At the initiative of the Office of the President, the central Independence Day event will be broadcast for the first time, live on President Peres’ Facebook page. At the conclusion of the event, the entire broadcast will also be uploaded to You Tube and Facebook. It will be shown at Independence Day festivities at embassies and in Jewish communities across the globe through the assistance of the Jewish Agency’s 350 Shlichim (emissaries) serving around the world.
On Israel Independence Day, Thursday, April 26th between 9:30-11:00 am (Israel time) the central Independence Day festivities will take place at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, with the participation of the country’s entire top political-security leadership headed by President Shimon Peres, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Minister of Defense Ehud Barak, Chief of Staff, Maj. General Beni Ganz, Minister of Public Diplomacy and Diaspora Affairs Yuli Edelstein, Chairman of the Executive of the Jewish Agency Natan Sharansky, and all of the members of the IDF General Staff, past and present.
The event will start with a festive, honorary flyover of combat planes and helicopters, immediately followed by a military review by the President and Chief of Staff of the 120 recipients of the President’s Outstanding Soldiers Award. Following the review, the main performance will take place on the lawn of the President’s Residence during which the President, the Chief of Staff, the Prime Minister and Defense Minister will sing their favorite Independence Day songs together with the IDF band and with the background accompaniment of top singers and military bands. The President and Chief of staff will also give special Independence Day addresses during the Outstanding Soldier Award ceremony .
For the first time this year, the President of Israel invites the entire Jewish people, in Israel and around the world, to take an active part in the Independence Day celebrations and to watch the ceremony broadcast live on all the television channels in Israel and through the social networks around the world.
Technical instructions:
– In order to view the live broadcast on Independence Day, visit the official English or Hebrew page of President Shimon Peres. The event will be broadcast live and will allow for comments. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Shimon-Peres/240142419406136
– The Office of the President and the Jewish Agency have organized for the event to be viewed after its conclusion and the edited video feed will be uploaded to the Facebook and You Tube pages from which they can be used for Independence Day celebrations in Israel and around the world. The links are: www.youtube.com/peres.
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