Pro-Palestinian activists have sparked outrage after staging a protest near the grounds of Auschwitz – as Israelis including October 7 survivors marched to honour victims of the Holocaust.
‘Stop Genocide’ Protest
It was a great sight as protestors displayed a banner reading ‘stop genocide’ at groups while sirens wailed.
The demonstrators were wearing Israeli flags along the sidelines of the ‘March of the Living’ event, which brings together thousands annually to observe Holocaust Remembrance Day in silence.
As demonstrators were ‘chanting’ at participants on the march, Israelis were responding with lines from ‘Am Israel chai’, a Jewish solidarity anthem.
People Who Attended
Also, Survivors of Hamas’ October 7 incursion into southern Israel were in attendance as participants marched the two-mile (three kilometre) walk from Auschwitz to Birkenau, where approximately one million Jews were systematically killed by Nazi Germany during the World War II.
Holocaust Remembrance Day
The event, now in its 36th year, usually draws thousands of participants, including Holocaust survivors and Jewish students, leaders and politicians.
Fifty-six survivors of the Shoah are expecting to take part in the march alongside an anticipated 10,000 others travelling from across the world to observe the date.
This year, Israeli hostages released from captivity in Gaza and families whose relatives are still being held captive will also join the march.
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Last week, a man invoked fury as he filmed himself walking through the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Auschwitz and saying: ‘You belong here. This is your place of origin. You left these camps and ghettos. Long live Palestine.’
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As ceasefire talks continue in Cairo, Israel is preparing to invade the Gazan city of Rafah, ordering 100,000 people to evacuate and sparking outrage from those sympathetic to the Palestinian cause worldwide.
