On Sunday evening, Israeli President Isaac Herzog emphasised Israel’s will to assert itself on the annual day of remembrance for the country’s fallen soldiers and victims of terrorism. “I remind us and the entire world: we never wanted nor chose this terrible war. Not this one nor its predecessors,” he said at the central ceremony at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. “But as long as our enemies seek to destroy us, we will not lay down our swords.” At the beginning of the ceremony, a minute’s silence was observed after the wailing of sirens to honour the war dead. Herzog wore a torn shirt collar -…