New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) Israeli Ambassador Daniel Carmon Tuesday said since India has long served as a "peaceful" home to several Jews, it stood in good stead to teach tolerance to other nations.
"Anti-Semitism never set its foot in India. Jews have been living here peacefully without persecutions for over two millennia. This is a lesson and message of tolerance India can and should teach other nations," Carmon said here during a commemoration event of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Following a UN resolution in 2005, urging every member nation to honour the Holocaust victims' memory, the memorial day is observed annually Jan 27 for the 6 million Jews and others who lost their lives in a genocide by the Nazi regime.
"The Holocaust was the systematic, bureaucratic, ruthless annihilation of six million Jews by the Nazis and their collaborators," the Israeli envoy said.
"It was a crime... different not only in its magnitude and cruelty but also in its manner and purpose as a mass criminal enterprise organised by a state against defenseless civilian population," Carmon said.
Over 100 schoolchildren participated in the memorial ceremony organised by Alliance Française de Delhi in association with the embassies of Israel and France as well as the United Nations Information Centre, an Israeli embassy statement said.
Several university students also participated later in a session held in the afternoon.
The evening concluded with the screening of the film - "Rafting to Bombay" - by Israeli film director Erez Laufer, which showcased a story of a five-year-old Nahum and his mother who escaped the Nazis in Poland, crossed Europe by train and sailed to India, the statement added.
Once again there are signs of rising inflation. Everything, including edible oils, spices, tea, c
Modi's Seychelles, Mauritius, Sri Lanka visit begins on Tuesday
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on Tuesday on a five-day vis
How Turkey became 'drone superpower' in the Battle of Azerbaijan Armenia
The fierce war between Armenia and Azerbaijan in Nagorno-Karabakh has also brought the combat dro
At this time, the name of YouTuber Samay Raina, who runs the YouTube show India's Got Latent, is
Cases registered against VHP for defying ban
Bengaluru, Feb 9 (IANS) Police Monday registered three cases against the Vishwa Hindu Parishad
Ukraine Returned Medical Students: The future of 20,000 medical students who returned home during
Attending Pakistan Day event part of diplomatic civility: V.K. Singh
New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) Minister of State for External Affairs Gen. (retd) V.K. Singh on Tue
China made big scam in Pakistan in the name of help, shocking disclosure in the report
New Delhi: China is not trustworthy. Now he made a game of scandal with his friend Pakistan. It h
Most of the states of North India are in the grip of severe heat and heatwave. The first week of
Corona Vaccination: 100 crore doses of corona vaccine are going to be completed in India soon. Ac
