Today is a day of remembrance in Israel for the 1,400 people killed in the worst attack on Jews since the Holocaust a month ago. Israeli newspaper The Times Of Israel published the schedule: “A minute’s silence will be observed across the country at 11 a.m. and local authorities across the country will fly the flag at halfmast. Remembrance ceremonies are also held at schools and colleges. There are numerous universities in the area throughout the day. In the late afternoon, people gather in town squares and other central areas to light candles in memory of the fallen soldiers and murdered civilians. A memorial service for the bereaved will be held in Tel Aviv from 6:30 p.m. at Heichal HaTarbut, officially the Charles Bronfman Auditorium, with a performance by the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. In Jerusalem, a demonstration to commemorate and protest by grieving families will take place in front of the Knesset from 7:30 p.m. In the end, according to organizers, a permanent camp will be set up in front of the Knesset, led by grieving families demanding a new government. The massacre carried out by the Islamist terrorist group Hamas a month ago on October 7 included the torture, mutilation, beheading and kidnapping of 240 innocent people, most of them civilians, still in Gaza. Among them, at least three Brazilians were murdered: Karla Stelzer, Bruna Valeanu and Ranani Glazer (photo). Hamas’s action triggered a military response from Israel, which pressed ahead with its occupation of the Gaza Strip. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an interview with American broadcaster ABC yesterday that the presence of Israeli troops in the area must be extended “indefinitely” for security reasons. In a month of conflict, Israel faced war on a different battleground, that of global public opinion. The terrorist group, which has controlled Gaza since 2007, provides the press and the United Nations with narratives and data that cannot be independently verified and that are often reproduced without reservations or filters, which has led to an increase in antiSemitic manifestations in the world, including in the world the capitals of the West.
