President Shimon Peres said at the Western Wall (Kotel) during Remembrance Day ceremonies Tuesday night, "We want to live in peace with our neighbors and want to shake hands with them, but our enemies know too that we can also press the trigger." He spoke immediately after the one-minute siren signaling the beginning of Remembrance Day for Fallen Soldiers.
"For 60 years now, we have had our homeland and have built it on a sea of tears," the President said. "The Jewish people returned here to struggle for its homeland and it is your sons who have put up the fight."