Joint Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day ceremony calls for sharing grief, not keeping score
'No matter how many people you lose,' said a Palestinian who has seen 61 relatives killed in Gaza, 'The feeling is the same'
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News How a wildflower became a symbol for Israel’s Memorial Day
In the decades since poet Haim Gouri alluded to it in 1948, the local flower known as Maccabees’ blood has become so associated with mourning the fallen that it is now cultivated to send to bereaved families
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Community Israeli Icon Noa Shares The Truth Behind Israel’s Alternative Memorial Day
A few weeks ago I had the honor of participating, for the third time, in the Alternative Memorial Day Service in Tel Aviv, together with my friend and colleague Mira Awad. This is a joint Israeli-Palestinian event, organized by the Parent’s Circle and the Combatants for Peace. It has been taking place for the past…
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Opinion Yesh Atid’s Ofer Shelah on War, Grief and Promise
It’s been a while since I’ve had the weekly privilege of translating and editing Ofer Shelah. Some years back he was the Forward’s Israeli commentator as well as a military and sports correspondent for Maariv. Now he’s Yesh Atid’s Knesset faction chairman. Today, marking Soldiers’ Memorial Day in Israel, he posted these thoughts on his…
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