 In Memorial Day Ceremony at Mount Herzl, Israel's National Cemetery in Jerusalem for a small country where each generation has seen war, Memorial Day is a powerful, very solemn national moment for so many families, share in their grief, commemorate the now 24,213 men and women killed in the line of duty, the 4,255 civilian victims of terror. One to note, since last Memorial Day, one year ago, 33 Israelis were murdered in violent acts of terror that includes three sets of siblings, an 8-year-old, an 84-year-old. And whether simply living in Israel or serving in its more dangerous military roles, experience close up. So many of us, how the country's brightest and best sons and daughters, can sacrifice everything to serve and stand up for their home. These are live images here from Mount Herzl, here as again as we're going to be dipping into this ceremony throughout the hour. The country did come to a complete standstill already this morning for a two-minute, very riveting moment of silence as they do each year. So again, live images from the main national ceremony at the Mount Herzl National Cemetery. It's a place full of soldiers, country's leaders, many historical figures. So see the commencement here of this ceremony taking place in a relatively new area of Mount Herzl. This is a special memorial area set up primarily for victims of terror, something we've seen emerge in the last 20 years of this memorial. So as the ceremony begins, I want to just introduce our guest in the studio as well. He'll be discussing a lot more here throughout the hour. I'm joined in the studio by Jacob Lapin, joining me to discuss his military and strategic affairs analyst. For the Jewish News Syndicate, for the Miriam Institute, the Bagan Sadat Center. So we'll be discussing the issues in and around the country, of course, throughout this special. Again, these are live images, they're beginning with some songs and the official ceremony getting underway at the National Cemetery here. And again, joining the studio with Jacob Lapin here, who I just introduced a moment ago. This is always a lot to discuss in and around the country here. And Jacob, while we're waiting here, obviously, for some of the more substantial parts of the ceremony to begin, we'll tune in for them in and out throughout this hour, try to explain the power of what I consider a true memorial day in this country. And I don't mean to smirch anything that takes place in other countries, but it's not an abstraction here. This is something that's very tangible to the majority of the country that either serve in uniform or are close to those who do. You know, describe that at some point, what it's like just to be here on a moment like this. I think you really nailed it in terms of accuracy by saying that it's a memorial day like in no other country because nobody here is thinking about leisure, nobody here is thinking about shopping as you would possibly get in the equivalence of these days in other countries. Everybody here knows somebody who has fallen in their military service. Everybody here knows somebody who has been a victim of terrorism. And that intimacy and that immediacy makes this a day of utter mourning. Sometimes it's unbearable to be frank, to be here to see all of these tragedies recalled, but it's a necessary moment as much as it is unbearable. It's also necessary. And everybody just sort of gazes and looks and mourns and hugs these families. And the bereaved families, a lot of them say, and also the people who look after them year round in the defense ministry, some of these people that have had the opportunity and the privilege to speak to in recent days. For them every day is a kind of a memorial day. This is the day that the country comes together to wrap with love and support these families. And it's really also a day for us to express our recognition for the sacrifices that these people have made that really enable the country to be here. You know, it's really as simple as that ultimately. It does come down to that. And again, nothing abstract about this concept of serving the front lines and protecting and establishing even this country, depending on which area you're looking at. In history, we are going to go to our correspondent, Pierre Steckelbach, who's at the Kyrgyzheuul Cemetery in Tel Aviv here today. This is, I'd call it the other major military cemetery in the country. There are military cemeteries all over the country, but this is an especially large one outside of Tel Aviv here, and also the site here today of large gatherings and official ceremonies as well. Can you describe how the morning went? What took place there today? Just how large was the turnout? Well, David, really hundreds of people attended the ceremony here at the cemetery. We are talking about a cemetery with a military section that has more than 3,000 graves and bereaved families. It started to come in hours before the actual ceremony started at 11 o'clock. The graves were decorated with Israeli flags. Every grave had an Israeli flag on it, as well as flowers that friends and family brought. And every grave had a small white stool next to it so that friends and family can sit down. Next to their beloved ones graves during the ceremony. Well, David, the ceremony started just like any other of those many