Published: 1 May 2020
Last updated: 4 March 2024
Online Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day ceremony attracts 200,000 viewers (Haaretz)
Communications Minister Amsalem criticised Israeli public radio’s Reshet Bet for broadcasting an ad for the event, which was held in Tel Aviv and Ramallah
The program, which coincided with the beginning of Israel’s Memorial Day observances, featured both Israelis and Palestinians who lost loved ones in the conflict between the two peoples. This was the 15th year the ceremony has been held at the initiative of the Israeli-Palestinian organization Combatants for Peace and the Parents Circle forum.
In a video clip broadcast as part of the ceremony, Nickolay Mladenov, the UN special coordinator for the Middle East peace process, made reference to efforts to combat the coronavirus pandemic, and said: “What we really need to see is Palestinians and Israelis coming together, not just to fight the virus, but to fight for peace.”
UN envoy: 'Israelis, Palestinians must fight for peace as if its COVID-19' (Jerusalem Post)
“We have seen cooperation and we have seen confrontation. But what we really need to see is Palestinians and Israelis coming together not just to fight the virus, but to fight for peace.”
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Hebron settlers close off area in the city to celebrate Independence Day (Haaretz)
Local Palestinian activist says the area in Tel Rumeida is privately owned Palestinian land, but the Israeli army wouldn't intervene
Yair Netanyahu calls for return of a ‘free, democratic and Christian’ Europe (Haaretz)
'We have one day in a year to remember our fallen soldiers! And you destroy it with a ‘memorial’ to Palestinian terrorists!' Netanyahu's middle child writes in a tweet
Photo: Tal Kfir Shor, whose sister was killed in a terrorist attack, speaks at the Memorial Day event, April 27 (Rami Ben Ari/Combatants for Peace)
