Danon with UN ambassadors at Auschwitz: Israel will ensure Never Again holds true

Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon is attending the annual March of the Living event commemorating the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp together with a delegation of UN ambassadors, according to Danon’s office.

“We are not marching only to mourn the victims and commemorate their memory — we are marching to warn the world about the devastating consequences of hatred and antisemitism,” says Danon shortly before the march, adding that “every step here is a choice — to remember, to bear witness, and to carry the memory forward.”

“Today we are a strong people. We have seen that hatred still tries to harm us everywhere and at all times. This time, we have a state, we have an army, we have the capabilities to defend ourselves — and that is exactly what we will do,” adds the ambassador in a video statement.

“We will strike anyone who threatens us. When we say Never Again — we mean it.”

More than 30 UN ambassadors departed from New York to Poland on Tuesday to take part in today’s 37th March of the Living.

Led by Danon, the delegation’s itinerary has included visits to several key Holocaust-related sites in Poland, such as the Warsaw Ghetto, the Jewish Quarter in Krakow, and the Krakow Ghetto, and the group will continue to Israel after the Poland leg of the trip.

Last night, Danon spoke about the lack of global outrage after the October 7, 2023, Hamas onslaught, nearly 80 years after the viciousness of the Holocaust during World War II.

“What followed was silence all around the world,” he said. “Jewish people are not victims of history, we are its authors.”