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Ukraine Commemorates Genocide; Herzog: "We must not forget the innocent" | Israel today

2022-11-26T14:50:36.852Z


Between three and seven million Ukrainians perished in the "Holodomor" - starvation to death, created by the Soviet authorities in 1932-1933 • Zelensky: "Once they wanted to destroy us through hunger, now they are trying through darkness and cold, but they will not break us"


In Ukraine, today is commemorating the Holodomor - the Ukrainian genocide at the hands of the Soviet authorities in 1932-1933.

Ahead of Memorial Day, President Yitzhak Herzog sent a letter to President Volodymyr Zelensky.

"It is important to commemorate the victims of the Holodomor," Herzog wrote, "I remember how moved I was to lay a wreath during my visit a year ago at the memorial site in honor of the fallen. This monument serves as a reminder of the great importance of fighting hunger and standing united to ensure food security. We must not Forgetting that it is the innocent who will suffer the hardest from the consequences of a lack of food."

Herzog and Zelensky in Kiev, last year, photo: AFP

Herzog thanked Zelensky for the invitation to participate today (Saturday) in the summit regarding grain exports from Ukraine.

Herzog clarified that he would not be able to take part in the event since it was held on Shabbat.

"Israel supports the 'Grain from Ukraine' initiative. Food security is one of the most critical problems facing humanity with an immediate impact on the lives of billions of people."

At the end of his letter, Herzog promised: "Israel will make every effort to ease the suffering of the Ukrainian people. We will continue to provide significant amounts of food, water, health services and energy to Ukraine in your time of need. My hopes and prayers for the end of the war and suffering in your country."

During the Holodomor, between three and seven million people died of starvation, according to various estimates.

For years there has been an academic and political debate about the numbers, the causes of the famine, and especially - whether it was directed against the Ukrainians.

Deniers of the Holodomor saw the famine in Ukraine as part of the disaster that also befell other parts of the USSR following the expropriation of private property in villages in favor of collective farms (collectivization).

On the other hand, many pointed to characteristics unique to Ukraine, such as excessive wheat supply quotas, the return of those fleeing the famine to their villages to die and the closing of Ukraine's borders.

A study published last year found that the higher the percentage of ethnic Ukrainians in the Nafe, the higher the excess mortality rate.

"The Ukrainians went through terrible things and managed to maintain the ability to disobey and maintain the love of freedom," Zelensky said yesterday.

"Once they wanted to destroy us through hunger, now they are trying through darkness and cold," he added, referring to Moscow's targeted attack on Ukraine's energy infrastructure.

"We will not be broken. Our fire will not be extinguished. We will conquer death again."

Israel does not recognize the Holodomor as genocide, similar to the position of Russia - the legal successor of the USSR - which, according to it, did not have any intentional starvation against the Ukrainians. Last week, the Pope called the Holodomor genocide, and like him Ireland, Moldova and Romania recognized it. Soon Germany is expected to recognize this as well .

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Source: israelhayom

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