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Left-wing protesters are expected to demonstrate this evening in Tel Aviv against the judicial reform.

Israel celebrates its 75th Independence Day after commemorating Memorial Day.

Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana spoke at the torch lighting ceremony In Mount Herzl: "The torches are lit by the pioneers who came before us - but we all have a task. 75 years ago our parents realized that we will not survive without each other, and the forces that bind us together are stronger than the forces that separate us, and we will continue their path."

A residential building in Sderot displayed the pictures of several recent terror victims, as well as those of Ma'ayan and Sahar Assor, who were recently killed in a flood in southern Israel, alongside Israeli flags.

The police have opened an investigation into a violent incident in Ashdod, from which a man in his 50s was evacuated with a stab wound. From a preliminary investigation, it is suspected that the background is criminal, and the police are attempting to locate the suspect.

A newly translated book clarifies the ideas behind Religious Zionism through the Yom HaAtzma'ut talks given by Rabbi Z. Melamed. Review.

The torch-lighting ceremony to begin Israel's Independence Day will be broadcast live In Israel National News at 7:45 P.M. (Jerusalem time).