Dear Secretary-General,
The international community has a responsibility to protect the people of Darfur. But after four years the destruction and loss of life in Darfur continues without end.
Already 200,000 people have died needlessly, possibly many hundreds of thousands more. Over 2 million will spend another night sleeping in makeshift camps where disease, rape and death are all too common. Four million need humanitarian assistance, and nearly a quarter of them cannot be reached by aid. Attacks on the humanitarian operation are unprecedented. This cannot continue.
The grim four-year anniversary of the conflict will pass on 29 April, marked by Day for Darfur protests around the world but no action unless you insist on it to the UN Security Council. The full petition text and the signature follow >>>
Monday, April 30, 2007
Nairobi/Brussels,
The international community needs to complement efforts to get peacekeepers on the ground with a new approach to negotiating a political settlement if there is to be peace in Darfur.
Darfur: Revitalising the Peace Process,* the latest International Crisis Group report, proposes a comprehensive strategy to achieve a political settlement and end the tragedy. While there has been marginally less fighting for two months, the security situation has deteriorated since the government and one of three rebel factions signed the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) in May 2006. Peace will remain elusive unless the international community coordinates better to surmount obstacles, including the ruling National Congress Party’s pursuit of military victory and increasing rebel divisions.
Deploying an effective African Union/UN hybrid peacekeeping force to protect civilians and establishing a workable ceasefire is vital, and further Khartoum delays can be expected despite recent agreement on more support for the African Union contingent. But new impetus in the moribund peace process is equally vital. “The DPA has failed because it did not resolve the conflict’s root causes, too few rebels signed, and inadequate representation in negotiation has meant a lack of support in Darfur”, says David Mozersky, Horn of Africa Project Director. “A revised political agreement is the only chance for lasting peace”. Read more >>>
The international community needs to complement efforts to get peacekeepers on the ground with a new approach to negotiating a political settlement if there is to be peace in Darfur.
Darfur: Revitalising the Peace Process,* the latest International Crisis Group report, proposes a comprehensive strategy to achieve a political settlement and end the tragedy. While there has been marginally less fighting for two months, the security situation has deteriorated since the government and one of three rebel factions signed the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) in May 2006. Peace will remain elusive unless the international community coordinates better to surmount obstacles, including the ruling National Congress Party’s pursuit of military victory and increasing rebel divisions.
Deploying an effective African Union/UN hybrid peacekeeping force to protect civilians and establishing a workable ceasefire is vital, and further Khartoum delays can be expected despite recent agreement on more support for the African Union contingent. But new impetus in the moribund peace process is equally vital. “The DPA has failed because it did not resolve the conflict’s root causes, too few rebels signed, and inadequate representation in negotiation has meant a lack of support in Darfur”, says David Mozersky, Horn of Africa Project Director. “A revised political agreement is the only chance for lasting peace”. Read more >>>
Sudan: Protection for Darfur Must Be a U.S. Priority During Presidency of UN Security Council
PRESS RELEASE
Tomorrow, the U.S. will begin its month-long presidency of the United Nations (UN) Security Council, a crucial diplomatic position allowing the U.S. to set that body’s agenda. Africa Action today underscored that the U.S. must use this role to guarantee the deployment of a robust peacekeeping mission to provide protection for the people of Darfur.
As the genocide in Darfur enters its fifth year, civilians continue to be vulnerable to attack and access to humanitarian services, vital to the survival of vulnerable populations, has become increasingly tenuous. In recent weeks, increasing numbers of aid agencies have suspended their operations due to growing insecurity and violence. Africa Action emphasizes that the U.S., as the only government to publicly acknowledge that the events in Darfur constitute genocide, has a responsibility to ensure protection of the people of Darfur. Read more >>>
Tomorrow, the U.S. will begin its month-long presidency of the United Nations (UN) Security Council, a crucial diplomatic position allowing the U.S. to set that body’s agenda. Africa Action today underscored that the U.S. must use this role to guarantee the deployment of a robust peacekeeping mission to provide protection for the people of Darfur.
