Across Israel on Wednesday, ceremonies were held marking Yom Hazikaron, Israeli Memorial Day, for those who made the ultimate sacrifice in the defense of Israel during the country's defensive wars and for our brothers and sisters who were murdered by Arab terrorists. I attended a very special event that centred on "The Last of Kin", 144 Holocaust survivors who lost their entire families in Europe, immigrated to British Mandate Palestine before the war of independence, joined the fledgling Israel Defense Forces and were killed defending the new state. It took place on the Plaza of The Jewish Agency Headquarters building in Jerusalem hosted by The Jewish Agency for Israel together with a number of prominent Zionist organisations. We heard a moving speech (in Hebrew of course) by Natan Sharansky, the Chairman of the executive of that august institution, followed by several others who spoke in emotional terms.
