The New ambassadors from Ethiopia, Finland, Peru, Greece and Nicaragua presented their Letters of Credence to President Rivlin at a formal ceremony at the President's Residence in Jerusalem.

The Israeli Embassy in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute presented the award winning film by an Israeli-Ethiopian writer-director Alamork Davidian titled “Fig Tree” (የሾላ ዛፍ).

Throughout their long history, the yearning to return to the Land of Israel has been the focus of Jewish life. Independence Day is a celebration of the renewal of the Jewish state.

Remembrance Day, Yom Hazikaron, is a day of collective and personal anguish mingled with honor for the fallen.​​​​

Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day (Yom Hashoah in Hebrew) is a national day of commemoration in Israel, on which the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust are memorialized.