Israel's Global Embassies Mark October 7th With Events and Memorials

Israel's embassies and consulates worldwide are undertaking a series of events to commemorate the October 7th massacre and share the Israeli narrative with international audiences. In Paris, a path named after Shiri, Ariel, and Kfir Bibas was inaugurated in Parc Monceau, attended by the city's mayor, a family representative, and Israel's ambassador. The Israeli Embassy in France spearheaded this initiative.

In New York, the consulate is screening "The Hamas Massacre Film" for journalists, influencers, and public officials. Berlin will host an installation of a thousand chairs on October 7th to remember the victims, and the Brandenburg Gate will be illuminated with the Israeli flag. Throughout the week, embassies are bringing survivors of the Hamas attacks and the hostage crisis, as well as bereaved families, to engage with global audiences and decision-makers.

Survivors are sharing their firsthand testimonies. In New York, a Nova massacre survivor working at the consulate recounted his story at a ceremony with 750 attendees. In Japan, Guy Gilboa-Dalal, who was abducted from the Nova festival, is visiting the country he dreamed of visiting before his capture. Ilana Gritzewski is sharing her experience of being kidnapped from Nir Oz and her time in Hamas captivity in Mexico. Lotan Finian, who survived the Be'eri massacre with his family, is participating in the main embassy ceremony in Spain. Ayelet Samrano, mother of Yonatan Samrano, will speak in Germany, and bereaved families are attending a ceremony with Jewish youth in Russia.

These commemorations are also reaching centers of government and culture. In Washington, the embassy held a ceremony featuring Gilad Segev's "Heroes" show. A photography exhibition from the southern kibbutzim will open at the Bundestag in Germany. Italy is hosting events in its Senate and Chamber of Deputies, alongside a ceremony at the Great Synagogue in Rome and the launch of Ambassador Yechiel Leiter's book on antisemitism translated into Italian. India is screening the documentary "Death in a Migrant Worker's Tent" by Kan 11, Spain is displaying a comic exhibition on heroism, and London will feature a photography exhibition by Ziv Koren documenting the October 7th events. Beijing will screen "We Will Dance Again," a documentary about the Nova massacre.

Beyond these events, permanent memorials are also being established. In the Philippines, learning centers funded by the embassy bear the names of the kibbutzim of Be'eri, Nir Oz, and Ofakim. In Nepal, an monument is approved to honor 11 Nepali students killed in the massacre while studying in Israel, with the embassy facilitating its construction at their university. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Israel's missions are bringing these testimonies, pain, and heroism to the world, amplifying Israel's voice abroad.