President Isaac Herzog, attending the inauguration of the new Holocaust Memorial Museum in Amsterdam, compares the antisemitism and hatred that the Jewish people of Europe experienced in the 20th century to that which is experienced today, in the wake of the October 7 Hamas massacre.
Herzog says that the new museum, located in the historic Jewish quarter in Amsterdam, “sends a clear, powerful statement” at a pivotal moment in time.
“Remember. Remember the horrors born of hatred, antisemitism and racism. And never again allow them to flourish,” he says. “Unfortunately, ‘Never Again’ is right now. Because right now, hatred and antisemitism are flourishing worldwide, and we must fight it, together.”
He asks the attendees to join him in prayer for the “victims of the [Holocaust], and for the victims of hatred, terror, and antisemitism in the present, wherever they may be.”
He also asks that they pray for “the immediate, safe return of our hostages,” who have been held in Hamas captivity since October 7, and recites a prayer for peace.
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