Barak: Concessions in face of evil recipe for Holocaust
In ceremony closing Holocaust Remembrance Day at Kibbutz Yad Mordechai, defense minister says, 'lesson learned from WWII is that conciliation and surrender in the face of evil a recipe for Holocaust'
“The Jewish nation has never had this much power to deter and defend itself as well as a basis and a guarantee for achieving peace and security,” Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Thursday night during a Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony at Kibbutz Yad Mordechai amid the incessant Qassam attacks on Israel's southern region.
At the beginning of the ceremony the participants were instructed on how to act in case the "Color Red" alert system is activated.
"Anti-Semitism, tyranny and desire to murder have never vanished from the world," Barak added, "the lesson of the Second World War is that conciliation and surrender in the face of evil are a recipe for a holocaust. Defeating terror and fighting evil regimes are conditions for the world’s existence.”
Southern Command Chief Yoav Galant, who also took part in the ceremony, said “we IDF soldiers are living proof of the victory over the Nazis.
"We are ready to defend the State of Israel and we remember the commandment and the vow. Our wars have not ended and we are still facing plots against us,” he said.
