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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 424

Vaidotas Beniusis

Pope Francis waves at the faithful attending his weekly general audience at the Saint Peter's square, on September 19, 2018, in the Vatican. (AFP/Alberto Pizzoli)
September 21, 2018, 3:57 pm
Pope to pay tribute to Holocaust victims in Vilna ghetto visit
On papal trip to Lithuania, Francis to also honor Catholics jailed for challenging the Soviet regime
By Vaidotas Beniusis
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with his Lithuanian counterpart Saulius Skvernelis in Vilnius, Lithuania, August 23, 2018. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
August 23, 2018, 4:40 pm
Netanyahu lands in Lithuania, grandma’s birthplace, in search of European allies
Ahead of meeting with Baltic leaders, PM says he hopes outreach to Eastern European states will help counter EU’s ‘not always friendly’ ties with Israel
By Vaidotas Beniusis
Members of an international team of archaeologists work to unearth parts of the Great Synagogue of Vilnius on July 25, 2018. (AFP Photo/Petras Malukas)
July 26, 2018, 5:45 pm
Archaeologists find holiest part of Vilnius synagogue razed by Nazis, Soviets
Mayor of Lithuanian capital says school built over Great Synagogue of Vilna to be demolished, turned into memorial as ‘bimah’ is discovered at site
By Vaidotas Beniusis
Iranian Vice President Masoumeh Ebtekar. (YouTube screenshot)
June 8, 2018, 10:09 pm
Iran ‘can’t wait forever’ for confirmation of nuclear deal, Tehran official says
Vice president for women’s affairs says preserving 2015 accord ‘very important’ for peace and security of the Middle East and the world
By Vaidotas Beniusis
This photo taken on June 7, 2016 shows people looking at a placard following an inauguration ceremony for a street named after Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara, in the Israeli coastal city of Netanya. (AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ)
January 13, 2018, 8:39 am
Abe to pay tribute to Japan’s Schindler in Lithuania
Nearly 80 years ago, Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara saved 6,000 Jews from the Nazis by issuing visas that allowed them to escape Europe for the Land of the Rising Sun
By Vaidotas Beniusis
Judaica Research Centre chief Lara Lempertiene stands amid rediscovered Jewish documents, long thought to have been destroyed during World War II, at the Lithuanian national library in Vilnius on November 3, 2017. (AFP/Petras Malukas)
December 23, 2017, 1:10 pm
‘Breathtaking’ Jewish Vilnius trove reveals pre-war ‘Jerusalem of the North’
For decades, a church confessional in Lithuania’s capital concealed Jewish documents dating back to the mid-18th century. Now the unique cache has finally come to light
By Vaidotas Beniusis and Mary SIBIERSKI
The Vilnius PANERIAI memorial in memory of the 70000 Jews of Vilnius and its environs killed by Nazis and their accomplices during World War II, February 16, 2016. (AFP/Petras Malukas)
February 29, 2016, 8:55 am
Holocaust haunts Lithuanians as painful past comes to light
A series of books and films has triggered national soul-searching by drawing attention to the country’s brutal WWII role
By Vaidotas Beniusis
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