US President Donald Trump delivered a statement to the press from the White House on Tuesday, but made no reference whatsoever to his earlier announcement regarding the extension of the ceasefire with Iran.
The President avoided answering…
Category: 1. Israel
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Macron urges Israel to ‘renounce its territorial ambitions’ in Lebanon
French President Emmanuel Macron has called on Israel to “renounce its territorial ambitions,” stressing that a political solution is the only path to lasting peace as he hosted Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam at the Elysee Palace.
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Netanyahu heckled at Israel’s official Memorial Day ceremony as bereaved families grasp for comfort – The Forward
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu places a wreath during a ceremony marking Israel’s Memorial Day for fallen soldiers at the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, April 21, 2026. (Ilia Yefimovich / Pool / AFP via Getty…
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Israeli consulate Yom Hazikaron event in Los Angeles draws 500 – JNS.org
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Israel Marks 78th Independence Day as Milei Says Israel Brought ‘Light to Humanity’
Israel marked its 78th Independence Day on Tuesday evening with the official torch-lighting ceremony at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, alongside a large alternative event in Tel Aviv, as competing narratives over the October 7 attack and the ongoing…
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Israel kicks off 78th Independence Day festivities with annual torch-lighting ceremony
Israel on Tuesday night ushered in its 78th Independence Day with the traditional torch-lighting ceremony at Jerusalem’s Mount Herzl, which this year took place against the backdrop of shaky ceasefires with Iran and Lebanon.
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The Blogs: An affair of the heart – and an unfinished story | Solly Kaplinski
A Yom Hazikaron and Yom Haatzmaut Reflection
We attended a very moving and tearful IDF Widows and Orphans Yom Hazikaron memorial event last night at the Museum of Tolerance, to honor the memory of Israel’s fallen soldiers and victims of…
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Rabbi who boasts of bulldozing Palestinian homes will light torch for Israel’s national day | Israel
An extremist rabbi known for razing civilian homes in Gaza will light a torch at Israel’s independence day celebration on Tuesday, a role human rights campaigners said marked the embrace of genocide as the official “spirit of the nation”.
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Torch Ceremony Opens Israel’s 78th Independence Day as Netanyahu, Milei and Hostage Families Take Center Stage
Israel opened its 78th Independence Day on Tuesday night with a state torch-lighting ceremony at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, formally transitioning from Memorial Day and launching national celebrations with 12 torch lighters…
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