On Auschwitz Anniversary, Israeli President Urges UN to Fight 'Volcano of Antisemitism'

[libertybele]

On Auschwitz Anniversary, Israeli President Urges UN to Fight 'Volcano of Antisemitism'

JERUSALEM, Israel – This year's International Holocaust Remembrance Day marked the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the worst Nazi death camp: Auschwitz- Birkenau in Poland. At the United Nations, Israeli President Isaac Herzog challenged the international community to stand on the principles on which the U.N. was founded and not to compromise.

For decades, Israel rejected any comparison of current events to the Holocaust. That changed after the October 7th, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel, the worst massacre of the Jewish people since the World War II Holocaust.

Some speakers at the two-hour U.N. ceremony in Poland mentioned October 7th, the ceasefire deal, and the need to free the hostages.

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stated, "And we will do our utmost to ensure it leads to the release of all hostages. Since the beginning, we have asked for the unconditional and immediate release of all hostages and to a permanent ceasefire in Gaza."

Herzog noted that while the Holocaust was the single most catastrophic disaster in history, the U.N. emerged as a voice of repair, healing, and building, including establishing the State of Israel.

He cautioned, "However, this moral and ethical lighthouse has been eroded time and time again."

Herzog believes nations are blurring the distinction between good and evil, distorting the difference between victim and monster, and allowing anti-Semitic genocidal doctrines to flourish.

"How is it possible that the same institutions established in the wake of the greatest genocide in history – the Holocaust – are manipulating the definition of genocide for the sole purpose of attacking Israel and the Jewish people?" he asked. "Doing so by embracing the despicable phenomenon of Holocaust inversion."

Based on evidence, Herzog claimed the October 7th terrorists were inspired by Hitler and the Nazis to destroy Israel.

"But the issue, ladies and gentlemen, is much deeper and reaches far beyond the October 7th massacre. We have all witnessed a huge volcano of antisemitism erupt following the massacre," he declared.................

https://cbn.com/news/israel/auschwitz-anniversary-israeli-president-urges-un-fight-volcano-antisemitism

[mountaineer]

Mr. M and I have visited three death camps in Germany and France, but - having read so many books about the experimentation and other atrocities committed there - I think seeing Auschwitz-Birkenau would be overwhelming.

It is disgusting, sickening and heartbreaking that acts of violence against people simply because they are Jewish are on the rise all over the world. It's especially disturbing that there are members of the U.S. Congress who seem to support the hatred.

[deb]

The mister and I visited Auschwitz on a WWII tour a few years ago. I have no words to adequately describe it. The sense of evil that still remains was palpable. I highly recommend seeing it once in a lifetime.

[bigheadfred]

The mister and I visited Auschwitz on a WWII tour a few years ago. I have no words to adequately describe it. The sense of evil that still remains was palpable. I highly recommend seeing it once in a lifetime.

I felt the same way when I visited Dachau.

[verga]

The mister and I visited Auschwitz on a WWII tour a few years ago. I have no words to adequately describe it. The sense of evil that still remains was palpable. I highly recommend seeing it once in a lifetime.

BIL and SIL went to Treblinka and they felt nauseous just walking in to it. 

[mountaineer]

Yeah, I'm not real convinced Guterres gives a rat's rear end about anti-Jewish sentiment.

UN Secretary General António Guterres says many Muslims are having to celebrate Ramadan “in fear of discrimination, exclusion and even violence.”

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