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“Across the years, we remember with sorrow all those who died, and extol the memory of the fighters, the rebels of the ghettos and the partisans. And we remember all of those who survived the horrors of the Nazis, immigrated to Israel and helped their brothers in arms establish our country – some of whom fell in the war for Israel’s defense.”

!From the ashes and despair we arose and established the army of our people – the Israel Defense Forces. For 67 years, the IDF has been the steadfast defender of Israel – a country to which Jews from all over the world have aspired.” (IDF chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot‘s remarks on Holocaust Remembrance Day. They can be read in full here, 16/04/2015)