Netanyahu Denies Entry to Palestinians for Joint Memorial Day Ceremony in Tel Aviv

Far-right Israeli Prime Minister and Defense Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has refused to allow Palestinians to enter Israel for an annual joint Israeli-Palestinian memorial service in Tel Aviv, scheduled for next Tuesday evening, May 7, Israel’s official Memorial Day. Since 2006, the joint ceremony organized by Combatants for Peace and The Parents Circle – Families Forum…

A moment from the alternative Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day Ceremony held last year in Tel Aviv

110 Palestinians to Be Barred from Alternative Memorial Day Event

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman announced Tuesday, April 10, that Israel will deny entry permits to 110 Palestinians who were planning to participate in the annual Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day Ceremony next Tuesday, April 17. Liberman called the alternative Memorial Day ceremony, organized jointly by Combatants for Peace and the Bereaved Families Forum, a “show of poor taste and…

Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day ceremony, Tuesday evening, May 10, in Tel-Aviv

Thousands of Israelis, Palestinians Participate in Alternative, Joint Memorial Day Ceremony in T-A

Some 3,000 Israelis and Palestinians, including hundreds from the occupied West Bank, participated on Tuesday, May 10, in an Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day eve ceremony that was held for the 11th consecutive year in Tel-Aviv. The ceremony was organized by Combatants for Peace Movement in cooperation with the Parents’ Circle – Families Forum. The ceremony included…

The Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day ceremony held in Tel Aviv.

Despite Right-Wing Protests: Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day Ceremony Marks 10th Anniversary

Thousands participated in the Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day alternative ceremony in Tel Aviv on Tuesday evening, April 21, which was held for its tenth consecutive year despite right-wing protests.The event, organized by Combatants for Peace and the Parents Circle – Family Forum, was held in the Tel Aviv Convention Center. While only a few hundred people participated…