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We must talk about Hamas, now
Oped, Meir Shlomo, Published on 21/05/2021
» Many people question me about whether Hamas is the culprit behind the ongoing bloody confrontation with Israel. Then they ask: Why did Hamas decide suddenly to attack Israel?
Holocaust education is a battle worth fighting
Oped, Meir Shlomo, Published on 27/01/2021
» Every year, on Jan 27, we come together to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day. During the Second World War, the Nazi regime annihilated, systemically and brutally, in cold blood, no fewer than six million Jews, including more than one million children. This genocide brought us face to face with the extent of man's capacity for inhumanity to his fellow man.
Celebrating independence in Covid-19's shadow
News, Meir Shlomo, Published on 29/04/2020
» Seventy-two years ago, a momentous historical event was achieved when the State of Israel was established in the ancestral homeland of the Jewish people. In normal times, we would now be celebrating in the streets and parks, picnicking and enjoying the wonderful spring weather outdoors. But, like most countries, because of the Covid-19 pandemic, Israelis are commemorating their independence day indoors, under strict regulations.
Auschwitz lesson still not learned
News, Meir Shlomo, Published on 27/01/2020
» Seventy-five years ago today, on Jan 27 1945, it must have seemed as if the gates of hell themselves had been thrown open. The liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi death camp, by Soviet forces finally brought home the full horrors of the Holocaust to a shocked world. What the soldiers of the Red Army saw when they entered the camp was simply inconceivable in its dreadfulness. They found thousands of sick, starving and tortured victims, who had been confined in appalling, harrowing conditions, and the evidence of the extermination of around 1.1 million innocent people.