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Netanyahu warns Iran as Israel marks Holocaust Day

By IAN DEITCH country after country, simi-
Associated Press lar to what happened in
JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Europe in the 1930's."
Minister Benjamin Netanya- He said history shows how
hu on Wednesday warned "agreements with these
archenemy Iran not to kind of regimes were not
test Israel amid escalating worth the paper they were
regional tensions as the written on."
country marked its Holo- Netanyahu has been a
caust Remembrance Day leading critic of the deal,
in memory of the 6 million saying it did not contain
Jews systematically killed sufficient safeguards to
by Nazi Germany and its prevent Iran from reaching
collaborators during World nuclear-weapons capabil-
War II. ity or address Iran's other
Netanyahu's comments activities across the region
came as the region braces or its long-range missile pro-
itself following a tweet by gram.
President Donald Trump "I have a message to the
earlier in the day warning rulers of Iran," Netanyahu
Russia to "get ready" for said. "Do not put to test Is-
a missile attack on its ally rael's resolve."
Syria, suggesting imminent Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the Holocaust Remembrance Day cer- The ceremony at Yad
retaliation for a suspected emony at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem, Wednesday, April 11, 2018. Vashem, held after sunset,
Syrian chemical weapons Associated Press ushered in one of the most
attack that killed dozens of melancholy days on Israel's
civilians last weekend. Vashem Holocaust memo- ens entire world peace, this opposes the 2015 deal that calendar.
A U.S. strike in Syria could rial center before hundreds regime explicitly declares curbed Tehran's uranium Places of entertainment
have implications for Israel. of Holocaust survivors and that it intends to annihilate enrichment levels — a po- and cafes close down. TV
Israel is also on high alert their families, Israeli leaders, us, the Jewish state," he tential pathway to nuclear and radio stations broad-
after Iran, a strong ally of diplomats and others. said, in a reference to Iran. arms — in exchange for the cast documentaries about
President Bashar Assad, "We saw the Syrian children Israel considers Iran an ex- lifting of international sanc- the Holocaust and inter-
threatened to respond to slaughtered by chemical istential threat because of tions. But the Israeli leader views with survivors or som-
an airstrike on a Syrian mili- weapons, our hearts were its nuclear and missile pro- has insisted that the agree- ber music until sundown
tary base on Monday that torn from the horrific imag- grams, its support of violent ment won't stop Iran from the next day.
the Syrian government, es," he said. anti-Israel groups in the re- developing nuclear weap- According to the Hebrew
Russia and Iran blamed on Netanyahu said a big les- gion and frequent calls for ons. calendar, the Holocaust
Israel. son of the Holocaust is that destruction of the Jewish Drawing comparisons to Remembrance Day falls on
"Events of recent days "murderous evil" that goes state. European appeasement of the same date as the War-
teach that standing up unchallenged "spreads Tehran insists its nuclear pro- Hitler before World War II, saw Ghetto uprising — the
to evil and aggression is a quickly and gradually gram is for peaceful pur- Netanyahu said the nucle- ultimately doomed revolt
mission imposed on every threatens all of humanity." poses only, such as power ar deal "released the Ira- that played such an impor-
generation," Netanyahu "Today as well, a murderous generation. nian regime from its chains tant role in defining Israel's
said in a speech at the Yad regime threatens us, threat- Netanyahu vehemently and since has devoured national psyche.q

Azerbaijan: Aliyev wins 7-year term on top of 15 served

commission said that with led Azerbaijan since 2003. nounced the 2016 plebi-
65 percent of the ballots He succeeded his father, scite as effectively cement-
counted, President Ilham Geidar Aliyev, who ruled ing a dynastic rule. Aliyev
Aliyev had received 86 per- Azerbaijan first as Commu- has allied the majority Shia
cent of the vote in an early nist Party boss and then as Muslim nation of almost 10
presidential election. a post-Soviet president for million with the West, help-
Leading opposition parties the greater part of three ing to protect its energy
boycotted the race, leav- decades. Like his father and security interests and
ing seven token challeng- before him, the son has to counterbalance Rus-
ers. The National Council cast himself as a custodian sia's influence in the strate-
of Democratic Forces, an of stability, an image that gic Caspian region. At the
opposition group, claimed resonates with many in a same time, his government
late Wednesday that only nation where memories has long faced criticism in
about 15 percent of the of the chaos and turmoil the West for alleged human
electorate voted, while that accompanied the rights abuses and suppres-
Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev casts his ballot at a poll- Azerbaijan's elections com- 1991 breakup of the Soviet sion of dissent. The presi-
ing station during presidential elections in Baku, Azerbaijan,
Wednesday, April 11, 2018. mission reported the turn- Union are still fresh. Since dential election originally
Associated Press out at nearly 75 percent. Aliyev won the last election was scheduled for the fall.
In a statement, the oppo- in 2013, Azerbaijan's consti- Officials said it was moved
BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — day toward a landslide win sition group also alleged tution has been amended to April because the coun-
The president of the oil- that would add seven more widespread violations in- to extend the presidential try would be busy with vari-
rich Caspian Sea nation of years to his 15-year tenure. cluding people voting mul- term from five to seven ous high-profile events at
Azerbaijan raced Wednes- The national elections tiple times. Aliyev, 56, has years. Aliyev's critics de- the end of 2018.q