6 source-backed records whose verified scope explicitly identifies Israel. This is an observance index, not a public-holiday calendar.
The President of Israel addressed the official state opening ceremony on 13 April 2026, beginning the 2026 Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day observance.
The Knesset’s Independence Day Law designates the fifth of Iyar as Independence Day and provides rules for shifting the observance when necessary.
The Knesset describes the national Memorial Day for Israel’s Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Hostile Acts as observed on 4 Iyar or an adjusted nearby date, immediately preceding Independence…
The Knesset states that Sigd is celebrated on 29 Heshvan and that the Sigd Law–2008 declared that date a national holiday.
Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs calendars list Yom HaAtzmaut / Israel Independence Day on 22 April 2026, and the President’s Office marked Israel’s 78th Independence Day on that date.
Israeli diplomatic calendars place Yom HaZikaron on 21 April 2026; current presidential material also marks Israel’s Memorial Day in the same national-day sequence.