ceremonies we have seen throughout the country at 11 o'clock right after the nationwide siren. After that, a widow of a soldier who fell in the 73 war lit a torch that kind of started the ceremony. This one was attended by Israel's defense minister Yohav Galant. He spoke here and he was basically eulogizing those who fell in recent years, but we're not talking about only soldiers. And that was also what he emphasized. We're talking about all the members of the defense and security establishment. We're talking about police officers. We're talking about those who work in the intelligence apparatus. We're also talking about those working in prisons and, of course, soldiers as well. Now, Yohav Galant was one of those politicians who emphasized that he did not want these ceremonies to become politically political. He said that people should leave the politics outside of the cemeteries. That worked only to a certain extent. The ceremony went very smoothly. But there was one man in the front row who held up a poster saying the poster basically said that his brother fell in one of the wars and he did not fall for dictatorship but for democracy. Other than that, the ceremony went very smoothly. But in advance, there has been quite some protests against members of Knesset who wanted to speak at ceremonies who did not serve in the army themselves. One of them being also it among Benville, who was denied back then for being too radical. He spoke in Bersheva today, which was probably one of the most controversial ceremony held today in Israel. Here in the Kiryat-Shahouz Cemetery, the ceremony basically continued with people, representatives of municipalities from the area, laying down flower bouquets. Then we had the National Hymn, the Hatikva. And then we had soldiers shooting three shots of honor. Also, not only bereaved families took part in that ceremony today, but also lots of soldiers who were here with their units. Also, scouts and other Israeli youth organizations. So now the ceremony is over, but there is still here and there are some families who are sitting next to the graves of their loved ones. And this is, of course, a very somber and very sensitive day, especially for them, David. Thank you. Pia Stegelbach at the Kiryat-Shahouz Military Cemetery. He just got out of Tel Aviv, another major site for commemorations memorial. Today we're going to get back into Mount Herzl right now, the main national ceremony taking place again. We'll be dipping in and out of that this hour. This is happening live again on Memorial Day in Israel here. And this is the main national cemetery, the eyes of the nation on this site today. Let's listen in. At Avokat az-Zikaron, Yadligu-Tali'u will be liquid by Pali and Menachem Fischer, parents of Adva Fischer of Blessed Memory, who was killed on December 25th, 2003 by a suicide bomber. In the bus station near the Geha Junction 20 years ago, her parents have decided to set up the project at Vaz Haq, which alleviates the suffering of patients and carers in hospitals in order to have Adva's light continue to light the world. After Tattalu' Fiksteen by Rabbi Iyalkrim Chif, Rabbi IVF. Qadish will be recited by Mr. Benny Murad, the father of Tomer Murad of Blessed Memory. On Thursday evening, April 7th, 2022, a terrorist opened fire toward those who were sitting at the Ilkabar on Dizingof Street in Tel Aviv. Tomer was at the bar to meet friends, it was sitting with his childhood friend who was a Tamagini of Blessed Memory, the two of them were killed on site. Qadish will be recited by Mr. Benny Murad, the father of Tomer Murad of Blessed Memory, the two of them were killed on site. Qadish will be recited by Mr. Benny Murad, the father of Tomer Murad of Blessed Memory, the two of them were killed on site. Qadish will be recited by Mr. Benny Murad, the father of Tomer Murad of Blessed Memory, the two of them were killed on site. Qadish will be recited by Mr. Benny Murad, the father of Tomer Murad of Blessed Memory, the two of them were killed on site. 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And the many more victims who this year have joined the overly long list of victims, that heart-breaking list, on the walls of this memorial, which pulses with the heartbeats of an entire nation, paying the price for our sovereign liberty here on the soil of our homeland. I remember that we stood here last year, hoping and praying that the family of grief would grow no more. I remember, we all remember, that just one day later, at the end of Independence Day in Il-Ad, there was a brutal massacre which shocked us all. Since then, over the past year, Mikhail and I have been visiting and offering comfort at the bereaved homes of every single family that saw its world destroyed and joined the circle of grief all across the land, people of every faith, world view and lifestyle, veteran Israelis and immigrants, each family with its own story, each family with its own unbearable tragedy. Today I wish to tell you about two such encounters. One day apart, we visited two bereaved households where we met two mothers, so different and so similar, two women whose lives disintegrated in a moment, the first, Dvorah Pellei from Jerusalem, the mother of five-year-old Yaakov Yisrael and four-year-old Asher Oshi Menachem, who were the two