JERUSALEM – After rekindling the eternal flame and laying a wreath at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial, a solemn President Obama spoke on Friday of a collective “obligation not just to bear witness but to act” against racism “and especially anti-Semitism” as he wrapped up his three-day visit here with a trio of symbolic pilgrimages.
At Memorial, Obama Urges Action Against Racism and Anti-Semitism
22.03.2013 13:37
Doug Mills/The New York Times
President Obama paused after laying a wreath at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem on Friday.
“We have the choice to ignore what happens to others or to act on behalf of others,” Mr. Obama said after a tour of the museum and a brief memorial service.
“Our sons and daughters are not born to hate, they are taught to hate,” he added. “The state of Israel does not exist because of the Holocaust but in the survival of a strong Jewish state of Israel the Holocaust will never happen again.”