As the genocide in Darfur enters its fifth year, civilians continue to be vulnerable to attack and access to humanitarian services, vital to the survival of vulnerable populations, has become increasingly tenuous. In recent weeks, increasing numbers of aid agencies have suspended their operations due to growing insecurity and violence. Africa Action emphasizes that the U.S., as the only government to publicly acknowledge that the events in Darfur constitute genocide, has a responsibility to ensure protection of the people of Darfur. Read more >>>
Sunday, April 29, 2007
Taking a stand on Darfur
BY MONROE ANDERSON
For hundreds of thousands of Africans, the Darfur region of Sudan has been hell on Earth. For about 20,000 Arabs, it is yet another opportunity to book a one-way trip to heaven. And for a relatively small number of Sudanese thugs and thieves, it is simply an opportunity to raid and loot.
Some 200,000 to 400,000, depending on whose estimates, African men, women and children have been massacred since the conflict in Darfur began four years ago. Besides the mass murders, reports of Janjaweed militias gang-raping, plundering and burning entire villages are routine. Some 2.5 million Africans have fled their homes in Darfur and are now holed up in refugee camp in neighboring Chad. Read more >>>
For hundreds of thousands of Africans, the Darfur region of Sudan has been hell on Earth. For about 20,000 Arabs, it is yet another opportunity to book a one-way trip to heaven. And for a relatively small number of Sudanese thugs and thieves, it is simply an opportunity to raid and loot.
Some 200,000 to 400,000, depending on whose estimates, African men, women and children have been massacred since the conflict in Darfur began four years ago. Besides the mass murders, reports of Janjaweed militias gang-raping, plundering and burning entire villages are routine. Some 2.5 million Africans have fled their homes in Darfur and are now holed up in refugee camp in neighboring Chad. Read more >>>
Saturday, April 28, 2007
PM warns of "tough action" over Darfur
Tony Blair has lent his support to a day of action on Darfur by issuing a warning to the Sudanese government.
In a statement, the PM says "tough action" will follow in the UN Security Council if the Sudanese do not abide with their commitment to peace.
More than 200,000 people have died in the conflict in Darfur, two million people have been displaced and there are four million people on food aid.Mr Blair said:
"The UK and its partners will take tougher action in the Security Council to target those responsible for the violence, to further restrict access to weapons and to improve monitoring of air flights.
"If the Sudanese government and President Bashir want to stop this process, they can, by doing those things that they should have been doing a long time ago." Read more >>>
In a statement, the PM says "tough action" will follow in the UN Security Council if the Sudanese do not abide with their commitment to peace.
More than 200,000 people have died in the conflict in Darfur, two million people have been displaced and there are four million people on food aid.Mr Blair said:
"The UK and its partners will take tougher action in the Security Council to target those responsible for the violence, to further restrict access to weapons and to improve monitoring of air flights.
"If the Sudanese government and President Bashir want to stop this process, they can, by doing those things that they should have been doing a long time ago." Read more >>>
Friday, April 27, 2007
Genocide in Darfur: Make the words count
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
When the violence in Sudan's Darfur region finally ends - or when all of the remaining inhabitants are dead or gone to another country - a count will be in order.
Count the number of times the Sudanese government has said it would work to end the genocide and then has broken that pledge.
Make sure to include President Omar al-Bashir's agreement this month to allow 3,000 peacekeepers and heavy equipment into Darfur to support the small African Union force there. It was followed by his rejection of a U.N. draft resolution written by the United States and Britain that talks about an international presence.
Because Bashir has reneged on earlier agreements, history also will count the death toll, which now stands at an estimated 200,000. It will count the 2.5 million refugees in Sudan and neighboring Chad who have fled the fighting between rebels and government-backed militias. Read more >>>
When the violence in Sudan's Darfur region finally ends - or when all of the remaining inhabitants are dead or gone to another country - a count will be in order.
Count the number of times the Sudanese government has said it would work to end the genocide and then has broken that pledge.
Make sure to include President Omar al-Bashir's agreement this month to allow 3,000 peacekeepers and heavy equipment into Darfur to support the small African Union force there. It was followed by his rejection of a U.N. draft resolution written by the United States and Britain that talks about an international presence.
Because Bashir has reneged on earlier agreements, history also will count the death toll, which now stands at an estimated 200,000. It will count the 2.5 million refugees in Sudan and neighboring Chad who have fled the fighting between rebels and government-backed militias. Read more >>>
Thursday, April 26, 2007
The child victims of forgotten war zone
The child victims of forgotten war zone
It is a desperate situation that could get much worse.