tender boys who were murdered in a terror attack and they waited at a bus stop wearing their Shabbat finest on their way to a family celebration. Their father, Abraham, was seriously wounded in that attack. Dvorah Pellei, a woman of noble spirit, in the advanced stages of pregnancy welcomed us with her remaining children, radiating an extraordinary power, out of her terrible private grief, Dvorah strengthened our spirits. The following morning, in the Bedouin village of Khosnia in the Misgav Regional Council in the Galilee, I met Sa'ada Sawaed, mother of Buda police fighter Sergeant Asil Sawaed, who fell in a terror attack in Jerusalem. Through a broken heart and heavy tear, Sa'ada told me how through, out, Asil Sawaed, she hadn't slept. She had sat up every night. Afterwards. I met Sa'ada Sawaed, mother of Buda police fighter Sergeant Asil, who fell in a terror attack in Jerusalem. Through a broken heart and heavy tear, Sa'ada told me how throughout Asil Sawaed, she hadn't slept. She had sat up every night, waiting for her beloved son to return. And he did not return. This image of the two mothers, Dvorah and Sa'ada, is an image that tells the whole Israeli story. For them and their families and for each and every family, in Tel Aviv, in Elad, in Afagalim, in Kisra Smea, in Har Baracha, in Nabrah, in Kibbutz Genosaar, in Afrah, in Jerusalem, and in many other places, it is the same pain, the same fate, the same heroism that bears the same suffering. Each encounter with you, dear families, has been heartbreaking and reaffirming at once. Every time we enter to offer comfort and offer strength, we emerge strengthened. And every time I want to let out a loud and bitter cry for the pure and dear souls who went up to heaven in a whirlwind, and in the same breath, I want to cry out to the whole people in Israel that have stopped tearing ourselves apart from within, that have let us do everything to heal, to find solutions, to bridge the gulfs. Dear and beloved families, your load is heavy, and you bear it every day. We have no way of giving you relief, but we must never less continue trying in every way. That is our duty. In this spirit, over the years, many changes have been made in relation to the treatment of the families of terror victims. I wish to thank all the institutions that have worked with you and alongside you, and still more can always be done. I believe, and I have said so explicitly to representatives of the families, that we must ensure that the voice of the families of terror victims be heard and taken into account when decisions are made about the most painful issues for each and every family in the various bodies, institutions, and forums. This refers, of course, also the situation of the many thousands, the victims of terror in body and soul, the injured who bear the scars of terrorism day by day, hour by hour. We must make assistance to them and their well-being our top priority as a society and as a state. On behalf of the people and on behalf of the State of Israel, I pray for the memory of the victims and for the health of those injured. And I hope that they and their families, and you and your families, also know moments of calm and joy. May the memories of the victims of terror attacks be preserved in our hearts and in the nation's hearts forevermore. I am honored to invite the Prime Minister, Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu, to address us. President of Israel, Mr. Yitzhak Herzog and his wife, Mikhail, Speaker of Knesset, Amir Okhana, President of the Supreme Court, Justice Esther Chayout and her husband, David, Minister of Finance, Minister of Labor, Minister of Welfare, Yaakov Margi, Chief General Staff, Lieutenant General Hatsi Halevi, Commissioner Kobi Shabtai, Chief of Israel Police, Head of ISA, Ronan Bar, Head of Mossad, David Barnea, Chief of Israel Prison Service, Commissioner Katy Perry, Commissioner of the National Fire and Rescue Authority, Chief Fire Officer Eyal Kaspy, Chairman of the World Zionist Organization, Yaakov Haguel, my dear friend, the head of the Organization for Victims of Terrorism, Mr. A. B. Moses, ambassadors, diplomatic representatives, distinguished guests, brothers and sisters, dear families. This is the second time within a week that I am here with you at Mount Herzl in this case in order to pay the due respect to the victims of terror attacks. Last week we laid a cornerstone for the commemoration site for terror victims, which will be built in a few years' time here on Mount Herzl. Our country is riddled with tombstones and memorial sites, more than any other country. We respect and honor the memory of those fallen probably more than other nations do. However, here something else will take place or will be built. Here will be a national memorial site because the deaths of the victims of terrorism has national meaning and significance. Our soldiers in arms fell protecting our country and the civilians wearing no uniform and not in arms fell because the enemy does not want us to be living here in our homeland. And I am proud of having the privilege to head governments that have decided to build this memorial hall for the victims for the IDF soldiers, fallen soldiers, which we have done. And now we will be building this hall in memory of the victims of terrorism on Mount