Celebrations dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the founding of the country were held in Israel. The celebrations began Wednesday after sunset.
The State of Israel was proclaimed on May 14, 1948 (5th Iyar according to the Jewish calendar). If the 5th of Yair falls on a Friday and a Saturday, the party is postponed to the following Thursday. This year, as part of the anniversary date, Independence Day will be celebrated particularly widely. Independence Day is traditionally preceded by Yom HaZikaron – the day of remembrance for Israel’s fallen soldiers and victims of terrorism.
A special place in the celebrations is occupied by the national flag of the country. For most Jews, the flag of Israel has always had a special meaning. From the earliest days of the country’s existence, the white and blue flag united the nation that survived the tragedy of the Holocaust.
The “Star of David” flag has gained relevance in recent months, as supporters and opponents of judicial reform led by Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet have taken their actions under the national banner.
And now, across the country, days before the celebrations began, State of Israel flags were hung everywhere. Citizens placed the national symbol on cars and in the windows of houses, the flag can be seen in shop windows and small shops. Russian media collected photographic evidence of the atmosphere in which Israel prepared to celebrate its anniversary and how the country celebrated Independence Day.
Israelis watch the country’s 75th Independence Day air show in Tel Aviv Ohad Zwigenberg/AP
The Israeli Air Force aerobatic team performs during an air show in honor of the country’s 75th anniversary of independence Ariel Schalit/AP
Tens of thousands of Israelis wave the national flag during a protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government plans to overhaul the justice system, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, April 15, 2023Oded Balilty/AP
A store sells Israeli flags and other merchandise ahead of Israel’s 75th Independence Day in Tel Aviv, Wednesday, April 19, 2023Oded Balilty/AP
A woman walks past a shop selling Israel’s 75th Independence Day balloons in Tel Aviv, Sunday, April 23, 2023Oded Balilty/AP
Vacationers by the Mediterranean Sea near the rescue tower, decorated with the national flag of Israel, in Tel Aviv, Sunday, April 9, 2023Oded Balilty / AP
Israelis attend a car display at the Israeli Army Armored Corps monument during the Jewish holiday of Passover in Latrun, Israel, Monday, April 10, 2023Oded Balilty/AP
Israeli flags fly above a fruit store in a Tel Aviv market, Monday, April 17, 2023. Oded Balilty/AP
A boy holds an Israeli flag as worshipers gather outside the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City, Thursday, April 20, 2023Ariel Schalit/AP
Customers dance to music outside a bar decorated with national flags ahead of Israel’s 75th Independence Day at a market in Jerusalem, Friday, April 21, 2023 Ohad Zwigenberg/AP
Palestinian citizens visit a war memorial in the Israeli-held Golan Heights along the border with Syria during Eid al-Fitr, Saturday, April 22, 2023 Ariel Schalit/AP
Workers sew Israeli flags at a factory in Jerusalem, Thursday, April 20, 2023Ariel Schalit / AP
Israeli protesters wave the national flag during a demonstration against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government plans to overhaul the justice system, in Tel Aviv, Thursday, March 9, 2023Oded Balilty/AP
Israeli flags fly near the Western Wall ahead of the Day of Remembrance of Fallen Soldiers in Jerusalem’s Old City, Thursday, April 20, 2023Ariel Schalit/AP
Israeli soldiers stand guard as Jewish settlers from the West Bank gather after marching during the Passover holiday at the West Bank outpost of Eviatar, Monday, April 10, 2023 Ariel Schalit/AP
A daughter kisses her father and holds a small Israeli flag during the celebration of the Jewish holiday of Passover in downtown Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, April 11, 2023Oded Balilty/AP
An Israeli demonstrator lies on a road covered in a blood-splattered fake sheet reading ‘I am the first to be killed’ to protest threats of political violence under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government plans to reshuffle the judicial system, in Tel Aviv Thursday March February 23, 2023 Oded Balilty / AP
An Israeli Air Force aerobatic team flies over vacationers by the Mediterranean Sea during a rehearsal ahead of the 75th Independence Day in Tel AvivAriel Schalit/AP
The national flag is displayed on the wall surrounding Kibbutz Netiv Haasara, which separates Israel and the Gaza Strip, Friday, April 21, 2023. Ariel Schalit / AP
Spectators watch the flypast in Tel AvivAbir Sultan/EPA/TASS
Protesters march with Israeli national flags next to a banner of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a protest against his government’s plans to overhaul the justice system in Tel Aviv, Saturday, March 25, 2023Oded Balilty/AP
Mourners carry the flag-decorated coffins of Hillel Yaniv, 21, and Yagel Yaniv, 19, during their funeral at the Israeli National Cemetery in Jerusalem on Monday, Feb. 27, 2023. Two brothers were killed in the West Bank city on Sunday of Hawara by a Palestinian gunman who fled the scene Ohad Zwigenberg / AP
Israeli flags hang above a market ahead of Israel’s 75th Independence Day in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, April 17, 2023Oded Balilty/AP
A man pitches a tent by the Dead Sea, Israel, Saturday April 22, 2023 Ohad Zwigenberg / AP
Palestinians enjoy the day during Eid al-Fitr at the port in the Arab-Jewish neighborhood of Jaffa in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, April 22, 2023Oded Balilty/AP
Israeli flag on a rock in the Mediterranean off Tel Aviv, Sunday March 26, 2023Oded Balilty / AP
Israeli Air Force aerobatic team performs during the Independence Day air show over Jerusalem’s Old CityAtef Safadi/EPA/TASS
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