Israel president urges unity on Holocaust Remembrance Day
Israel’s president appealed for national unity as the country marked the beginning of Holocaust Remembrance Day after months of mass protests that have roiled the nation JERUSALEM -- Israel's president appealed for national unity as the country marked the beginning of Holocaust Remembrance Day on Monday after months of mass protests that have roiled the nation. Yom Hashoah, the day Israel observes as a memorial for the 6 million Jews killed by Nazi Germany and its allies in the Holocaust, is one of the most solemn dates on the country's calendar. Official observances began after sundown on Monday with a ceremony at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem. Six survivors, including one of the few remaining survivors of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, lit torches for the memory of the 6 million killed in the Holocaust. Speaking at the ceremony, President Isaac Herzog called on participants in the more than three months of weekly protests against the government's plan to...