Herzl, who is the visionary and almost the founder of this state. None of this would have happened. And you are also here because without you this would not have happened. And since we began establishing this state, the process of establishing this state 170 years ago, our enemies take every step in order to try and uproot us from our homeland. Yesterday and today, on the Memorial Day in Jerusalem and in Benjamin, we have seen a demonstration of this in two additional terror attacks. Every generation in turn faces the poison of incitement and the love of killing. Every generation in turn must be strong and face our enemies and deepen our roots in our homeland. Unlike our fragile existence in the small Yishuv, now our power is not something that we can take for granted. We are stronger and anyone who tries to hurt us will not remain standing. At the same time we also deepen our connection to the homeland. We will continue to build. We will continue to create. We will continue to plant. We will continue to add life. My brothers and sisters, when the lives of your loved ones were taken away by terrorists and murderers, animals, my heart cracks together with your pain. I understand the heavy price that you have paid, the price of the victim, of the fallen, and this void in your hearts. You, Israeli society as a whole, have lost amazing people, great souls, great souls, sometimes of small children, great souls who were an ongoing spring of giving, of sensitivity, of kindness. In Nivea Akov on Friday night a few weeks ago, some of those who managed to escape the terror attack came back in order to help those wounded and therefore hurt themselves. Instead of them saying kiddush, the Shabbat, prayer, we said kaddish, the morning prayer over them. They met citizens of other countries. These terrorists are blindly hateful and they target the innocent Jews and non-Jews who fall victim to their maliciousness. And of course, we have also lost three sets of siblings. The huge light that we have been given by them has penetrated every house, as Shalom Yeniv said in Har Bracha, the father of Halel and Yagel Yeniv who were murdered in Chawara. We are all brothers and sisters. We are all one family. The mother of Yaakov and Ushi, the small children, were so beautiful and were murdered in the attack in Ramot. Ask the thousands who came to comfort her during the Shiva to complete what is missing, using a good deed that will continue the memory of her children to respect and honor their parents, to do loving kindness, to learn Torah. Rabbi Leo D. from Ephrat had to bury day after day his two daughters, Maya and Rena, and his wife Lucy. And he spoke very clearly. The terror organizations, he said, are motivated by murder and they do not discriminate between those who live in Ephrat and those who live in Tel Aviv. They are willing to destroy our children's lives within a second. But we, we're the children of light. We fight the children of darkness and we will always win because the people of Israel are alive. I'm Israel Chai. In my office, I have added the pictures of these siblings, these young children, Yaakov and Ushi and the others. Yesterday, I had a delegation of congresspeople, American members of Congress and they asked me about the reactions, our extreme responses, the violence, the circle of violence and I showed them the picture on two pieces of wood, Ushi and Yaakov. And there was another picture. On the very day, the very hours when these terrorists murdered these pure children, one of our emergency service people took out a Turkish boy from the ruins of the earthquake in Turkey and those very minutes, those very hours, and that's exactly the difference between us because they have hatred in their hearts and if they could, they would kill us all. And yet we, we are motivated by life. And this mission requires us to fight back and that is the great difference that has come upon our nation. We are no longer helpless victims. We pay every so often with the anguish and suffering of families but we can overcome. We can be victorious. We have seen the human chain going to and from the funerals to strengthen the families. Many accompanied them waving Israeli flags in response to our enemies. We will never be broken by you. You will never be victorious. Our spirit is stronger than your barbarous actions. Great strength is shown by the injured as well and I wish them complete health. In recent weeks we have Sobnaja Peretz who was injured in a terror attack two years ago. He is in a wheelchair but he will not give up and a few days ago he underwent a complex surgery overseas and they say that there are already good results alleviating his pain, the pain in his legs. I hope you will be able to go back and walk. Dear families, the loving embrace of the nation wraps you in mutual responsibility which is the foundation of our existence. We are all brothers and sisters in the pain, in the grief but also in joy. Today, of all days, from her, from Mount Herzl, her brother celebrated his bar mitzvah at 13. As any family would do, Sur bears with him the memory of his older brothers and as we will do today, when the light, tonight when the light of the Independence Day torches will be lit, Sur will also say God in heaven. Sur Israel which means the rock of Israel, bless