Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tells March of the Living participants, "Today you bear witness to the most horrific time in the life of the Jewish people ... but you also bear witness to a time of triumph and hope."
Something to see here. Israel Police chief Yochanan Danino at Auschwitz, leading the Israeli delegation to the March of the Living, 2012. | Photo credit: GPO | ||||
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave a speech over vide on Thursday, Holocaust Remembrance Day, to participants of the 2012 March of the Living. "Today you bear witness to the most horrific time in the life of the Jewish people, a time when we were murdered by the millions and the world stood silent. But you also bear witness to a time of triumph and hope, a time when the Jewish people have a state of their own and the power to defend themselves," Netanyahu said.
Eighteen thousand teens and adults from over 40 countries participated in the March of the Living in Poland on Thursday, marching from Auschwitz to the Birkenau death camps to remember the more than 6 million Jews who were murdered during the Holocaust.
On Wednesday evening, Netanyahu spoke to an audience at the Warsaw Ghetto Square at Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial museum to honor the memories of those who perished in the Holocaust. Netanyahu said that Iran represents" an existential threat to Israel."
Netanyahu defended his policy of linking the Holocaust to the Iranian threat, saying, "To cower from speaking the uncomfortable truth – that today like then, there are those who want to destroy millions of Jewish people – that is to belittle the Holocaust, that is to offend its victims and that is to ignore the lessons."
Netanyahu defended his policy of linking the Holocaust to the Iranian threat, saying, "To cower from speaking the uncomfortable truth – that today like then, there are those who want to destroy millions of Jewish people – that is to belittle the Holocaust, that is to offend its victims and that is to ignore the lessons."
