The “Immortal Regiment” in Haifa — on Shabbat!!! Foreign Forces Alien to Israeli Society Have Exposed Themselves.

What should Israel understand from this?

Sometimes a political gesture exposes itself not through a slogan, but through a date.

A poster recently surfaced on Facebook announcing an “Immortal Regiment” march in Haifa. The date: May 9, 2026. The time: 8:30 in the morning. Formally, it is presented as an event “in honor of Victory Day over Nazism.” Visually, however, it carries the familiar post-Soviet package: the St. George ribbon, Soviet symbols, red flags, and the rhetoric of “we remember, we are proud, we thank.”

But May 9, 2026, falls on Saturday. Shabbat. Public calendars also list May 9, 2026 as a Saturday.

And in Israel, that is not a “small detail.” Shabbat is part of Jewish time, part of the public rhythm of the country, and part of the basic respect owed to a large part of Israeli society. A public secular march on Saturday morning effectively excludes many religious and traditional Jews from participation.

At the top of the poster, two names appear: “Immortal Regiment” and “Israeli Anti-Fascist Movement.” In other words, this is not presented as a private meeting of several people in a courtyard. It is announced as an organized public procession, with recognizable symbols, a route, a gathering time, and a politically loaded visual language.

And this is where the main question begins: why exactly on Shabbat?

It is important to be clear: the issue is not that May 9 cannot be marked........

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