'In the Holocaust we were helpless, defenseless and voiceless,' Netanyahu said. 'Today, we have a strong country, a strong army, and our voice is heard among the nations.'
Each year, Israelis pause from their routines to ponder the fate of the six millions Jews who perished in the Holocaust, vowing to never again allow such an atrocity to occur.
An annual Yom Hashoah event held in Martyr's Forest, will this year pay tribute to Rabbi Moshe Shimon Pessach, a rabbinic and communal leader in Greece whose efforts saved the Jewish community of Volos.
Asked to choose between Netanyahu and anti-Israel NGOs that call IDF soldiers "war criminals," German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel chose to meet with the latter.
Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center, stressed the significance of personal remembrance and survivor testimony at the annual Yom Hashoah ceremony.
The lesson to be learned from the Holocaust and the Allies' indifference to the plight of Europe's Jewish victims is that Israel can rely only on itself for survival.
A U.S. professor was pleasantly surprised by a successful turnout at what turned out to be an inspiring Holocaust Memorial Day event at his community college.
The world is ignoring the looming threats of evil and tyranny and the hard-learned lessons of the Holocaust, Netanyahu warned on Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Would you be willing to put your own children at risk to save a Jew? Not so simple. On an individual level it is very difficult to answer this question.
The Jewish people have a blessing to bring to the world, especially to our Semitic cousins. If only they would stop shouting and crying and threatening long enough to listen, how different their lives would be!
The IDF launched an important project charting the location of Holocaust survivors and their descendants, demonstrating the eternity of the Jewish People.
I call on the leaders of the world powers to insist on a full dismantling of Iran’s capability to manufacture nuclear weapons, and to persist until this goal is achieved.
Antisemitism is on the rise worldwide and Israel faces threats of annihilation. But unlike the pre-State era, the Jewish State will defend the Jewish People.