Share. This is well worth a visit!!! .....A New Memorial to all those who have Fallen in Defence of Israel ( plus via acts terrorism ) has opened Mount Herzl with the names of all those who have fallen ( plus a database on each) .It is 250 meters from the graves of Zeev Jabotinsky and his wingman Theodore Herzl the two founders of Zionism and Israel and some of his well known footmen, Menachem Begin,Yitzhak Shamir, Levi Eshkol, Zalman Shazar, Poodle Peres, Renegade Rabin,Yitzchak Navon,Ephraim Katzir....Quite recently when I visited Har Herzl sat on Zeev Jabotisky Grave ( Hey, Steve take a load off your feet ) for an hour and a half reading an excellent new work on the founder of Zionism and group after group lead by the official guides of the site chose to give his grave a miss.....it is the last grave before exited the "official (tourist) path", ..... DON'T LET Don't let these Meretz , Ratz, remnants of Social Zionism skip the grave of the most important person on Har Zion .....PM Netanyahu At The Inauguration Of The Hall of Remembrance

Ceremony marks opening of Israel's new Hall of Remembrance

On Mount Herzl, Israel's government and military officials gathered in the new Hall of Remembrance for a dedication ceremony on the eve of Yom HaZikaron. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called it: "The hall of remembrance, grief, pride and heroism."

In the presence of Israel's government and military officials, a ceremony marking the inauguration of the new Hall of Remembrance on Mount Herzl took place on Sunday morning. During the ceremony, a mezuzah was placed at the entrance to the site and a memorial torch was lit by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. In addition, the heads of all of the Israeli security forces lit together the 23,544 candles in the hall in memory of all of Israel’s fallen soldiers.

Netanyahu called the new site "the hall of remembrance, grief, pride and heroism, a hall that perfectly combines everything.” He added: “This memorial hall is now one of Israel's symbols." According to Netanyahu, "Each of us carries on our back the generations that came before and marches with them forward."

"Generation after generation, we pray so our sons and daughters will have no more war and generation after generation, we are forced to lay to rest like eternal flowers our best sons and daughters, young people whose lives and dreams had just begun to take shape,” said Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman. “It is the terrible and painful price of the rebirth of Israel, of the decision of the Jewish people to hold their fate in their own hands and to build this fate in their homeland forever.”
Rivlin: "The memory of our beloved sons and daughters will be preserved in our hearts, in the heart of the nation" Photo Credit: Hillel Meir, TRS/Channel 2 News

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin stated, "I know that many parents ask, 'Who will remember our child after we have left?' Today, more than ever, we promise: the memory of our beloved sons and daughters will be preserved in our hearts, in the heart of the nation, for generations and generations."
23,544 candles lit in memory of Israel's fallen Photo Credit: Channel 2 News

As previously reported by JOL, the hall is made up of a mountain of stones piled one on top of the other, reaching a height of 60 feet. More than 23,000 bricks make up the walls, each with the engraved name of a fallen soldier, the date that he or she was killed and a candle that will be lit on the anniversary of their death.