’Shaming the memory of the fallen’: Scuffles, abuse as Ben Gvir speaks at Memorial Day event * Tali Dee: A black hole inside me *Torchlighting doctors hope to heal nation

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Tuesday, April 25, 2023 Presented by [Sheba Global]( [Bereaved families spar in Beersheba cemetery as Ben Gvir speaks at Memorial Day event]( By Emanuel Fabian With emotions high and security ramped up over far-right minister’s attendance at ceremony in southern city, family members of fallen troops yell at each other and scuffle [Leaders plead for Memorial Day unity to replace protests as nation remembers fallen]( By ToI Staff and Emanuel Fabian [Tempers fray as some ministers are met with protests at Memorial Day ceremonies]( By Ash Obel and ToI Staff Coalition members heckled, one barred from attending event; scuffles break out in Beersheba, Rehovot; some walk out as Netanyahu calls for unity at main ceremony in Jerusalem [Israel comes to standstill for Memorial Day, amid fears politics could mar events]( By ToI Staff From the blogs Tali Dee [I never thought it would be my family]( There is a black hole inside me. In another five years or another 10 years – even at my wedding – this hole will be there from our sponsor [SHEBA’S HUMANITARIAN MISSION]( For the first time ever, Israel’s Sheba Medical Center and the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet conducted a training program to prepare Kenya’s Navy for disasters. [Five wounded in terror car-ramming near busy Jerusalem market]( By Emanuel Fabian One victim in his 80s fighting for his life; Palestinian man who plowed car into pedestrians at corner of Agrippas and Ki’ach streets shot dead [Israeli moderately hurt in West Bank shooting targeting Memorial Day running event]( By Emanuel Fabian [Doctors tapped for Independence Day torchlighting hope to heal fractured nation]( By Renee Ghert-Zand Shock trauma pioneer Prof. Avi Rivkind of Hadassah and infection control expert Dr. Khetam Hussein of Rambam inspired by Israeli medicine, hope for unity on Independence Day Live updates [LIVE: Netanyahu says Israel’s response to terror is to deepen hold on our homeland]( By ToI Staff PM speaks at Memorial Day event to commemorate 4,255 victims of terror; says every generation must confront ‘those who spare no means to try and uproot us’ [15,000 attend controversial joint Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day event]( By Carrie Keller-Lynn Bereaved families from both sides of conflict decry Israel’s West Bank policies at unique remembrance ceremony, as right-wing protesters lash participants as ‘traitors’ [Government asks High Court not to force immediate demolition of Khan al-Ahmar]( By Jeremy Sharon Top Ops Sarah Raanan [The man in the blue polo shirt]( Just in our little town of Raanana there are 265 names of the dead to be read out loud. We listen to every single one of them Martin Kramer [Israel from 25 to 75: The lesson is perpetual vigilance]( Five months after the hubris of a giant military parade, the country faced an existential war: Today’s pensive mood is reassuring [Sibling of slain Yaniv brothers celebrates his bar mitzvah at their graves]( By Amy Spiro Tzur Yaniv feted at Mount Herzl cemetery on Memorial Day; sister Rachel Yaniv addresses Knesset ceremony: ‘Despite the incomprehensible price we have paid, we continue to love’ [Hundreds of thousands tune into largest English-language Memorial Day ceremony]( By Michael Horovitz [‘Glorious legacy’: Over 1,200 attend Memorial Day ceremony for fallen Haredi troops]( By Michael Horovitz Analysis Haviv Rettig Gur [How one bereaved mother changed Israel’s Memorial Day and the country itself]( Gony Harnik, 25, was killed in the first major battle of the Lebanon War. His mother’s poetry and activism would inject a new consciousness into the national ethos of commemoration [GA protests, Jordanian MP’s gun-smuggling, and Armenian pain]( [listen to the podcast]( [‘Let’s finish this job’: Biden announces candidacy for 2024 US presidential election]( By Zeke