the people of Israel, the state of Israel so that the victims of the terror attacks will be part of it for generations to come. May their memories be a blessing. The bereaved family's address will be said by Mr. A. B. Moses, the head of the Organization for Victims of Terrorism. On Saturday night, April 11, 1987, a mouth of cocktail was thrown into the car that A. B.'s family was driving in. The car became a fire. He was injured and he managed to get his three children out and they went to hospital but off his wife, who was in the front seat, was not able to get out and she was burned in the car and three months later, his son Tal passed away in the hospital. Following this terrible tragedy, A. B. decided to dedicate his life to accompanying the families of terror victims. President of Israel, Ms. Litzchak Herzog and his wife Michal, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Sara and his wife Sara, Speaker of Knesset, Mr. Amir Ohana, President of the Supreme Court, Justice Esther Chayout and her partner, attorney David Chayout, bereaved families, citizens of Israel, distinguished guests. It's been a tough year. Terrorism smites us time after time and the victims of terrorism are buried. Their numbers soar and are now 4,255 victims. Of them, 740 are children and teens under the age of 18. Terror attacks have left 3,420 orphaned of them. 118 are orphaned having no parents left. 700 widows and widowers and 250 families that have suffered the loss of more than one member. Each year on this holy day, I tell myself, may next year, may no more victims be added to the list by next year. We are rest assured that the security and defense enterprise do everything in their power in order to counter the terrorism and we honor them for that and we thank them for that. In these difficult days, we must unite. We must unite even if we disagree. We must unite even if we realize that sometimes we do not agree. It is the right of every citizen to say their word and say their opinion and to demonstrate that we must all respect one another unconditionally. Our force, our strength, our ability is to overcome these disputes and to overcome and to embrace the bereaved families and those who are injured. Believe me, I know how important the embrace and the listening and the caring are at such hard times. I know, the night, think of Dvorii Premi, the mother of Yahkovan Asher of Blessed Mary, who were murdered here in Jerusalem, sitting with a picture of her boys and telling him about a small child wearing his Shabbat finest. And there are no words to describe the grief that comes with her painful words. I think about her agony and I know how important it is for the people of Israel to embrace these families, not only on Memorial Day, but every single day. Before me, I see the noble image of Or Ishba, Ishqal, of Blessed Memory. His parents decided to donate his organs and have saved five people thanks to their donation. The D family lost two of her daughters, Rina and Maya. Several days later, unfortunately, they also buried their mother, Lucy. The D family, in a very noble step, also donated Lucy's organs and have saved many lives. And I remember the poem of Ibrahim Khalfi. First you cry and the words of this poem are like cuts in the flesh. And you get up and you sit. And you get up and you sit. And you know one single thing, that person will never return. Our beloved have gone and will not return. And yet, they are still with us. They are with us in the memory. They are with us in pictures that we see before our eyes every so often. Sometimes they make us smile and sometimes they make us cry. We in the organization that represents the victims of terrorism try to commemorate all the time we have placed the cornerstone for the building of a hall commemorating the victims of terrorism. Here on Mount Herzl, this hall will be built and families, students, soldiers and guests from overseas will be able to come here and to remember those who were killed simply because they were citizens of the state of Israel. The visitors will learn about the reality where terrorism accompanies the Jews from the dawn of time from the very beginning. But we are strong and we overcome and we remember. The building of this hall is like paying a debt of honor toward the victims of terrorism and their families. And I would like to thank the Israeli government, the Prime Minister, Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu and the Minister of Welfare, Mr. Yaakov Margi, the Minister of Labor, Mr. Joav Ben-Soul for their full agreement and for their collaboration in this step to build this hall is so significant and meaningful to us. Here this place will be built and we will make it into a center that will tell the very complex reality and story in which we live here in the state of Israel. This memorial hall will be filled with the words of poet Yehuda Amichai, a dangerous country where tombstones and memorials are everywhere like paper plates so that the memories will not fly away like pieces of paper. I undertake that we will do everything in order to commemorate the memory of our loved ones. We'll never forget them and I'll take this opportunity to tell you distinguished guests, new especially Mr. Prime Minister. It is time for the Israeli government to approve the Israeli