ISRAEL: LARGE CROWDS TURN OUT FOR INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE DRESS REHEARSAL

Record ID: 399283

  • Title: ISRAEL: LARGE CROWDS TURN OUT FOR INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE DRESS REHEARSAL
  • Date: 29th April 1968
  • Summary: VARIOUS SCENES; JEEPS, TANKS, MISSILE CARRIERS ALONG STREET; ONLOOKERS. Initials DHC/VS/RM/PC Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 14th May 1968 13:00
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  • Location: JERUSALEM, ISRAEL
  • Country: Israel
  • Reuters ID: LVA4VAXH8NHK5UF095JJK3RBYBCJ
  • Story Text: AN ESTIMATED 50,000 PEOPLE TURNED OUT IN JERUSALEM TODAY (MONDAY) TO WATCH A DRESS REHEARSAL FOR THURSDAY'S ISRAELI INDEPENDENCE DAY MILITARY PARADE. ISRAELI MILITARY AUTHORITIES ARE USING THE PARADE AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISPLAY THE 20-YEAR-OLD NATION'S MILITARY MIGHT.

    THOUSANDS OF CHEERING VISITORS TO JERUSALEM IN FESTIVE MOOD JAMMED THE GRANDSTANDS AND LINED THE STREETS ALONG THE PARADE ROUTE TO WATCH THE SHOW. THE ISRAELI AIR FORCE PUT ON AN ACCOMPANYING DISPLAY, WITH A GROUP OF JETS FLYING OVERHEAD IN A STAR OF DAVID FORMATION.

    ISRAEL IS GOING AHEAD WITH THE INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE IN DEFIANCE OF A UNITED NATIONS PLEA TO CALL IT OFF. THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN OBJECTIONS FROM ARABS LIVING IN JORDAN AND PARTS OF JERUSALEM CAPTURED DURING THE JUNE WAS.

    THE ARMOURED COLUMN, INCLUDING HEAVY TANKS, LONG-RANGE ARTILLERY PIECES AND MISSILES CAPTURED DURING THE JUNE WAR, COVERED THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE SIX MILE (NINE KMS) LONG PARADE ROUTE. THE INFANTRY COLUMNS MARCHED ONLY PART OF THE WAY.
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