“Today, only decades removed from the Holocaust, we see a great nation risen from the desert and we see a proud Star of David waving above the State of Israel. That star is a symbol of Jewish perseverance. It’s a monument to unyielding strength.”

Valerie Locke : Apr 24, 2017 : Breaking Israel News

[Breaking Israel News] In a strongly-worded and emotionally charged speech to a major Jewish group in honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day, President Donald Trump commemorated the victims of the Holocaust, emphasized the need to remember the genocidal atrocity, and celebrated the modern state of Israel as a symbol of Jewish perseverance. (Screengrab via Whitehouse.gov)

“On Yom HaShoah, we look back at the darkest chapter of human history,” Trump began, using the Hebrew phrase for Holocaust Remembrance Day, which falls on April 24. “We mourn, we remember, we pray, and we pledge: Never again. I say it, never again.”

His powerful comments, delivered passionately in strong language, came in a pre-recorded video address to an assembly of the World Jewish Congress on Sunday. (Click here to watch the Facebook video)

“On this Holocaust Remembrance Day, we tell the stories of the fathers, mothers and children, whose lives were extinguished and whose love was torn from this earth,” Trump stated.

He then went on to praise the courage…

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