Tel Aviv, Israel —
The location of the ceremony was kept secret until the last moment. Additional screening sites were disclosed only to registered participants, for fear of violence and harassment. It was, organizers said, the only way to hold the event at all.
In a region riven by decades of conflict and more than two years of war, a group of Israelis and Palestinians came together Monday evening – physically and virtually – to do something increasingly rare: mourn together and recognize each other’s grief and loss.
Held on the eve of Israel’s Memorial Day, the annual Israeli-Palestinian joint memorial ceremony, now in its 21st year, connects bereaved families from both sides of…