{"id":184349,"date":"2025-12-14T15:09:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T15:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/184349\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T15:09:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T15:09:10","slug":"president-murmu-extends-hanukkah-greetings-to-israeli-president-isaac-herzog-global-jewish-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/184349\/","title":{"rendered":"President Murmu extends Hanukkah greetings to Israeli President Isaac Herzog, global Jewish community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi [India], December 14 (ANI): President Droupadi Murmu on Sunday extended greetings to Israeli President Isaac Herzog and to people celebrating the Hanukkah festival worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>In a post on X, President Murmu said, &#8220;Chag #Hanukkah Sameach President @Isaac_Herzog.&#8221; Extending her message to the wider community, she added, &#8220;Warmest greetings to everyone celebrating #Hanukkah in Israel and across the world.&#8221; Highlighting the spirit of the festival, the President said, &#8220;May this #Hanukkah bring light, happiness, and peace to all.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/rashtrapatibhvn\/status\/2000155451967832454?s=20\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/x.com\/rashtrapatibhvn\/status\/2000155451967832454?s=20<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Echoing the message of goodwill, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar also extended Hanukkah greetings, underlining India&#8217;s solidarity on the Festival of Lights.<\/p>\n<p>In a post on X, Jaishankar said, &#8220;Warmest wishes to FM @gidonsaar, friends in Israel and all those celebrating #Hanukkah around the world. May the Festival of Lights bring peace, hope, and joy to all. Chag Sameach!&#8221; Responding to the message, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar acknowledged the greeting, replying, &#8220;Thank you, dear friend!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DrSJaishankar\/status\/2000124287769055555?s=20\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/x.com\/DrSJaishankar\/status\/2000124287769055555?s=20<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The greetings come as Hanukkah in 2025 begins on the evening of December 14 and concludes on December 22. The eight-day festival is observed with the nightly lighting of the menorah, special prayers and traditional customs, including playing dreidel and eating oil-based foods such as latkes and sufganiyot, commemorating the miracle of the oil.<\/p>\n<p>Amid the festival observances, Israeli President Isaac Herzog strongly condemned the shooting attack targeting a group of Jews at Sydney&#8217;s Bondi Beach during a Hanukkah celebration, describing the incident as a &#8220;cruel&#8221; act and warning of rising antisemitism.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at an event at the President&#8217;s Residence in Jerusalem, Herzog said, &#8220;Our sisters and brothers in Sydney, Australia, have been attacked by vile terrorists in a very cruel attack on Jews who went to light the first candle of Hanukkah,&#8221; The Times of Israel reported.<\/p>\n<p>Calling on Australian authorities to take firm action, he added, &#8220;We repeat our alerts time and again to the Australian government to seek action and fight against the enormous wave of antisemitism which is plaguing Australian society.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Expressing solidarity with the victims and their families, Herzog said, &#8220;Our hearts go out to them&#8230;we pray for the recovery of the wounded, we pray for them, and we pray for those who lost their lives.&#8221; (ANI)<\/p>\n<p>(This content is sourced from a syndicated feed and is published as received. The Tribune assumes no responsibility or liability for its accuracy, completeness, or content.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New Delhi [India], December 14 (ANI): President Droupadi Murmu on Sunday extended greetings to Israeli President Isaac Herzog&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":184350,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[106912,106913,105866,106914,105882,42,106915,106916,8581,43,82066,106917,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-184349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-antisemitism-warning","tag-bondi-beach-attack","tag-festival-of-lights","tag-global-reactions","tag-hanukkah-greetings","tag-headlines","tag-india-israel-ties","tag-isaac-herzog-statement","tag-jewish-community","tag-news","tag-president-droupadi-murmu","tag-s-jaishankar","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184349\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/184350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}