Flags projected on city walls: Watch the reception for the International Summit

The President's House made a generic return to the dinner hosted by Rivlin on Wednesday with 41 world leaders as part of the World Holocaust Forum. Dozens of delegations will attend the largest international event Israel has ever hosted. Watch the State Flag documentation on the Old City walls

Flags projected on city walls: Watch the reception for the International Summit

Australia's Governor General David Harley landed Tuesday at Ben Gurion Airport - and is the first leader to arrive in Israel ahead of the events of the International Holocaust Forum on Wednesday and Thursday. 41 heads of state are expected to attend the forum, hosted by President Reuben Rivlin and Yad Vashem, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, French President Emmanuel Macron, Prince Charles of the United Kingdom, German President Frank Walter Steinmeier, Vice President Mike Pence and more. Secretary of State Yuval Rotem greeted Harley at the Ben Gurion Airport to represent Australia at the events.

At the same time, the President's House made a generic return today for the dinner that Rivlin will host on Wednesday with all world leaders. Dozens of foreign ministries present and in the past have come to help prepare and image world leaders for the official dinner to open the International Holocaust Forum. The dinner is expected to include about 250 invited and 200 stewards and waiters, who will serve Israeli dishes tailored to the meal.

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"Welcome to Jerusalem." Screened address on the walls of the Old City as part of the reception (screenshot)

Flags of delegations to the International Holocaust Forum on Old City Walls (Photo: screenshot)

Following the dinner, the main event at the World Holocaust Forum events will be held at Yad Vashem on Thursday and are expected to address a speech by the country's President, Prime Minister Putin, President Macron, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Vice President Mike Pence, and Prince Charles. In the President's House, the Foreign Ministry and the Jerusalem Municipality, in recent weeks, dozens of delegations are coming to the convention, which is the largest international event Israel has ever hosted. Among other things, the flags of participating countries were screened on the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem.

The event, entitled "Remembering the Holocaust, Fighting Anti-Semitism" is being held in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz and International Memorial Day for Holocaust Victims. Against the backdrop of the rise in anti-Semitism worldwide, the Forum has received a record of leaders from around the world. At the event at Yad Vashem, Dr. Moshe Cantor, President of the World Holocaust Forum Foundation, Holocaust survivor and Chairman of the Yad Vashem Council, Rabbi Israel Meir Lau and Yad Vashem Avner Shalom Chairman, will also speak.

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Preparations in the President's House for Leaders to Come to the Holocaust Forum (Photo: Mark Neiman, GPO)

Preparations at the President's House for World Leaders to Join the International Holocaust Forum January 10, 2020 (Photo: Mark Neiman / GPO, official website)

All the disruptions and blockages

Police and transport companies have announced in advance the preparations for the event, which is expected to result in roadblocks and public transport disruptions. The roads at the entrance and exit from the city, as well as the moving streets, Herzog and Begin Road, will be closed intermittently as the delegations cross. Also, King David Street from Emile Butte Street to Mapo will be closed from Wednesday morning until Friday noon.

During the visit, disruptions to the public transport lines are expected, with an emphasis on the entrance areas to the city, the city center and Mount Herzl and it will be adapted to alternative roads. Israel Railways will operate as they should. The light rail is expected to operate normally, as instructed by security officials, but delays and disruptions to rail traffic may result. In addition, on Thursday, the central ceremony will be held at Yad Vashem, which will run the train between 11:00 and 18:00 between the Air Force Station and Danya Square only.

Preparations in the President's House for the World Holocaust Forum (Photo: Mark Neiman, GPO)

Preparations at the President's House for World Leaders to Join the International Holocaust Forum January 10, 2020 (Photo: Mark Neiman / GPO, official website)

Preparations in the President's House (Photo: Mark Naiman, GPO)

Preparations at the President's House for World Leaders to Join the International Holocaust Forum January 10, 2020 (Photo: Mark Neiman / GPO, official website)

Preparations in the President's House (Photo: Mark Naiman, GPO)

Preparations at the President's House for World Leaders to Join the International Holocaust Forum January 10, 2020 (Photo: Mark Neiman / GPO, official website)