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TEL-AVIV, May 10 – RIA Novosti. The Israelis, on Sunday officially stated 64 th anniversary of Victory over Nazi Germany, and a festive procession Rallies in Jerusalem.
In Israel, where about 30 thousand veterans of World War II Victory Day is celebrated at the state level. As in Russia, he noted on May 9, but this year the festivities moved from the fact that the ninth fell on Shabbat – the Jewish sabbath.
Several hundred veterans, many of whom were in the Soviet military uniforms, held a celebratory column on one of the main streets of Jerusalem.
The march ended with rallies in the square at the city mayor's office, where the winners congratulated the Minister for Immigration Sofa Landver, the Mayor of Jerusalem, Nir Barkat and head of the parliamentary faction of the ruling Likud Zeev Elkin.
Thank you for that day with tears in her eyes, – said Landver.
noticeably smaller magnitude of celebrations over the previous year Elkin explained the lack of local television pre-election situation, which led to the first persons to search the state of Russian-speaking electorate.
Starting from Friday, festivities were held in almost all major cities of Israel. It was attended by thousands of veterans of the allied armies, the former guerrillas, underground resistance and the prisoners of Nazi concentration camps.
The armed forces of the anti-Hitler coalition fought over a half million Jews, 250 thousand of them died. In the Red Army, there were 500 thousand soldiers, Jews, 150 were awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, told Israeli veteran.
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