government to resolution and to provide tools and resources to the organization for the victims in order for this organization to be able to support and help those who are victims of terror throughout the year and particularly in times when waves of terror are causing trauma and post trauma to emerge. I began with the hope that we all share the hope that we will make a dream of safe lives come true here in Israel and may God help us that we will be able to once again see the vision of this desire that these will be the very last victims. Brothers and sisters, bereaved families, I would like to extend to you a loving hug from me, from the organization of terror victims and from the entire people of Israel. May you find even a little comfort in your life. May the memories of our loved ones be blessed. You're watching the live ceremony here. This is Har Herzl, the main national military cemetery in Jerusalem. On the site of the main ceremony today on Israel's memorial day, just had the speeches by the president, by the Prime Minister, the head of the bereaved families, foundation as well. All powerful and moving moments here for the country to take in all these individuals so personally affected by the conflicts throughout the decades here. So there's a real personal touch behind all the words of our politicians and our family, our country at large here. Our correspondent and ultimate is there at her Herzl today. We were just starting to speak to you a little while ago before the president spoke here, took to the podium. You know, obviously it's an extremely charged day there at Mount Herzl. It's hard to even put into words the power that one feels, you know, being there as all these graves have a loved one visiting them today. It appeared to own and I'll bring in the current events to this thing that it stayed apolitical in that main ceremony there. We weren't sure. Of course, reminiscent of some of the heckling that took place against Prime Minister Bennett last year. A lot of speculation about what might take place today seemed to me to be apolitical so far. Is it not? Yeah, one small protest, a silent one against Prime Minister Netanyahu in this latter ceremony, David, but you're right, the earlier one went off without incident. Obviously relief to organizers. I think a relief to many people around the country who wanted this day at least to be a day of unity and coming together to remember Israel's fallen. And you're right, of course, year in, year out, the two ceremonies, now the two ceremonies. First of all, the main state ceremony, 11 o'clock local time, just about three hours ago, and then the one that we've just seen on our screens. Again, a ceremony dedicated not to fallen soldiers. Their place was in the morning, but to the victims of terror who have become very, very much a part in recent years of the commemoration of Israel's Memorial Day. But the reality, David, is the ceremonies are only one element of what happens on Mount Hurtzel today. And you touched on the other element, the visits to the ceremony into the graves. I think you can see around me to my and back of me the graves decorated with flowers and wreaths and other decorations. And again, in many cases being visited by individuals, by groups. And David, we've been speaking with people here and it's a mix. Of course, there are the bereaved families, people who have lost a loved one in Israel's wars. This is a military cemetery coming here to visit those graves. We've also seen not a small number of young people here as part of educational programs who in some cases have been given the name of a fallen soldier and have gone to find the grave. And in advance of this Yomazecharon, in advance of this Memorial Day, have had to go and read and learn about that person, learn about who he or she was and what it was that led to he or she falling in combat or in service. So an important part of an Israeli education, by the way, should also say a lot of foreign Jews. We hear English speaking and French speaking here. Foreign Jews who are here, you Jewish young people who are here in programs for a year, for less or for more. We're also coming here on this Yomazecharon and this Memorial Day to participate in this ultimate Israeli experience. And finally, David, just another anniversary, which I'm sure we will speak much more about in a few months, but is also part of this Yomazecharon of this Memorial Day. And back of me, these are the plots, David, of graves from the Yomkee poor war. We are now not only in the 75th anniversary of Israel's founding, we're also at the 50th anniversary of the Yomkee poor war, a traumatic moment for this country. We've been speaking with people who lost loved ones during that war. We'll bring some of those interviews later on over the course of the day. But again, another point to remember on this Yomazecharon and this Memorial Day. Thanks for giving us a picture of the situation on Her Herzl. And these are the various delegations laying the Memorial wreaths at the monument here to the fallen victims of terror. This is on Her Herzl again, the National Military Cemetery. There's the president of Israel as a Kurds dog laying the wreath for his office. Many government departments and different organizations coming up to pay honor on Israel's Memorial