Families Launch National Memorial for October 7 Massacre, Urge Public Support
Translated & summarized from Channel 13 by baba
Families of October 7 victims and the "Komu" movement are organizing a large national memorial ceremony in Tel Aviv on October 7, seeking public donations to fund the event. The ceremony aims to commemorate the massacre, share its stories, and serve as a unifying national event.
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- National memorial ceremony for October 7 victims set for October 7.
- Families launch "Israel Does Not Forget" campaign for public funding.
- Event aims to be the largest memorial in Israeli history.
- Ceremony will be broadcast nationally and internationally.
- Numerous Israeli artists are scheduled to perform.
The "Komu" movement and families of the October 7 victims have announced the opening of registration for a national memorial ceremony commemorating the massacre. The event is scheduled for Wednesday, October 7, at 9:15 PM in Tel Aviv's Yarkon Park. Alongside the ceremony, the families have launched a national "Israel Does Not Forget" campaign to bring back the sights, sounds, and stories of that day, urging public support for crowdfunding the event.
Yonatan Shamriz, founder of "Komu" and brother of Alon Shamriz, who was abducted from Kfar Aza and later mistakenly killed by the IDF in Gaza, stated, "We must not forget and must not let the memory fade. I call on all of Israel to support the crowdfunding for the ceremony so we can open the park and make it the largest memorial event in the country's history." He emphasized the ceremony would be difficult but necessary to honor the lost loved ones, aiming for an event with tens of thousands of attendees.
The families described the national memorial ceremony, now in its third year and initiated by affected families, as the sole central commemoration of the October 7 massacre on a national and international level. Previous ceremonies, they noted, received unprecedented public support, becoming pivotal in shaping national memory and gaining millions of viewers worldwide, thus serving as an important international public relations event.
The ceremony will be broadcast on all major Israeli television channels, foreign networks, and through community screenings globally. The organizers stressed their commitment to a unifying, hopeful, state-like ceremony that represents all segments of the population and communities affected by the disaster. They are calling for continued public support for the crowdfunding campaign to ensure the event, fully funded by the public, can be held in an open park format allowing mass participation.
A list of performing artists includes Miri Mesika, Shlomo Artzi, Eden Golan, Ran Danker, and others.
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