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Farhud Events Commemoration Day Law, 5784-2024

חוק יום לציון אירועי הפרהוד, תשפ"ד-2024

Published: 2024-07-07Consolidated Hebrew text as of 2024-07-08 · Last amended 2024-07-07✓ Amendment status checked against the Knesset legislation record on 2026-09-28
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Purpose§

1.

The purpose of this Law is to establish an annual day for the commemoration of the Farhud events, during which pogroms and a massacre were perpetrated against the Jews of Baghdad and their property was plundered, during the Shavuot holiday, on the 6th and 7th of Sivan 5701 (1 and 2 June 1941), in order to perpetuate the memory of the victims and to instil in the public the memory of the Farhud events as part of the history of the Jewish people.

Farhud Events Commemoration Day§

2.
(a)Every year, on the first weekday following the Shavuot holiday and Isru Chag, a Farhud Events Commemoration Day shall be held (in this Law – Farhud Events Commemoration Day).
(b)Should the Farhud Events Commemoration Day fall on a national memorial or commemoration day, or on the day preceding any of those days, the activities of the Farhud Events Commemoration Day shall be held on the Tuesday of the following week.

Manner of Observance§

3.

On the Farhud Events Commemoration Day –

(1)a central ceremony shall be held pursuant to a decision of the Minister for Social Equality and Advancement of the Status of Women and in consultation with the Minister of Heritage;
(2)the Knesset shall hold a special debate in the Knesset plenary at the time referred to in section 2 or at a time close thereto; should the Farhud Events Commemoration Day fall during a Knesset recess, the Speaker of the Knesset may set another date for the commemoration of that day in the Knesset plenary;
(3)in educational institutions, time shall be dedicated to the study of subjects relating to the purpose of this Law, to the extent decided upon by the Minister of Education.

Implementation§

4.

The Minister of Education is charged with the implementation of this Law.

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