The Knesset voted unanimously in second and third readings to establish an official state memorial day for the October 7, 2023 massacre, to be marked annually on the Hebrew date 22 Tishrei (Simchat Torah). Education Committee Chairman MK Yosef Taieb said the bill expresses a shared national commitment to remember the victims, hostages, and heroes of the attack.
The Knesset on Friday morning approved the final readings of the Memory of the Massacre and Commemoration of Heroism Law, designating the 22nd of Tishrei — the Hebrew date of Simchat Torah and the Gregorian October 7 — as an annual state memorial day. The bill passed with unanimous support, a rare show of cross-party consensus, and was presented by Education Committee Chairman MK Yosef Taieb (Likud). The law is intended to institutionalize the commemoration of the October 7, 2023 Hamas-led attack, which killed some 1,200 people and saw over 250 taken hostage. It will govern official ceremonies, educational programming, and state-funded remembrance activities. The legislation now awaits the president's signature and publication in the official gazette.
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