Children are dying in isolated areas of Darfur and many more lives will be lost without support, the British Red Cross said.
Money is desperately needed to help feed and care for tens of thousands of people subjected to years of unimaginable suffering caused by internal conflict. Thousands of people are stranded in areas of western Sudan that many aid agencies cannot reach. Read more >>>
It is a desperate situation that could get much worse.
Children are dying in isolated areas of Darfur and many more lives will be lost without support, the British Red Cross said.
Money is desperately needed to help feed and care for tens of thousands of people subjected to years of unimaginable suffering caused by internal conflict. Thousands of people are stranded in areas of western Sudan that many aid agencies cannot reach. Read more >>>
Global Days for Darfur worldwide on April 29, 2007
Demand the UN Secretary-General takes action for Darfur.
Dear Secretary-General,
The international community has a responsibility to protect the people of Darfur. But after four years the destruction and loss of life in Darfur continues without end.
Already 200,000 people have died needlessly, possibly many hundreds of thousands more. Over 2 million will spend another night sleeping in makeshift camps where disease, rape and death are all too common. Four million need humanitarian assistance, and nearly a quarter of them cannot be reached by aid. Attacks on the humanitarian operation are unprecedented. This cannot continue. More >>>
Dear Secretary-General,
The international community has a responsibility to protect the people of Darfur. But after four years the destruction and loss of life in Darfur continues without end.
Already 200,000 people have died needlessly, possibly many hundreds of thousands more. Over 2 million will spend another night sleeping in makeshift camps where disease, rape and death are all too common. Four million need humanitarian assistance, and nearly a quarter of them cannot be reached by aid. Attacks on the humanitarian operation are unprecedented. This cannot continue. More >>>
Photos, Video Expose Darfur Atrocities in Google Earth
By: Stefan Lovgren
For the past two weeks users of Google Earth have been able to get an up-close and personal view of the violence unfolding in Sudan's Darfur region.
By zooming in on satellite images of Darfur, users can see direct evidence of destroyed villages and hear from survivors through videos, maps, and photos assembled by the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and other groups.
Michael Graham is coordinator of the Washington, D.C., museum's Genocide Prevention Mapping Initiative and the founder of the Crisis in Darfur project.
"This presents a story for people, a visual account that is very personal with photos and testimonies, while at the same time showing the scope of the genocide that is happening in Darfur," Graham said.
More than 200,000 people have been killed in Darfur and a reported 2.5 million have been driven from their homes since ethnically African rebels there took up arms against the Arab-dominated central....Read more >>>
Genocide in Darfur
A GROUP OF EAST BAY human rights activists will be among those who rally Sunday in San Francisco to mark the grim four-year anniversary of the genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan. We encourage others to join them.
Frankly, it is revolting that we even need to have a "Global Day for Darfur" rally at 4 p.m. in San Francisco's Civic Center Plaza. But the fact is, we do.
Hundreds of thousands of people have been murdered there. The actual number is somewhat in dispute, but the minimum estimate is 200,000. More than 2.5 million people have been displaced. Read more >>>
Frankly, it is revolting that we even need to have a "Global Day for Darfur" rally at 4 p.m. in San Francisco's Civic Center Plaza. But the fact is, we do.
Hundreds of thousands of people have been murdered there. The actual number is somewhat in dispute, but the minimum estimate is 200,000. More than 2.5 million people have been displaced. Read more >>>
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Darfur requires tough, immediate action
By PETER MAKORI
It is time that the African Union, the United States and the United Nations formulated a joint strategy to deal with the crisis as a priority.
Reports that President Bush is contemplating sanctions against the Sudanese government are welcome, but they would come too late.
Bush and the United Nations ought to do more than just issue threats against the cold-blooded regime of strongman Omar Hassan al-Bashir.
The four years of destruction in Sudan’s western Darfur region remains the biggest shame in the face of the world community.
But seeking negotiation with the despot before deciding to deal with his madness continues to prolong the crisis. Sanctions against the Sudan government may not be enough.
Bashir, perhaps one of the most notorious dictators of modern times, is the single most culpable individual in the genocide.
