Death of a hero: Michel Bacos, the captain of Air France flight 139 hijacked to Entebbe in 1976. He refused to leave the Jewish passengers behind and stayed with them until they were rescued by the IDF. He passed away in France at the age of 95. We salute you, Captain
Presidente
@petrogustavo
, como presidente de
@yadvashem
afirmo que no entendió absolutamente nada de lo que vió en Auschwitz o se negó a verlo. Usted tiene el dudoso honor de ser el único líder mundial fuera de Irán que trivializa así - en realidad niega - el Holocausto.
I am always extremely cautious in criticizing US elected officials. However when an American elected official retweets an unfounded blood libel against Jewish Israelis, I cannot remain silent. Congresswoman
@RashidaTlaib
just did.
This is Yohai Elkayam, a 28-years-old Israeli hero. Yesterday he saw a young woman he didn’t even know - drowning in the sea. He rescued her but paid with his life. Rest In Peace, Yohai.
Miss Puerto Rico Michelle Colón surprised her fellow Miss Universe contestants (and also
@yadvashem
staff) when she revealed that her great-grandfather was a Holocaust survivor, most of whose family perished in Auschwitz.
The President of Colombia
@petrogustavo
has the dubious honor to be the only world leader outside Iran that trivializes - and in fact denies - the Holocaust. If he indeed visited Auschwitz he understood nothing. He displays either malice or ignorance. Most probably both.
The claim that Israel shot demonstrators is a blatant lie. For a peaceful demonstration inside Gaza, Israel would gladly provide water and megaphones. But those were attempts to invade Israeli territory and border communities to indiscriminately slaughter civilians. 1/4
Israel pharma giant Teva will donate 6 million tablets by March 31, 10 million within a month, of hydroxychloroquine sulfate for potential
#COVID19
use to US hospitals.
The hotel. Breakfast. The waitress tells me: “I’m so sorry”. I don’t understand. She says: “I saw you in TV. I’m so sorry for the Jewish community ” And starts crying. This is
#Pittsburgh
Tragically a pregnant mother and her 14 month-old-baby were killed in
#Gaza
DUE TO A ROCKET FIRED FROM GAZA that fell short and missed its target of Israeli
civilians. As usual, anti Israeli propagandists try to use this Palestinian-induced tragedy to smear Israel.
I can’t understand mainstream Jewish publications in this country that give a platform to opponents of Israel’s existence. Morally, they are not better than white supremacists or Holocaust deniers.
49 years ago 9 Jews were publicly hanged in Iraq. Baghdad Radio invited citizens to Liberation Square to "come and enjoy the feast." 500,000 people reportedly attended the hangings, and danced and celebrated before the hanging corpses. We remember them
On this day 1930 years ago the Jews were forcibly exiled from their homeland. In a unique case in human history, every single day since, they vowed to return. And return they did.
Worth remembering: PepsiCo boycotted Israel until 1991. Today it bought an Israeli firm for $3.2B and pledged it will continue to operate from Israel. The story of Israel’s economy in a nutshell.
Tomorrow, Jews will start 3 weeks of commemoration of the breach of the walls of their Capital by an Empire, the destruction of the city, the subjugation of their country and the forced exile of its population, their ancestors. Tell me more about not being indigenous.
Less than 6 months ago, Ari Fuld was stabbed to death by a terrorist. In an heroic act, he prevented him from further attacking innocent civilians before succumbing. Today his daughter Tamar married her fiancé. Am Israel Chai!
Very sad to learn of the passing of Yehuda Samet. He was a Holocaust survivor that also survived the Pittsburgh Tree of Life shooting. He was very proud of his being an IDF veteran. It was impossible not to like him. יהי זכרו ברוך
Mazal Tov to Avigdor Gavish and Ayelet Dickstein on their wedding. Avigdor’s parents, grandfather and brother were murdered in a terrorist attack in 2002. He survived.
That same year, Ayelet’s parents and brother were murdered in a different terrorist attack. She survived.
Major Roi Klein jumped on a live Hezbollah grenade and muffled the explosion with his body saving the lives of his soldiers. The soldiers reported that Klein recited the Jewish prayer, Shema Yisrael, as he jumped on the grenade.
