Arabs join virtual March of the Living
‘To our Jewish brothers: You are not alone. Never Again!’
Dozens of messages from the Arab world have arrived as part of the memorial-sign campaign the March of the Living is organizing for the second year.
The messages, which came from Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and other Arab countries, arrived due to the participation of Sharaka (Arabic for Partnership), a new organization co-founded by Amit Deri (Israel) and Dr. Majid Al Sarrah (United Arab Emirates). It was established thanks to the Abraham Accords.
“Jews around the world need to know that they are not alone,” wrote Najat Al Saied, a member of the organization from Saudi Arabia. “The Arab states that signed the Abraham Accords and other Arab states are on their side.”
Mashael Alshemeri from Bahrain quoted Eli Wiesel as saying, “Forgetting the Holocaust is like killing twice,” and he wrote that “the lessons of the Holocaust are searingly
relevant to this day.”
Sarrah, who has visited Israel and Yad Vashem, wrote: “Today we stand together with our Jewish brothers and sisters around the world. The Holocaust was a crime against the Jews that stemmed from hatred and discrimination for no reason. Never Again!”
The March of the Living is an international educational organization
that every year brings thousands of youth worldwide, Jews and non-Jews, on a 3.2-kilometer march between the Auschwitz and Birkenau death camps, alongside Holocaust survivors. To date, 300,000 people have taken part in the program.