Holocaust Martyrs 'and Heroes' Remembrance Day events continue, with the participation of Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Rivlin in a ceremony • At 10:00, a siren will be sounded throughout Israel
After the events of Holocaust Martyrs 'and Heroes' Remembrance Day opened last night (Wednesday) at the Yad Vashem State Memorial Ceremony in Jerusalem, this morning a wreath-laying ceremony will be held at the museum at the foot of the monument to the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
The wreath-laying ceremony at Yad Vashem // Photo: Yad Vashem
The ceremony will be attended by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Reuven Rivlin, Knesset Speaker MK Yariv Levin, Supreme Court President Esther Hayut and representatives of survivors 'and fighters' organizations.
During last night's ceremony, Netanyahu said, "Throughout the Corona Year, every day, I thought of you, the Holocaust survivors. I know that staying at home, distancing, isolation and closure were very difficult, difficult for all of us, but many of you had painful memories of the terrible loneliness of your childhood. "We mourn the deaths of 900 Holocaust survivors who did not survive the disease."
PM Netanyahu, last night: "An agreement with Iran that will pave the way for nuclear weapons will not obligate us in any way" // Photo: Yad Vashem
During his speech, the Prime Minister referred to relations with Arab countries: "There is a huge change taking place in the Arab world in relation to Israel and the Holocaust," he stated.
"At the moment, a Holocaust memorial event is taking place in Dubai. These are signs of a welcome change in relations between Arabs and Jews outside of Israel."
President Rivlin also spoke during the rally: "900 Holocaust survivors died in the State of Israel alone as a direct result of the Corona plague. They survived the ghettos and death camps. The illegal immigrant ships and detention camps. But for the last battle of their lives, they conducted frightened and isolated behind masks and gloves. "Thirsty for touch, away from their loved ones and lovers. Tonight we sympathized with them and their families. We remember their courage and courage. May their memory be blessed."
The President added: "The burden of memory, which we carry in our hearts, is our sacred duty. Whether we like it or not, the memory of the Holocaust shapes our identity as a nation ... with the subject in its historical memory such a deep, so difficult, so impossible abyss experience "We are not a people of all nations. Historical memory commands us to continue to study and teach about the Holocaust, and yet not let this bleeding wound paralyze us from acting, from looking to the future."
"You, the survivors of the Holocaust, the heroes of the revival, who found the powers of the soul to rise from the earth soaked in tears and blood, to look ahead, to choose life, to love, to laugh, to rejoice, to believe, to build and to create. To establish a national and private home. We must grow and develop out of the negativity, fear and terror. In your name I swore not to succumb to the shadow that the Holocaust imposes on us, not to give this terrible nothingness the power to paralyze our lives. Remember and remember that the State of Israel is not compensation for the Holocaust, and that the Jewish people were not born. "Religious and political."
"I will forever carry your testimonies in my heart," Rivlin told Holocaust survivors.
He signed his words with the words: "I will soon part from my official role as president, but I will not part with my commitment as a person, as a Jew, as an Israeli - to remember and remember and educate in light of the values you instilled in us. I am not separated. May our brothers and sisters be remembered in the heart of the nation.
