Israel will not hold a full scale military parade to mark the 21st anniversary of its independence April 23 as it did last year, despite United Nations Security Council disapproval. The highlight of the observance will be the lighting of 12 torches on Mount Herzl by representatives of border settlements in the Jordan Valley, the Sinai and other occupied territories and the town of Eilat. Members of Gadna, the para-military youth organization, will march through Jerusalem during the afternoon. Their march will climax the traditional three-day march to the capital in which tens of thousands of Israelis will take part. Israel will observe a memorial day for its fallen soldiers on the eve of Independence Day.
Theaters, night clubs and other places of entertainment will be closed tomorrow night and Tuesday in observance of Holocaust Day memorializing the six million European Jews who perished at Nazi hands during World War II. Special ceremonies will be held here and in two kibbutzim named for Jewish underground fighters.
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