The Israeli Consulate marked Israel's official Memorial Day or Yom Hazikaron with an emotional community wide ceremony.

President Peres and PM Netanyahu sent their condolences to the victims and their families of the terrorist attack on the Boston marathon.

On Independence Day we look to the future with confidence. I believe in Israel's strength, its spirit, its capabilities.

Today, the entire people and I salute the courage of our finest sons and daughters, who are worthy of glory for all eternity.

Greetings from the President of the State of Israel to the Jewish Communities in the Diaspora on the occasion of Israel’s 65th Independence Day