#YomHaZikaron
The event planned by the German cultural institute
@goetheinstitut
in Israel constitutes intolerable distortion of the Holocaust. Holding it on the anniversary of the November Pogrom ("Kristallnacht") is unforgivable.
Today is November 9th. I prefer the term "November Pogrom" to "Kristallnacht" which is the name given by the Nazis to the rampage carried out throughout Germany and Austria. To them, this was an heroic name. The shattered glass “adorned” the Reich’s streets. It was a pogrom.
Mahmoud Abbas' despicable words in Berlin today about "50 holocausts" are appalling. The German government must respond appropriately to this inexcusable behavior done inside the Federal Chancellery.
Chilling Page of Testimony from
@yadvashem
Last name: Reich
First name:
Sex: Female
Date of birth and death: 9/11/44
Place of birth: Auschwitz
Age at death: half an hour
Place of death: Auschwitz
Circumstances of death: Taken from her mother in Auschwitz
Submitter: the mother.
We mourn together with the American people and the entire free world the passing of a military and political hero and a great friend of Israel, Senator John
#McCain
. RIP
Back in 2015 it was clear to
@AP
that they were terrorists. In 2019
@AP
elevated them first to “guerrillas” and after the outcry simply to “gunmen”. Not terrorists. Something very wrong happened to the moral compass of Associated Press in the last four years. Worrying.
If you are non-Jews who like to tell Jews what is and what isn't antisemitism, you are most probably antisemites. If you are a Jew collaborating with them, you are most probably their useful idiot.
My mother Zipora, known to most as Fanny, passed away today. A social worker, she took upon herself some of the most daunting tasks of her challenging profession. As an ambassador’s wife, she represented gallantly Israel in Central America.
We used early warnings (by leaflets, direct phone calls, on radio and social media) and non-lethal means (water cannons, tear gas, smoke grenades, rubber bullets). But in some instances it wasn’t enough to prevent a terrorist invasion. To that scenario we have zero tolerance 4/4
At the end of an extensive visit to
@yadvashem
, Chancellor Merkel asked to tour the main museum alone. When she left, she did not skip the balcony overlooking Jerusalem. After a tour full of emotive moments we talked there about suffering and redemption.
Lamont Hill called for the elimination of the State of Israel from the map. Previously he expressed his admiration for antisemite Louis Farrakhan. MLH is a racist, a bigot, an antisemite. The fact that he is all this while in the payroll of
@CNN
and
@TempleUniv
is appalling
2000 years every Jewish groom, before he kisses the bride, recites allegiance to Jerusalem. 2000 years Jews fast in the anniversary of the destruction of Jerusalem. No people is more attached to its capital city than Jews to Jerusalem.
“The Israeli Defense Ministry’s R&D arm is best known for pioneering cutting-edge ways to save innocent lives, with Iron Dome & David Sling among its more famous recent projects. Under the pandemic it continues to save lives.” I edited it for you
@nytimes
. Now it’s fit to print.
If even one attempt to breach the border fence had succeeded - 1000s would have run in a matter of seconds into our territory and communities to kill and set afire. THAT would have been a carnage, on both sides. 2/4
A special emotive and rewarding moment during my visit to Lithuania was the meeting with Fania Brancovskaja, a Holocaust survivor and partisan, 100 years young.
Leading
@YadVashem
is more than a position; it is a mission that I take today with awe and reverence. Yad Vashem is not just a commemorative endeavor. On our shoulders rests the responsibility to research and educate, to document and disseminate, 1/3
Leaving for
#Pittsburgh
to be with our brethren in this tragic hour, to pay respect to the murdered, to pray for the recovery of the wounded and to embrace a grieving Jewish community I love.
Among the great contributions of President George H.W. Bush to Israel and the Jewish People was his successful appeal to his Ethiopian counterpart that facilitated “Operation Solomon” in. which Israel airlifted 16000 Ethiopian Jews to Israel in 36 hours.
Dear
@mpelavin
: in the Israeli side of the table were 3 women and 1 non-Jew. The leaders of the major Jewish civil organizations weren’t elected by Israel. One more case of putting the blame on Israel for faults of your own.