The United States and the United Nations should not negotiate with the dictator. He continues to engage the world in an absurd game of hide and seek.
Women and children continue to bear the brunt of the violence by the government-sponsored militia, the janjaweed. Mass rape and defilement are the hallmark of the war in Darfur. Boys are abducted and forcefully conscripted into the war. Read more >>>
It is time that the African Union, the United States and the United Nations formulated a joint strategy to deal with the crisis as a priority.
Reports that President Bush is contemplating sanctions against the Sudanese government are welcome, but they would come too late.
Bush and the United Nations ought to do more than just issue threats against the cold-blooded regime of strongman Omar Hassan al-Bashir.
The four years of destruction in Sudan’s western Darfur region remains the biggest shame in the face of the world community.
But seeking negotiation with the despot before deciding to deal with his madness continues to prolong the crisis. Sanctions against the Sudan government may not be enough.
Bashir, perhaps one of the most notorious dictators of modern times, is the single most culpable individual in the genocide.
The United States and the United Nations should not negotiate with the dictator. He continues to engage the world in an absurd game of hide and seek.
Women and children continue to bear the brunt of the violence by the government-sponsored militia, the janjaweed. Mass rape and defilement are the hallmark of the war in Darfur. Boys are abducted and forcefully conscripted into the war. Read more >>>
Stand Up for Darfur Now
The ongoing genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan has already claimed the lives of at least 200,000 innocent men, women and children, and perhaps as many as 400,000, and uprooted 2.5 million people from their homes. Efforts by the international community have thus far failed to stop the slaughter....More >>>
African Union says Darfur militias kill with impunity
By Alaa Shahine
EL-GENEINA, Sudan, April 25 (Reuters) - The African Union (AU) peacekeeping force in West Darfur told the United Nations on Wednesday that Arab militias were killing and pillaging in the region without fear of arrest by the Sudanese authorities.
Major Harry Soko, a Malawian officer who briefed the head of the U.N. refugee agency, said the presence of Sudanese rebel groups in his area had also led to conflict and hundreds of deaths in the past months.
"Arab militias believed to be employed by the GOS (government of Sudan) ... roam freely in our area of responsibility, threatening and killing anybody against the interests of the government," he told Antonio Guterres, the visiting U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees.
He said the militias were believed to be behind many crimes, ranging from banditry to rape. An African Union police commander later told the same briefing Sudanese police were not arresting the perpetrators.
The government denies any connection with the militias, known locally as Janjaweed and blamed for many of the attacks on villages inhabited by non-Arab farming communities. It says they are outlaws and that it takes action against them when it can.
Soko said one area where the rebel presence had added to the violence in recent months was around Sirba, about 45 km (30 miles) north of El-Geneina, the capital of West Darfur state.
"(This has) resulted in the loss of hundreds of lives of Sudanese government personnel, rebels and civilians," he said.
"These areas are no-go areas to AU personnel due to threats by the NRF (the rebel National Redemption Front)," he said.
The NRF is one of the Darfur rebel groups which have refused to sign the peace agreement signed last year by the government and one main rebel group.
CIVILIANS KILLED
The deal has failed to stop the violence in the region..,...More >>>
EL-GENEINA, Sudan, April 25 (Reuters) - The African Union (AU) peacekeeping force in West Darfur told the United Nations on Wednesday that Arab militias were killing and pillaging in the region without fear of arrest by the Sudanese authorities.
Major Harry Soko, a Malawian officer who briefed the head of the U.N. refugee agency, said the presence of Sudanese rebel groups in his area had also led to conflict and hundreds of deaths in the past months.
"Arab militias believed to be employed by the GOS (government of Sudan) ... roam freely in our area of responsibility, threatening and killing anybody against the interests of the government," he told Antonio Guterres, the visiting U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees.
He said the militias were believed to be behind many crimes, ranging from banditry to rape. An African Union police commander later told the same briefing Sudanese police were not arresting the perpetrators.
The government denies any connection with the militias, known locally as Janjaweed and blamed for many of the attacks on villages inhabited by non-Arab farming communities. It says they are outlaws and that it takes action against them when it can.
Soko said one area where the rebel presence had added to the violence in recent months was around Sirba, about 45 km (30 miles) north of El-Geneina, the capital of West Darfur state.
