Originally published in CBN
As Israel pauses to remember one of history’s darkest chapters, new concerns are emerging about the future. Rising antisemitism and growing global tensions are casting a shadow over Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Israel’s observance of the event began yesterday with solemn ceremonies at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem and continued across the country with a nationwide siren and moments of silence. Six Holocaust survivors lit memorial torches, honouring the memory of the six million Jews murdered before and during World War II.
A new report from Israel’s Diaspora Affairs Ministry reveals a surge in global antisemitism. Nearly 1 000 incidents have been recorded over the past year targeting Jewish communities.
In the US alone, more than 300 incidents were reported, with over 130 cases each in the United Kingdom and France. Globally, dozens of physical assaults and hundreds of acts of vandalism have been documented.
Most alarming, 20 Jews were killed in antisemitic attacks over the past year, 15 of the deaths during the massacre at Bondi Beach in Australia in December, 2025.
In his address marking the day, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu focused on Europe, delivering a warning about a growing moral and cultural crisis across the continent.
“Europe today is afflicted by deep moral weakness,” he declared. “Europe is losing control of its identity, of its values, of its responsibility to defend civilisation against barbarism.”
He went on to say that Israel is defending Europe, “which has forgotten so much since the Holocaust.”
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