My Word: Independence and remembrance, past and present
The only-in-Israel juxtaposition of Remembrance Day for fallen soldiers and victims of terrorism back-to-back with Independence Day is another of those jarring contrasts.
ISRAELI FLAGS and people are seen through a Star of David-shaped hole in a wall at Jerusalem’s Mount Herzl military cemetery on Remembrance Day. (photo credit: RONEN ZVULUN/REUTERS)ByLIAT COLLINS
