National Memorial Hall (Mount Herzl)
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The National Memorial Hall at Mount Herzl
in Jerusalem is an initiative of the Israeli Ministry of Defense to commemorate all military Israeli casualties of war. The proposal to build the hall was announced by Defense Minister Ehud Barak
in 2010.
Mount Herzl
Mount Herzl , also Har HaZikaron , is the national cemetery of Israel on the west side of Jerusalem. It is named for Theodor Herzl, the founder of modern political Zionism. Herzl's tomb lies at the top of the hill. Yad Vashem, which commemorates the Holocaust, lies to the west of Mt. Herzl....
in Jerusalem is an initiative of the Israeli Ministry of Defense to commemorate all military Israeli casualties of war. The proposal to build the hall was announced by Defense Minister Ehud Barak
Ehud Barak
Ehud Barak is an Israeli politician who served as Prime Minister from 1999 until 2001. He was leader of the Labor Party until January 2011 and holds the posts of Minister of Defense and Deputy Prime Minister in Binyamin Netanyahu's government....
in 2010.
External links
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