Grief without borders: a Yom Hazikaron reflection

On Yom HaZikaron, a live-streamed ceremony brings together voices of grief, memory and resilience across borders. Broadcast to audiences in Australia and beyond, this event co - presented by the Combatants for Peace and the Parents Circle – Families Forum and the New Israel Fund, offers a powerful alternative lens on commemoration, foregrounding shared humanity in a time of deep division. Through testimony, music and reflection, Israeli and Palestinian participants honour lives lost to conflict while challenging cycles of violence. For viewers tuning in from afar, the ceremony creates a moment of collective stillness and connection, bridging distance through storytelling and witness.

Israelis observe two minutes of silence as air raid sirens sound to mark Memorial Day for soldiers who died in the nation's conflicts and victims of nationalistic attacks at the Armored Corps memorial site in Latrun, Israel Tuesday, April 21, 2026 Source: AP / Ariel Schalit/AP/AAP Image