Miller Leader would be 86 years old at end of second term if he defeats Republican contender, thought likely to be either Donald Trump or Ron DeSantis [Netanyahu meets with Democrats as he looks to buck notion of strained US ties]( By Jacob Magid [Lee Zeldin, US Jewish Republican ex-congressman, backs Trump for president]( By Jackie Hajdenberg [On genocide memorial day, Jerusalem Armenians hold out hopes for Israeli recognition]( By Lazar Berman The Jewish state has prioritized ties with Turkey and Azerbaijan over recognizing the WWI Ottoman massacre, critics say, as Armenian community voices shame over country’s stance [Don’t give up on us: Lapid urges US Jews to stand by Israel despite overhaul strains]( By Canaan Lidor Opposition head tells Jewish Federations GA in Tel Aviv he knows current coalition ‘doesn’t represent your values…It was ‘democratically elected, will be democratically replaced’ [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing Apr. 25: GA protests, Jordanian MP’s gun-smuggling, and Armenian pain]( By ToI Staff [Missing Ukrainian soldier given Jewish burial after months-long search for body]( By Lazar Berman Remains of Ali Shabay, who was killed fighting Russian troops last May, identified by DNA last week; Kyiv appoints Jewish chaplain for military [One killed, 10 wounded in Russian strike on Ukrainian museum; Zelensky: ‘Barbaric’]( By AP [Jewish group’s report finds rise in antisemitic incidents in Poland]( By Dinah Spritzer Reporter's notebook [Pittsburgh Jews grapple with how to remember 2018 synagogue attack, as trial starts]( By Ron Kampeas Representatives of US community say they’re ‘doing Jewish’ as means of coping with massacre, with trauma still felt even after deadly shooting has ‘become part of the background’ [Jury selection begins in trial over 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue massacre]( By Peter Smith and MARK SCOLFORO [Massachusetts woman indicted for leaving swastikas at Jewish lawyer’s home]( By Andrew Lapin [Israel said to invite warring Sudanese generals for ceasefire talks]( By ToI Staff and Agencies Report says military chief and paramilitary leader appear to consider offer seriously, as foreign minister stresses Jerusalem ‘working different channels’ to help reach ceasefire [Sudan’s warring rivals agree on US-brokered 72-hour ceasefire after hundreds killed]( By AFP [Yeshiva U said to reverse decision to cut women’s Talmud classes, following petition]( By Jackie Hajdenberg 1,400-plus signatories urged Stern College to offer Gemara lessons even with low enrollment, suggested endowed position to honor late rabbi who taught core Jewish text for decades [ADL hails Fox News for long-sought ouster of Tucker Carlson]( By Andrew Lapin [CNN host Don Lemon parts ways with US network after sexist Haley comments]( By David Bauder [CRM]( More Headlines [Jewish group blasts Credit Suisse for sacking investigators probing bank’s Nazi links]( By Ash Obel and AP [Israel likely to miss 2023 deficit target as tax revenue drops amid judicial jitters]( By Sharon Wrobel [National Insurance Institute denies its website was brought down by hacker group]( By ToI Staff [Premier colors / Artist connects the dots for a new look at Israel’s leaders]( By Jessica Steinberg [Iran charges two actresses for not wearing mandatory headscarves in public]( By AFP [Fake Hitler diaries from 1980s scam to be displayed at German national archives]( By Michael Horovitz [Body of man missing in crane collapse found in sea after five weeks]( By ToI Staff [West toughens sanctions on Iran’s Revolutionary Guard over protest crackdown]( By AFP [Seeing red / UAE spacecraft snaps close-up of Mars’ little moon]( By Marcia Dunn [I call it love / Lionel Richie’s daughter Sofia marries Jewish music exec]( By Gabe Friedman [The daily edition]( [facebook]( [twitter]( [instagram]( [View in browser]( [Contact support](mailto:support@timesofisrael.com) [Advertise with us](mailto:advertise@timesofisrael.com) Were you forwarded this email? 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