The two were remembered in Israel and the Jewish communities around the world, this year’s Holocost Day began with a ceremony on Wednesday evening, which is the world’s most famous Holocost Museum in Jerusalem in Yad Washeem.
The ceremony took place amidst the ongoing war in Gaza, and threatened to increase an unprecedented constitutional crisis with political situation in Israel. Israeli officials, ambassadors and Holocosts were in attendance.
The rest of the world observes the International Holocaust Small Day on 27 January, when the Aushevitz-Birkeenau concentration and fleeing camp was freed by the Soviet Red Army. But Israel and Jewish Diaspora have their own Memorial Day on the Hebrew Tithi of Nissan 27, a date chosen in April 1943 due to closeness of the onset of the Wrinks Jewish settlement.
Netanyahu: Hamas wants to ‘destroy all Jews’
Similar to last year’s incident, the official ceremony and speech on Wednesday evening f Hamas is named as a terrorist organization by Israel, Germany, America and other states.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, which his office said, arrived late at the ceremony, a security incident, once again compared Hamas members “Nazis, like Hitler”, who were responsible for the death of 6 million European Jews during World War II.
Netanyahu said, “They all want to kill the Jews to destroy.” “They openly declare their intentions to destroy the Jewish kingdom, and it will not happen.”
If Washem and its head, Dani Dayan, have asked to avoid repeated comparisons 7 October terrorist attacks For Holocost, in an attempt not to be marginalized.
Survivor calls for return of mortgage
Gaza also had a presence in some hostages issued from Hamas captivity as this year’s Holocost Remelling Day incidents were completed.
Other former hostages, as well as the families of Israelis held in Gaza, visited Poland, who participated in the march of the living, the annual program to celebrate the death march from Aushwitz to Birkenou.
During the official ceremony at Jerusalem on Wednesday evening, Tunisia -born survivor Gad Fartuk shouted and postponed the protocol that the hostages should return home to illuminate one of the six torches in memory of the Jews killed in Holocost.
During the official ceremony, the 93 -year -old Fartuq, the first Holocaust of the North African dynasty to lighten the memorial torch, told Israeli’s outlet Ynet that he felt that it was “empty” that it was not to mention 59 hostages – some of them were still believed to be – Gaza was still organized by Hamas.
