A global social media campaign to raise awareness about the Holocaust spread rapidly, reaching some 650 million people from 155 countries, or 1 out every 11 people in the world.
The speaker of the Israeli parliament “looks forward to the day when heads of parliaments from Arab countries will no longer avoid me and we will be able to cooperate.”
Holocaust survivor Haim Roet addressed the UN General Assembly last week and bemoaned the fact that genocide is still being committed in the world today.
Hassan Rouhani – whose state visit to France coincided with International Holocaust Remembrance Day – received the invitation from the American Jewish Committee’s office in Paris.
Speaking on the occasion of the UN-designated International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Martin Schulz, who was born in Germany after World War II, said, “To our shame, some have not yet learned the lessons of the past.”
In a video recording marking the commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Prime Minister Netanyahu slammed the UN and Europe for once again turning a blind eye to anti-Semitism.
US President Barack Obama will address an event at the Israeli embassy marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day and join those present in remembering the victims of the Holocaust and honoring those who worked to save them.