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Celebratory spirit marks
Israel's Independence Day.

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in gymnastics at the Sydney Olympics
I ith fireworks and mili-
and the founder of a center for trou-
tary marching bands,
bled youth.
Israel ushered in its
Independence Day continued
52nd Independence Day Wednesday, as families flocked to pub-
at a torch-lighting ceremony at
lic parks and picnic areas for holiday
Jerusalem's Mt. Herzl.
cook-outs.
Tuesday night's ceremony also marked
Israel's population numbers 6.3 mil-
the transition from the
lion, according to statistics
somber mood of Memorial Israeli ouths covered
released on the eve of
Day, when Israelis honored with foam celebrate in
Independence Day. Of
the memories of the men
that total, 4.9 million are
the streets of ferusalem
and women who fell in
on May 9. Israelis cele- Jews, 891,000 Muslims,
defense of the state.
brate Independence Day 110,000 Christians and
By linking the two hol- on Wednesday marking 99,000 Druse. Another
idays, Israel underscores
the 52nd anniversary of 300,000 people were listed
how the sacrifices of its
by the Central Bureau of
the declaration of the
fighters were essential to
Statistics as immigrants
state of Israel.
the state's existence.
from the former Soviet
The theme of the Mt.
Union who are not regis-
Herzl ceremony was "Different but
tered as Jewish.
Equal." The individuals chosen to
Earlier Tuesday, memorial cere-
light 12 torches — one for each of the monies were held at military cemeter-
12 tribes of Israel — reflected this idea ies throughout Israel to honor the
in their activities and deeds.
memories of the 19,109 men and
They included two Israeli girls, a
women who fell in defense of the state
Jew and an Arab, who participate in a
since the 1948 War of Independence.
co-existence program for youth in
For the first time, a state ceremony
northern Israel. They jointly lit the
was also held for victims of terrorist acts.
final beacon.
Memorial ceremonies were also
Other torch-lighters included a
held in Lebanon, where Israeli troops
Druse military officer, an immigrant
remained on alert amid heightened
from Russia who will represent Israel
tensions in the north. El

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