Some day, not long from now, when we are talking about how younger, more progressive Jews have trouble connecting with Israel, we’ll have the picture of
@IsraeliPM
meeting with this stunning array of American Jewish leaders. Oh, and of course no women.
Israeli superstar
@NettaBarzilai
:”When you boycott light, you spread darkness”
This is the best description I ever heard why boycotting Israel is so wrong. 🇮🇱
#ALightUntoTheNations
A friend asked Weizmann, “Why do you Jews insist on Palestine when there are so many undeveloped countries you could settle in more conveniently?” Weizmann replied: “Why you drove 20 miles to visit your mother last Sunday when there are so many old ladies living on your street.”
#OTD
69yrs ago, Chaim Weizmann was sworn in as the 1st President of
#Israel
🇮🇱. In 1917, Weizmann successfully advocated for the
#UK
🇬🇧 gov’t to issue the Balfour Declaration.
📷Weizmann speaking at his inauguration ceremony at
@KnessetIL
This if from a video posted by
@SenSanders
about the situation in Gaza. And it’s interesting. Because I personally saw Prof. Abu Saada at least six times in Europe recently.
Just left the residence of Rabbi Chaim Rottenberg in Monsey, the scene of yesterday’s attack. I found a strong and welcoming leader not deterred by the horrific events. While we must continue to combat the rising antisemitism, I left reassured of the strength of his community.
It is not a guess. Hamas top leader Sinwar said explicitly: “My next demon will be delivered in Nahal Oz. We will tear down the fence and tear off the hearts from the Zionists bodies”. 3/4
We are so proud that the great Mariano Rivera is a huge friend of the democratic State of Israel. Mazal Tov Mariano on your unanimous induction to the Hall of Fame! We love and admire you! We can’t wait to see you soon back in Jerusalem. 🇮🇱 ⚾️
@thedailybeast
Basically, what much of the world is telling us today is: “Dear Israel, even if you withdraw to the pre-1967 Green Line, we will not allow you to defend your border”
Exactly 6 months ago, I stood in front of Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, finding hard to believe it is real. Today, in Chabad of Poway the same hatred hits again. Yom HaShoah coming, we have to pledge to combat antisemitism forcefully before it grows to monstrous dimension
Terrorist:”a person who uses violence and intimidation, especially against civilians for political aims”
Guerrilla:”a member of an independent group taking part in irregular fighting, typically against regular forces”
Guerrilla” by
@AP
:”a terrorist whose victims are Israeli”
I know
@mehdirhasan
personally. I have no doubt he doesn’t hate Jews per se. He - a self-described Anti-Zionist - “only” denies Jews the right of self-determination in any part of their homeland. A “small” thing. Call it what you like but that’s blatant bigotry.
in case you think
@mehdirhasan
only condemns anti-Semitism from the right, he has a long and courageous record of calling it out even within his own community. this is what a real ally looks like
Exactly 50 years ago I arrived to Israel and became a citizen, turning from a mere spectator to a protagonist in the greatest adventure of the Jewish People in 2000 years. 🇮🇱
Today the Ethiopian-Jewish community celebrates Sigd, marking the covenant between the Jewish People and its Torah. Sigd is now an official holiday in Israel.
.
@WhoopiGoldberg
remarks on
@TheView
are an indication of lack of basic understanding about the Holocaust & antisemitism, prevalent in much of the world. While her apology is important and educational, I extend an invitation to her to learn more about the Holocaust in
@yadvashem
.
We salute Detective Joseph Seals who made the ultimate sacrifice to protect the Jersey City community. His life was inspirational. His death was heroic. He will be remembered.
I follow with dismay and disappointment the trajectory
@mehdirhasan
made: from a tough and opinionated journalist I appreciated to a quite average propagandist and finally to a simple unimaginative liar I have nothing but contempt for.
ICYMI: King Charles III is the grandson of a person recognized by
@yadvashem
as a Righteous Among the Nations: Princess Alice of Greece. The paternal grandmother of the new monarch gave shelter to a Jewish family in Athens, thus saving their lives. She is buried in Jerusalem.
