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"The state will not come on a silver platter"
This Wednesday, late afternoon, thousands of Israelis will take part in a ceremony that’s almost unheard of outside of Israel. It’s called a tekes ma’avar, a “ceremony of transition,” and comes in the waning hours of Yom HaZikaron (Memorial Day for Fallen Soldiers — Tuesday night/Wednesday), just before Yom HaAtzma’ut (Independence Day — Wednesday night/Thursday).
The ceremony was born of the emotionally impossible shift between the horror of Memorial Day and the unbridled celebration of Independence Day. Memorial Day in Israel is nothing like Memorial Day in any other country of which I’m…
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