Victims of Acts of Terror Memorial
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The Victims of Acts of Terror Memorial is a central monument on Mount Herzl
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 to all Victims of Terror
Terror
Terror may refer to:*Fear, an emotional response to threats and danger*Terror, a political strategy of the asymmetrical use of threats and violence against enemies using means that fall outside the routine forms of political struggle operating within some current regime*Terrorism, the fact of...

 in pre-state Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

 and Israel from 1851 until the present. The central memorial to victims of terror was established in 1998, and the Remembrance day for fallen soldiers
Yom Hazikaron
Yom Hazikaron is Israel's official Memorial Day. In 2011, Israel honored the memory of soldiers killed in the line of duty and the civilian casualties too.-Observance:...

 was officially renamed the Remembrance day for fallen soldiers and the victims of terror. The memorial was designed by architects Moshe and Rita Oren, and built by the National Insurance Institute of Israel (Social Security) and the Ministry of Defense (Israel)
Ministry of Defense (Israel)
The Ministry of Defence of the government of Israel, is the governmental department responsible for defending the State of Israel from internal and external military threats...

 in cooperation with the Israeli Terror Victims Association. The monument was designed to symbolize the steadfastness of the Jewish people in Israel against those who try to harm the continued existence. The memorial walls are inscribed with the names of all victims of terror in Israel, Jewish and non-Jewish.

See also

  • Terrorism in Israel
  • Palestinian political violence
    Palestinian political violence
    Palestinian political violence refers to acts of violence undertaken to further the Palestinian cause. These political objectives include self-determination in and sovereignty over Palestine, the liberation of Palestine and establishment of a Palestinian state, either in place of both Israel and...

  • Violence in the Israeliā€“Palestinian conflict

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