"(This has) resulted in the loss of hundreds of lives of Sudanese government personnel, rebels and civilians," he said.
"These areas are no-go areas to AU personnel due to threats by the NRF (the rebel National Redemption Front)," he said.
The NRF is one of the Darfur rebel groups which have refused to sign the peace agreement signed last year by the government and one main rebel group.
CIVILIANS KILLED
The deal has failed to stop the violence in the region..,...More >>>
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Squeeze Sudan: To End Darfur’s Agony
Most experts agree that the 21st century’s first full-blown genocide is proceeding unchecked in the nightmare of Darfur. FSM Contributing Editor Peter Brookes explains exactly how half-hearted U.N.meddling in the Sudan have been feckless at best, and at worst, scandalous.
Squeeze Sudan: To End Darfur’s Agony
By Peter Brookes
Despite endless rounds of shadowboxing with the dodgy Sudanese government over the ongoing nightmare in Darfur, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon is asking us to give appeasement, er, diplomacy, one more chance.
That’s not going to help: It’s going to take some highly credible threats to get Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir to end what many call the 21st century’s first genocide.
What kind of threats? Before I detail that, let’s review why diplomacy alone is a guaranteed bust.
The U.N. attempts to stop Khartoum’s ethnic cleansing have been feckless. At last count, the campaign by Sudanese government forces and their Arab-Muslim "Janjaweed" henchmen against Muslim Africans in Darfur has left 200,000 dead, 2 million refugees and 4 million needing assistance.
Bashir has made a mockery of U.N. efforts to stem the violence since the Security Council passed its first resolution on Darfur in 2005.
He’s made promise after promise to stop the chaos and carnage, yet it continues unabated. Now the ever-worsening humanitarian disaster is spilling over Sudan’s borders into neighboring Chad and the Central African Republic.
Last week, a "confidential" U.N. report disclosed that Khartoum is still moving weapons into Darfur, in violation of Security Council resolutions. Bashir’s boys are even disguising Sudanese aircraft to look like U.N. planes. (Khartoum denied all the charges.) Read more >>>
Squeeze Sudan: To End Darfur’s Agony
By Peter Brookes
Despite endless rounds of shadowboxing with the dodgy Sudanese government over the ongoing nightmare in Darfur, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon is asking us to give appeasement, er, diplomacy, one more chance.
That’s not going to help: It’s going to take some highly credible threats to get Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir to end what many call the 21st century’s first genocide.
What kind of threats? Before I detail that, let’s review why diplomacy alone is a guaranteed bust.
The U.N. attempts to stop Khartoum’s ethnic cleansing have been feckless. At last count, the campaign by Sudanese government forces and their Arab-Muslim "Janjaweed" henchmen against Muslim Africans in Darfur has left 200,000 dead, 2 million refugees and 4 million needing assistance.
Bashir has made a mockery of U.N. efforts to stem the violence since the Security Council passed its first resolution on Darfur in 2005.
He’s made promise after promise to stop the chaos and carnage, yet it continues unabated. Now the ever-worsening humanitarian disaster is spilling over Sudan’s borders into neighboring Chad and the Central African Republic.
Last week, a "confidential" U.N. report disclosed that Khartoum is still moving weapons into Darfur, in violation of Security Council resolutions. Bashir’s boys are even disguising Sudanese aircraft to look like U.N. planes. (Khartoum denied all the charges.) Read more >>>
Khartoum's strategy of chaos
Encouraged by a recent statement from George W Bush, Sudan seems intent on sabotaging the fragile effort to re-start peace talks in Darfur.
Addressing visitors to the Holocaust Museum in Washington on Remembrance Day this year, President Bush launched a broadside against the Darfur rebels who refused to sign the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) almost a year ago:
They're roaming the Darfur countryside pillaging and stealing at will. They have killed civilians, they've plundered vehicles and plundered supplies from international aid workers, they've added to the lawlessness. The government in Khartoum has been unable to control the problem.
