Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu became emotional during a Knesset Education, Culture and Sports Committee session on a bill to establish an official state memorial event for October 7. He said: "We must find a way both to preserve the memory and to live and grow — that is the only victory over our enemies."
Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu became visibly emotional during a Wednesday session of the Knesset Education, Culture and Sports Committee, which was advancing a bill to establish an official annual state memorial event for the October 7, 2023 Hamas-led massacre. The bill, titled 'Shemini Atzeret Events Law,' aims to fix a formal day of remembrance in the Jewish calendar. Eliyahu, speaking with tears, described the importance of ensuring future generations remember the attack and said that preserving memory while continuing to live and grow is the only meaningful victory over Israel's enemies. The committee discussion follows an earlier report by The Zioneer that the minister had already become emotional during the same session earlier in the afternoon, consistent with the event's sensitive political and social significance. The legislation is part of broader ongoing efforts in the Knesset to institutionalize the commemoration of the October 7 attacks, which killed over 1,200 people and sparked the ongoing war in Gaza.
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