Mount Herzl Plaza, National memorial square at Mount Herzl, Jerusalem, Israel

Mount Herzl Plaza is the main ceremonial square on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, at the highest point of the hill between the national military cemetery and the civilian state cemetery. Theodor Herzl's grave, marked by a single black granite slab, stands on its northern side; a covered rest area for visitors is on the southern side. Two lookout points face the city center.

Following Theodor Herzl's reinterment from Vienna in 1949, this site became the center for national ceremonies and military commemorations. It has served this purpose ever since.

Each year the plaza hosts the torch-lighting ceremony that closes Memorial Day for Israel's fallen soldiers and victims of terror and opens Independence Day celebrations, attended by the Speaker of the Knesset and heads of state. Since the 1970s the ceremony has included a drill display by Israel Defense Forces soldiers. In 2012, after a lighting bridge collapsed during rehearsals, the parents of the killed officer Hila Bezaleli lit a torch in her memory.

The plaza sits at the highest point of Mount Herzl, between the national military cemetery and the civilian state cemetery, with two viewpoints over central Jerusalem nearby. A rest shelter for visitors stands on its southern side. In 2008 the old paving, partly rough Jerusalem stone, was replaced with smooth slabs, and ramps and accessibility signs were added; parking in front of the plaza was enlarged for television and media crews.

The plaza stands at the highest point of Mount Herzl, with two observation points looking toward the city centre. It was inaugurated in 1950, on Israel's second Independence Day, in the presence of Knesset speaker Yosef Sprinzak; few attended, so it was later enlarged to its present size.