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Tuesday, April 18, 2023
Netanyahu shares story of his wife’s relatives killed in Holocaust
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu notes that a large portion of his wife’s family was killed in the Holocaust, during his speech at the Knesset’s memorial ceremony.
Netanyahu says that his father-in-law, Shmuel Ben Artzi, immigrated to Israel, but the family he left behind in Poland “included dozens, all of them killed.”
“This included his twin sister,” the prime minister adds of Ben Artzi. “For his whole life, if the name Yehudit came up, he burst into tears.”
Netanyahu also lights a memorial candle during the event, alongside many others.
ראש הממשלה בנימין נתניהו הדליק נר זיכרון במשכן הכנסת, לזכר הנספים בשואה. pic.twitter.com/uNYpCN3wJr
— ראש ממשלת ישראל (@IsraeliPM_heb) April 18, 2023
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