On Monday, 12 Shevat 5774 at 09:30, a state memorial ceremony will be held at the Knesset. President Shimon Peres, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein and members of the Sharon family will speak.

Senior guests – including US Vice President Joe Biden, Quartet representative and former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, Czech Prime Minister Jiri Rusnok, Russian State Duma Chairman Sergey Naryshkin, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Spanish Home Affairs Minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz, Canadian Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander and others – will also attend. (US Vice President Joe Biden and Quartet representative Tony Blair will also speak.)

The Knesset Channel will broadcast the events live in HD format.

Following the ceremony, the funeral procession will travel to the Sycamore Farm by military convoy. The convoy will stop en route at Latrun for a special meeting of the IDF General Staff forum. At 14:00, a military funeral will be held at the Sycamore Farm. There will be no arrival to the Sycamore Farm by private vehicle. Parking and transportation will be available at Sapir College and Kibbutz Dorot.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)