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Sunday, February 16, 2025
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Sunday, February 16, 2025
At Yad Vashem, Rubio says antisemitism is embedded in ‘international organizations’
Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio visits the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem, February 16, 2025. (Oren Ben Hakoon/POOL)
In remarks during his visit to Jerusalem’s Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial museum, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the “ancient poison” of antisemitism “hides behind geopolitics and embeds itself in international organizations, and in the curriculums of our colleges and universities.”
The accusation is one of the most far-reaching lobbed by a Trump official to date.
“We stand here today reminded why it can never be ignored, why it always starts with what some believe as the wild ideas of a random person with no power and no influence; but left unchecked and unchallenged, it can turn into the tragedy that is commemorated here in this building today,” Rubio says.
