were taken by the hands of wretched murderers, human beings, my heart breaks with you in pain. I know the terrible price you paid, the price of the void that opened in your hearts. To you, and to the entire Israeli society, wonderful characters, great souls, Big souls sometimes of small children, big souls that were an endless source of giving, of sensitivity, of kindness."
"Three months ago, in the shooting attack on Shabbat night in Neve Ya'akov, some of the murdered went out to help the first victims, and thus they were injured themselves. Instead of them saying Kiddush – we said Kaddish over them. We mourned the pure-hearted martyrs of terrorism, as well as citizens of other countries."
"The damned terrorists, in their blind hatred, mark innocent people as targets, Jews and non-Jews who fall victim to their malicious vileness. And of course, due to the size of the rift, we lost three sets of brothers and sisters. The enormous light that radiated from them penetrated every home, as Shalom Yaniv Meher Bracha, Hillel's father, said Weigel who was murdered in Hvara: "We are all brothers, we are all one big family."
"Devora Pali, the mother of little Jacob and Oshi, beautiful children who were murdered in the stampede attack in the Ramot neighborhood, asked the thousands who came to comfort them during the seven days to fill in the gap with a good deed that would continue the boys' existence: honoring parents, doing kindness to a friend, learning Torah ".
"Rabbi Leo Di from the settlement of Efrat accompanied his daughters Maya and Rina and his wife, Lucy, to their resting place, day after day. Leo uttered clear and poignant words: "The terrorist organizations," he said, "which are driven by a murderous ideology funded by Iran, do not distinguish between the residents of Efrat and residents of Tel Aviv. They are ready to destroy our children's lives in a second. But we the children of light, the fighters against the children of darkness will always win. Because the nation of Israel is alive."
"In my office I added the photos of these brothers. Of the small children, of Yaakov and Oshi and the others. Yesterday a delegation of American congressmen visited and asked me about the reactions to violent extremism, the cycle of violence. And I brought the photo of the two young children of Oshi and Yaakov. And there was Another picture in the hours that these murderers murdered these innocent children, our rescue team is pulling a Turkish child out of the ruins with noise in Turkey. In those hours – and here is the whole difference.
"They are bathed in the lust for murder – I said yesterday and I still say today – if they could, they would kill us all. And we are imbued with the mission of life. This mission obliges us to fight and fight back hair by bone. This is the great change that has taken place in the history of our people. We are no longer helpless victims, we We pay from time to time with the agony of families, but we can afford them. We saw the human chain, to the funerals, and from the funerals, in the journey of separation and strengthening. Along the roads stood crowds of attendants with Israeli flags, and we gave a firm answer to our enemies: You will never break us. You will never overcome us. Our spiritual forces are stronger than your barbarism."
"The injured are also showing great emotion, and I wish them a full recovery. Recently we have been following the struggle for the rehabilitation of Baniya Peretz, who was seriously injured in an attack two years ago. Baniya is confined to a wheelchair, but he refuses to give up. A few days ago he underwent a complex operation abroad – and I am told that there are already positive results regarding the relief of the paralysis in his legs. May God grant her son, that she will come back to walk with us safe and sound."
Dear families, the loving embrace of the people surrounds you, in a mutual guarantee that is the foundation of our existence. we are all brothers Brothers in pain, grief, and also in joy. Today, precisely today, a young boy from Mount Bracha, Tzur Yaniv, Hillel Weigel's brother, reached the age of thirteen for a bar mitzvah. As every family here does, Zur carries with him the memory of his loved ones – his older brothers. And as will be done tonight, when the light of the independence beacons is raised, Tsur will also say: "Our Father in heaven, Tsur Israel and its Redeemer, bless the State of Israel." The State of Israel, of which the victims of hostilities will be a part of for generations. may them rest in peace".
"In my office I added the pictures of these brothers, the little children, Jacob and the others. Yesterday a delegation of American congressmen visited me and asked me about the cycle of violence, and I showed the picture of Asher and Jacob. And there was another picture, on the day, during the hours that these murderers murdered the pure children Here, our rescue team is pulling a Turkish child out of the ruins of the earthquake in Turkey."
"I said yesterday and I say today – if they could, they would have murdered us all. You will never break us, you will never overcome us, the greatness of our spirit is stronger than your barbarism."
President Herzog on Mount Herzl (photo: Eric Marmor Flash 90)Herzog: "I ask that we put aside our differences and wrap ourselves together in pain and longing"
President Yitzhak Herzog opened by saying: "We stood here last year, we hoped and prayed that the bereaved family would not grow. Just one day later, a brutal massacre occurred that shocked our nation. Since then, and in the year that has passed, Michal and I have comforted in the mourning homes of every family that joined the circle of bereavement. Every family and its difficult story And the burden is too heavy."
"I want to tell about two families that are so different and so similar. A day apart we visited two funeral homes, we met two mothers whose lives were shattered in one moment. The same pain, the same fate, the same bravery that bear the suffering, every meeting like this with you breaks the heart and strengthens Both together. Each time I wanted to cry out for pure souls who ascended to heaven. We must place assistance to bereaved families at the top of our priority as a society and as a nation."
"Once again, as every year, we meet here. And this year, I am addressing the entire public in Israel, as I addressed at the Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony and heroism at Yad Vashem, and as I addressed last night at the state ceremony at the Western Wall, and asking that we get over the differences, remove the partitions, wrap ourselves in pain and longing , and we will unite with the memory of your loved ones – our loved ones. Let's stop tearing ourselves apart from the inside."
The updated number of Israeli martyrs stands at 24,213. The martyrs are counted from the year 1860 (1860) until today. From the day of remembrance 5555 until today, 59 martyrs were added to the number of the fallen, and another 86 disabled people who died as a result of their disability and were recognized during the year as martyrs of Israel's systems.
Since the last Memorial Day, 31 civilians have been killed in hostilities, including two disabled by hostilities who were injured several years ago and were recognized as martyrs. The National Insurance data show that the terrorist and hate attacks left 3,420 orphans, of which 118 are orphans of both parents, 800 widows, 851 bereaved parents, and 250 families who suffered multiple losses of more than one person per family.
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