JERUSALEM/WEST BANK: ISRAELI JEWS IN JERUSALEM AND THE WEST BANK STAND IN TWO MINUTES SILENCE TO COMMEMORATE HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY

Record ID: 400459

  • Title: JERUSALEM/WEST BANK: ISRAELI JEWS IN JERUSALEM AND THE WEST BANK STAND IN TWO MINUTES SILENCE TO COMMEMORATE HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY
  • Date: 19th April 2001
  • Summary: (U3) JERUSALEM (APRIL 19, 2001) (REUTERS) 1. SLV PEOPLE GATHERED AT YAD VASHEM HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL/ SIRENS WAILING; ISRAELI SOLDIERS SALUTING/ SIRENS WAILING; PEOPLE STANDING IN SILENCE AND PRAYER/ SIRENS WAILING/ PULLOUT TO WIDE VIEW (3 SHOTS) 0.32 2. SCU: LARGE BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPH ON THE WALL OF HOLOCAUST VICTIMS; SCU ETERNAL FLAME / ISRAE
  • Embargoed: 4th May 2001 13:00
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  • Location: JERUSALEM/HEBRON AND A-RAM CHECKPOINT, WEST BANK
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  • Country: Palestinian Territories
  • Reuters ID: LVAEKV7YH53D61SZNLCWWN06QAWH
  • Story Text: Sirens have wailed in Jerusalem and the West Bank as
    people stood still for two minutes in memory of the six
    million Jews killed by Nazi Germany nearly 60 years ago.



    Parts of Jerusalem and the West Bank came to a standstill
    for two minutes on Thursday (April 19) as Jews in these areas
    joined Israel in commemorating Holocaust Remembrance Day.

    The sirens blared through the region at 10 a.m. (0700 GMT).

    In Jerusalem, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and
    President Moshe Katzav arrived at the Yad Vashem Holocaust
    memorial. Following the two minutes of silence and personal
    prayer, they laid wreaths at the eternal flame.

    Israeli soldiers closed off the Al-Ram checkpoint into
    Jerusalem as the sirens rang out to mark Holocaust day. Cars
    stopped on the road and Israelis hung their heads in memory of
    the six million Jews who perished at the hands of the Nazis
    and their collaborators during World War 2.

    And in the West Bank town of Hebron, Jewish settlers
    stopped their activities and stood motionless as the sirens
    rang out.

    Similar air raid sirens wail two other times each year,
    both in commemoration of the Jewish state's fallen soldiers.

    Israelis also commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day in
    special radio and television broadcasts.

    After months of a Palestinian uprising, cabinet minister
    Ephraim Sneh told Israel Radio it was difficult to deal with
    "the memory of the Holocaust and (the fact that) today, 60
    years later, we are fighting for our lives".

    At least 381 Palestinians, 71 Israelis and 13 Israeli
    Arabs have been killed in the nearly seven months of the
    Palestinian revolt against Israel's almost 34-year-old
    occupation of West Bank and Gaza Strip lands.
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