PA Chairman's statement is not only an example of Holocaust denial & distortion, they use deeply entrenched antisemitic stereotypes. These reprehensible remarks must be unequivocally condemned by global leaders. We can't stay silent.
This statement is totally unwarranted, Piotr. Glazer’s acceptance speech was a gross misuse of the Shoah and Jewishness to make a misguided political statement. This tweet by none other than
@AuschwitzMuseum
damages significantly the struggle against Holocaust weaponization.
"In his Oscar acceptance speech, Jonathan Glazer issued a universal moral warning against dehumanization. His aim was not to descend to the level of political discourse.
Critics who expected a clear political stance or a film solely about genocide did not grasp the depth of his
They “accuse” Birthright of using the Jewish name? That using a 3000 years old name instead of a 70 years old “erases history”? OMG! The guy that opened this parody account is a GENIUS! 😂
Birthright not only wants to bribe our generation into silence, they also spread misinformation about the Occupation. We're here to tell the truth
#NotJustAFreeTrip
Miri
#Tamano
A
#hero
. Single mother of 3.
Beer Sheva. 4.00am. Missile attack from Gaza. 45 seconds to find shelter. She and the children asleep. Wakes up. Grab the 3. Run to shelter. As she closes the door, the missile hits the home and destroys it.
Yad Vashem deplores the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which will inevitably lead to dire consequences.
We fear in particular for the wellbeing of innocent civilians and deplore any deliberate endangerment of their safety. 1/3
Hello
@lufthansa
. You regret the “circumstances surrounding the decision”? Don’t you regret the decision itself? And your staff’s behavior? And their attitude and statements? This is not an apology. We expect you to do better. Not too late.
Lufthansa regrets the circumstances surrounding the decision to exclude passengers from flight LH 1334 on May 4. Lufthansa sincerely apologizes. Please find our statement below:
A dedicated daughter: Israeli opera singer, Irit Stark, rejoices every morning her father, Prof. Michael Stark, who is in quarantine in his Tel Aviv apartment. Irit sings under the window, delighting her father and the entire neighborhood. h/t
@attilus
Great news. Technology giant
@intel
announced a further 10 billion dollars (!!!!) investment in Israel. That’s close to 40 billion shekels. A new manufacturing plant will be built in Kiryat Gat, in southern Israel.
Because threatening “to anihilate the Zionist entity and to make Tel Aviv and Haifa into ghost towns” is not a threat to genocide more than 6,000,000 Jews
fact checking
#sotu
#Iran
opposes
#Israel
but has never threatened 'genocide' to Jews. It still has the largest Jewish population in the Middle East outside Israel, though many Iranian Jews have emigrated to Israel and the US since the 1979 revolution.
So happy to celebrate with my friend Moshe Klein - a Satmar Hasid -! his marriage with his wife Malky in Williamsburg. Watch my dance with the groom - one of many.
Mehdi, you had 4 tweets to reject my claim that you deny the Jewish People the right of self-determination in ANY part of its homeland. You didn’t. Instead you attacked me, Israel & boasted abt a debate. I REST MY CASE. Good night and enjoy the “likes” from the antisemitic crowd
You’re the official representative of a government that practices apartheid in the Occupied Territories, and treats Arabs at home as second-class citizens while referring to African asylum-seekers as ‘infiltrators’. As I said, bit rich of you to be lecturing *anyone* on bigotry.
I visited today one of the conservation labs of
@yadvashem
. The conservator - a graduate of 3 years of conservation studies in Florence, Italy, was working on a Torah scroll barely saved before Kristallnacht from a synagogue in Leipzig. Incredibly moving.
Como Presidente de
@yadvashem
, como judío y como ser humano estoy totalmente indignado por la publicación apologética de
@ElMercurio_cl
sobre el criminal de guerra nazi Hermann Göring. Una publicación de este tipo es un insulto a la memoria de millones de sus víctimas inocentes.
My wife
@einatd1
and I couldn’t be prouder today, as our daughter
@ofirdayan94
was selected to the
@Algemeiner
J100, one hundred individuals that positively influenced Jewish life this year.