The Israeli Parliament passed the law on the celebration of Victory Day on may 9
TEL AVIV, 26 Jul — RIA Novosti. The Israeli Parliament adopted a law on the celebration of may 9 Victory Day over Nazi Germany.
The document establishes the status of the festival, says the date of the meeting and determines the order of events which previously took place throughout Israel, with the support of Central and local authorities.
The deputies unanimously approved the bill. In the second and third readings of the document received 49 and 53 votes respectively.
“It is our duty as parliamentarians, as citizens of Israel is to preserve and perpetuate the memory of the Day of Victory for future generations. We must do it. It should never be forgotten. More than half a million Jews fought in the Second world war in the armies of the allies against the Nazis,” said one of the authors of the document, the Deputy of the Yisrael Beiteinu party (“Israel Our home”) Oded Forer.