For live video:
http://knesset.gov.il/broadcast/eng/screen_eng.asp
Updated Funeral Arrangements and Coverage Details for the Late Former Prime
Minister Ariel Sharon

(Communicated by the Prime Minister's Media Adviser)

Tomorrow (Monday), 13 January 2014, at 09:30, a state memorial ceremony will
be held at the Knesset. President Shimon Peres, Prime Minister Benjamin
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
http://knesset.gov.il/broadcast/eng/screen_eng.asp
will broadcast the events live in HD format. It will also be possible to
receive a live feed via Satlink (details to be issued separately).

Journalists and photographers will be able to stand in designated areas to
photograph and interview those passing by the coffin. There will be an
additional stand-up area outside the Knesset adjacent to the menorah.

Following the ceremony, the funeral procession will travel to the Shikmim
Farm (near Sderot) 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 Shikmim Farm. The number of
seats at the ceremony is limited and will be allocated by invitation only.
The ceremony is open to the public; anyone planning to attend is asked to
arrive early due to the expected traffic congestion and to follow all Israel
Police directions. There will be no arrival to the Shikmim Farm by private
vehicle. Parking and transportation will be available at Sapir College and
Kibbutz Dorot.



Further details regarding coverage at the Shikmim Farm will be issued
separately.



Members of the public and journalists are requested not to bring weapons to
the events.