Israel celebrates 74th Independence Day

JERUSALEM - Israelis joined a slew of national celebrations to mark the country's 74th Independence Day.

This year's Independent Day began on Wednesday evening and will last till Thursday evening.

A ceremony was held at Jerusalem's Mount Herzl, Israel's national cemetery, on Wednesday evening, during which, Mickey Levy, the country's parliament speaker, delivered a keynote speech and called for national unity.

"I believe that we can succeed every day to choose to see the good in each other... to choose togetherness over divisions, to coexist," he said.