Israeli Army Parade
The Israeli Army Parade was a military parade by the Israel Defense Forces (ZaHa "L) to celebrate Israel's independence .
The first parade was held in Tel Aviv on July 27, 1948 during the Israeli War of Independence .
The second parade took place in Tel Aviv on Ijjar 5709 (May 4, 1949), the first anniversary of independence, which was the first legal national holiday as Israel's Independence Day. It was a failure because the marching soldiers were prevented from advancing by over-enthusiastic masses, and was therefore nicknamed "The parade that did not parade" or " The parade that did not move" march ).
The parades were held at different locations every year. From 1950 the parades were part of the official Independence Day celebrations, which take place on the 5th of Iyar, but not when it falls on Friday, Saturday or Sunday. In 1968 it was decided to only hold the event on special occasions for cost reasons. Since then, the Israeli military has been presenting stationary weapons at certain bases on Independence Day. Since 1968, there have been two special occasions to hold the parade. In 1973 the ZaHa "L paraded on Independence Day on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Israel and in 1997 on Jerusalem Day on the occasion of the anniversary of the Israeli occupation of East Jerusalem .
| Date Jewish | Gregorian date | Execution locations |
|---|---|---|
| 20. Tammuz 5709 | Tuesday July 27, 1948 | Tel Aviv |
| 5. Ijjar 5709 | Wednesday May 4th 1949 | Tel Aviv |
| 3. Ijjar 5710 | Thursday April 20, 1950 | Jerusalem |
| 4. Ijjar 5711 | Thursday May 10, 1951 | Jerusalem |
| 5. Ijjar 5712 | Wednesday April 30, 1952 | Tel Aviv |
| 5. Ijjar 5713 | Monday April 20, 1953 | Haifa |
| 3rd Ijjar 5714 | Thursday May 6, 1954 | Ramla |
| 5. Ijjar 5715 | Wednesday April 27, 1955 | Tel Aviv, Beersheba , Afula |
| 5. Ijjar 5716 | Monday April 16, 1956 | Haifa |
| 5. Ijjar 5717 | Monday May 6, 1957 | Tel Aviv |
| 4. Ijjar 5718 | Thursday April 24, 1958 | Jerusalem |
| 5. Ijjar 5719 | Wednesday May 13, 1959 | Tel Aviv |
| 5. Ijjar 5720 | Monday May 2, 1960 | Haifa |
| 4. Ijjar 5721 | Thursday April 20, 1961 | Jerusalem |
| 5. Ijjar 5722 | Wednesday May 9, 1962 | Tel Aviv |
| 5. Ijjar 5723 | Monday April 29, 1963 | Haifa |
| 4. Ijjar 5724 | Thursday April 16, 1964 | Beer Sheva |
| 4. Ijjar 5725 | Thursday May 6, 1965 | Tel Aviv |
| 5. Ijjar 5726 | Monday April 25, 1966 | Haifa |
| 5. Ijjar 5727 | Monday 15th May 1967 | Jerusalem |
| 4. Ijjar 5728 | Thursday May 2nd 1968 | Jerusalem |
| 5. Ijjar 5733 | Monday May 7th 1973 | Jerusalem |
| 28. Ijjar 5757 | Wednesday June 4th 1997 | Jerusalem |
Individual evidence
- ^ 1st IDF parade from behind the lens Nadav Man in: Ynetnews , December 13, 2008
- ^ Anita Shapira : Israel: A History . Hachette, 2014. ISBN 978-0-297-87159-0 . Online partial view
- ↑ At the suggestion of David Ben-Gurion , the parade was held in a town where mainly new immigrants lived, which was the case for Ramla at the time.
- ↑ In 1955 three parades were held, one in the north, one in the middle and one in the south of the country. While the parade in Tel Aviv was by far the largest, drawing over half a million people, the parade in Afula also drew 70,000 spectators, while in Beersheba only 15,000 onlookers gathered.
- ↑ The parade was initially planned for Jerusalem, but was relocated to Be'er Sheva at the instigation of Levi Eschkol , the newly elected Prime Minister and successor to Ben-Gurion, as the former feared a riot in Jordan.
Web links
- 25 years of Israel: the great military parade in Jerusalem W. von Weisl, in: Schweizer Soldat , vol. 48 (1973), issue 7.