Within days, Khartoum was having a jolly good try, perhaps believing Bush was suggesting it should be controlling the problem. In so doing, it struck at the heart of the only progress made towards reviving the lifeless peace process since a majority of Darfurians rejected the DPA in May 2006: a "unity conference" organised in rebel-controlled North Darfur by the non-signatories of the Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) - with support and encouragement from the US, European Union and African Union - to give themselves structure and to agree on a common negotiating position for fresh peace talks. Read more >>>
Addressing visitors to the Holocaust Museum in Washington on Remembrance Day this year, President Bush launched a broadside against the Darfur rebels who refused to sign the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) almost a year ago:
They're roaming the Darfur countryside pillaging and stealing at will. They have killed civilians, they've plundered vehicles and plundered supplies from international aid workers, they've added to the lawlessness. The government in Khartoum has been unable to control the problem.
Within days, Khartoum was having a jolly good try, perhaps believing Bush was suggesting it should be controlling the problem. In so doing, it struck at the heart of the only progress made towards reviving the lifeless peace process since a majority of Darfurians rejected the DPA in May 2006: a "unity conference" organised in rebel-controlled North Darfur by the non-signatories of the Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) - with support and encouragement from the US, European Union and African Union - to give themselves structure and to agree on a common negotiating position for fresh peace talks. Read more >>>
Monday, April 23, 2007
U.S. says time running out for Sudan over Darfur
By Sue Pleming
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The State Department's no. 2 official accused Sudan's government on Monday of a campaign of intimidation against aid workers and said time was running out to accept a hybrid force in Darfur or face new sanctions.
Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte, who returned from Sudan last week, said President Omar Hassan al-Bashir had "weeks" to agree to a U.N./African Union hybrid force in Darfur or have new U.S. sanctions slapped on them that were announced by President George W. Bush last week.
"Time is running out," Negroponte told reporters.
Negroponte said his meeting with Bashir was not encouraging and he was pessimistic the Sudanese leader would follow through and implement promises to allow U.N. peacekeepers to supplement struggling AU troops already in Darfur.
"I came away from that meeting with a healthy, strong sense of skepticism as to whether they might fulfill their commitments," he said.
In addition to rapidly accepting the hybrid force, Sudan's government must also disarm Arab militias, known as the Janjaweed, held responsible for much of the violence in Darfur, said Negroponte.
"The Arab militias that we all know could not exist without the Sudanese government's active support," he said. Continued >>>
Sunday, April 22, 2007
Every day horror, from Darfur to Paris
By Guy Senbel for Guysen Israel News
Editorial of the week
This week we wish to draw our readers’ attention to the situation in Darfur where, from February 2003, nearly 400 000 people have been massacred by the militias of the Sudanese government, and more than two million people have been forcibly displaced. Most editorialists are calling this the “Darfur crisis”, we prefer to call it the massacre or the crime against humanity.
The day after the commemorations of Yom Hashoah and on the eve of the anniversary of the Independence of the State of Israel, the huge drama engulfing the inhabitants of Darfur is an issue that affects everyone whose historic conscience is strong enough to understand the urgency of an intervention to put an end to the horror. For it is indeed a horror. In addition to the murders, the indiscriminate rape of women and extortion are committed every week. Read more >>>
DARFUR & THE HOLOCAUST
Yosef (Tommy) Lapid: 'Where Is The World Outcry To The Genocide Being Perpetrated In Darfur, Sudan'
'The World Does Little But Send A Few Sacks of Flour To Salve Its Conscience'
'We Know This Would Also Be Israel's Fate, It It Miscalculates'
The world is doing nothing to halt the genocide is again being perpetrated in Darfur - that was the message from Yosef (Tommy Lapid), a Holocaust survivor from Budapest, who now serves as chairman of the Yad VaShem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem for the six million Jews who were murdered by the Nazis during World War II. Lapid was speaking at the annual Holocaust memorial ceremony this week. This is a translation of his address to the people of Israel and the world. Read more >>>
'The World Does Little But Send A Few Sacks of Flour To Salve Its Conscience'
'We Know This Would Also Be Israel's Fate, It It Miscalculates'
The world is doing nothing to halt the genocide is again being perpetrated in Darfur - that was the message from Yosef (Tommy Lapid), a Holocaust survivor from Budapest, who now serves as chairman of the Yad VaShem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem for the six million Jews who were murdered by the Nazis during World War II. Lapid was speaking at the annual Holocaust memorial ceremony this week. This is a translation of his address to the people of Israel and the world. Read more >>>
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