World leaders vowed to remember and guard against the atrocities of the Holocaust ever happening again, but recent reports point to a significant resurgence of antisemitism.
Israeli President Isaac Herzog spoke at the European Union Thursday, urging world leaders to stand vigilant against the"extremes of European and world politics, which proudly raise the ugly banner of antisemitism.
" "Unfortunately, the picture is disturbing," Herzog said."Deeply disturbing. Antisemitic discourse festers not only within dark regimes; but within the heartlands of the free, democratic West. Jew-hatred still exists. Antisemitism still exists. Holocaust denial still exists."Antonio Guterres, United Nations Secretary General, center, Dani Dayan, Chairman of Yad Vashem, left, and Gilad Erdan, Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations, right, walk along the Yad Vashem Book of Names of Holocaust Victims Exhibit, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023, at United Nations headquarters.The "Book of Names of Holocaust Victims" exhibition at the United Nations is a 26.45-foot-long list of identified holocaust victims.The "Book of Names of Holocaust Victims" installation at the entrance of the United Nations. The exhibition commenced on Jan. 26 and will run until Feb. 17.In December, President Biden announced the establishment of an inter-agency group led by Domestic Policy Council staff and National Security Council staff to increase and better coordinate U.S. government efforts to counter antisemitism, Islamophobia and related forms of bias and discrimination within the United States."Sadly, we have seen over and over again that hate never goes away," Biden said in a statement released Thursday."It only hides—waiting to reemerge whenever it is given just a little bit of oxygen, and today, across our country, we are seeing swastikas on cars, antisemitic banners on bridges, verbal and physical attacks against Jewish businesses and Jewish Americans – even Holocaust denialism." "It's vile," he continued."It goes against everything we value as Americans. And each of us must speak out against this poison. Together, we must affirm, over and over, that hate has no safe harbor in America." Israel's President Isaac Herzog addresses the European Parliament plenary ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day in Brussels on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. On Friday a young Israeli musician played the violin of hope during the U.N. ceremony. The violin belonged to Hana De Leo. She was born in Holland, but during the Nazi occupation, she was separated from her family and lived in hiding under false papers identifying her as a Christian. With her husband and two toddlers, she left Europe for Britsh Mandate of Palestine in April 1946. She didn't have much, apart from her cherished violin. Guy Asher, heard his grandmother’s violin after its restoration. His grandmother, who survived the Holocaust managed to bring her violin with her as she left Holland in 1946. Her Grandson, Guy Asher, told Fox Digital that after her death at the age of 101, he decided to look for a way to immortalize her memory."I contacted the Violins of hope founders and violin-makers Amnon and Avshalom Weinstein. I knew that was the best way to do it. They have restored the violin, and today, for the first time, its sounds will fill the United Nations. There's no better way to remember my grandmother." Sharon Buenos, global director of Zikaron BaSalon – a Holocaust commemoration social initiative – told Fox News Digital,"we want not only to remember the atrocities of the Holocaust but to make sure our future will be better and safer." "We encourage people to participate in the project and commemorate not only the Jewish victims but also remember that the Nazi German forces killed Roma and Sinti, Slavs, people with disabilities, LGBTQ+ individuals, and political dissidents."In a statement released Friday, Netanyahu underscored the need to remember and guard against the crimes of the Holocaust, vowing that such an atrocity"will never, ever, happen again to our people." On behalf of the State of Israel and the Jewish people, on behalf of the survivors and those who perished, I vow to you as Prime Minister of the one and only Jewish state, that we will remain vigilant, strong and never allow the Holocaust to happen again."Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox
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