Day. While this is taking place, get and join the studio with Yaakov Lapin here. Look, one of the most chilling things Yaakov, and this is apparent if we look at the images here on the screen or look on Mount Herzl, there are empty sections, you know, close to the fresh graves. We see the plaques on the wall here, you know, this Memorial for Terror with empty space on them. In fact, there's some just behind the wreaths, you know, we can see now that there's room for more names. Look, this conflict is far from over around here. I think everyone knows that. There are active security threats everywhere. It's an army at war essentially, or at least deployed in conflict in a lot of ways. How does that translate into this? This isn't a memorial, it's an active moment of sort of appreciating what's taking place, and how you describe the extra infusion of energy that comes with something like that, the blank, the blank plots of the wall. It's a very chilling reminder that Israel continues to live on its sword and will continue to live on its sword for the foreseeable future. That is the harsh reality of our security situation and our existence in the Middle East. Israel has come a very long way in terms of its military, political, economic strength over the past 75 years, but the harsh reality of needing to fight every day for its security and its independence, that has remained a constant. And even though Israel is so much more powerful today than it was 75 years ago, we're going to continue to have to deal with very difficult images like this, and those are what those empty plots and the new plaque that you refer to remind us of, and of the need for us to steal ourselves for those moments unfortunately. We hear a lot of the talk about the term unity being thrown around here, certainly by the president, by really everyone, there was this really desperate plea, I think from all sides of the spectrum politically, from the top military leaders to keep these ceremonies focused on the fall and I think a large degree we've seen that, I know there have been minor incidents around some politicians around the country, but this call for unity, how critically important, from a security perspective right now, we saw the so-called strategic ambush of the next or what we could do next. A lot of people saying that the internal division is what's sparking this sort of appetite by our enemy to comment and push the issues even more. What does a day like today symbolize? Does it bring us back together in some way that unity is so important to focus on in the face of the enemy? Is that such a real danger in other words, the image of division? Yes, so the former chief of staff, Benny Gantz and a position member described this memorial day as the saddest memorial day that he has experienced because of the multiple incidents that we have seen across the country of politics coming in and disrupting this day of mourning, this used to be a day of consensus, the country was united by the consensus of mourning of bereavement. Unfortunately we have to concede that that is no longer the case today, anywhere near as what we want to see and I think it's also undeniable that Israel's enemies are being encouraged by these internal divisions on the contrary side of things it's very likely that Israel is more than capable of overcoming these divisions over time given enough time to do that and Israel's enemies also have a history of being overconfident in their strengths and in Israel's weakness that has happened many times in Israel's history and they've had rude awakenings so I think the picture is complex but there's no denying there's no way around acknowledging the fact that this memorial day is the most divided in Israel's short history. It's a painful reality but Yaakov thanks for being with us here we're approaching the end of our live coverage of this and some important issues there to analyze I appreciate you joining us in this Yaakov Lapin Here we are again watching the various delegations with the head of the Shabbat Internal Security Service laying a wreath for his department again the delegates now laying their memorial wreaths one after another this is a representative of foreign delegations as well as being the central and main ceremony today taking place on Mount Herzl the country's national military cemetery you're joining us again this is Israeli memorial day a very solemn occasion as it is every year in the country but leading as it does into Independence Day tonight at sundown 75 years will be certainly celebrated the juxtaposition of the sadness of today for now thanks for joining us here on Zoom in Imagine being able to see into the future What innovations will change the world as we know it Join us as we meet the people changing our planet Discover the inventions shaping tomorrow Israel Business Beat Sundays and Wednesdays 9.30 p.m. GMT I want to represent you very easily made out of rice we're making this dish called Tuk Boki the fast food and it's yummy the sauce is a very unique sauce it's called Kochajang we mix with a rice syrup and with hot peppers some of the food is very authentic, very spicy so for the starters and the kids keep that texture but with the different sauces use my soy sauce and then with the date syrup that they have in here 100% date syrup