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uScenes from wreath-laying ceremony 16/4/2007

Scenes from the opening ceremony for Holocaust Remembrance Day 15/4/2007

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert   Prime Minister Ehud Olmert speaking at the official state ceremony marking Holocaust Martrys' and Heroes' Remembrance Day

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Photo: Yossi Ben David/Yad Vashem
     
Acting President of the State of Israel Dalia Itzik   Acting President of the State of Israel Dalia Itzik speaking at the official state ceremony marking Holocaust Martrys' and Heroes' Remembrance Day

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Photo: Yossi Ben David/Yad Vashem
     
Chairman of the Yad Vashem Council Mr. Joseph (Tommy) Lapid   Chairman of the Yad Vashem Council Mr. Joseph (Tommy) Lapid speaking on behalf of the survivors during the official state ceremony marking Holocaust Martrys' and Heroes' Remembrance Day

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Avner Shalev, Chairman of the Yad Vashem Directorate, lights the torch   Avner Shalev, Chairman of the Yad Vashem Directorate, lights the torch during ceremony marking Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day

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Photo: Yossi Ben David/Yad Vashem
     
Soldiers stand at attention during the ceremony   Soldiers stand at attention during the ceremony

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Photo: Yossi Ben David/Yad Vashem
     
Yaacov (Jacki) Handeli, one of the designated torchlighters, lights a torch during the ceremony   Yaacov (Jacki) Handeli, one of the designated torchlighters, lights a torch during the ceremony

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Photo: Yossi Ben David/Yad Vashem

 

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