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Thursday 28 april 2022
Ushering in Holocaust day, Israeli PM warns of polarization

By LAURIE KELLMAN vors live below the poverty
Associated Press Writer line, with many sustained
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli by government stipends
Prime Minister Naftali Ben- and donations, according
nett delivered a stark mes- to a group that represents
sage Wednesday as the survivors.
country ushered in its an- Despite their experience
nual Holocaust memorial and widespread educa-
day, warning Jews against tion programs, antisemitism
letting internal divisions tear rose worldwide during the
society apart. pandemic, according to
Speaking at Yad Vashem, a report released Wednes-
Israel's memorial to the 6 day.
million Jews slaughtered by It pinned the fuel for the
the Nazis and their collabo- anti-Jewish surge on lock-
rators, Bennett also called downs, social media and
on the world to stop com- a backlash against Israel's
paring the Holocaust to punishing air raids on the
other events in history. He Gaza Strip during last year's
spoke after leaders in both 11-day war.
Ukraine and Russia drew In addition to speeches by
parallels between their on- Bennett, Israeli President
going war and the geno- Israeli soldiers attend the opening ceremony of the Holocaust Martyrs and Heroes Remembrance Isaac Herzog and others,
cide during World War II. Day at Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem, Wednesday, April 27, 2022. Wednesday's ceremony
"As the years go by, there is Associated Press featured survivors lighting
more and more discourse six torches — for the 6 mil-
in the world that compares around the premier and his Minister Benjamin Netan- heroes of those who sur- lion murdered by the Nazis
other difficult events to the family and were investigat- yahu, and Netanyahu, now vived. Today, the country is and their collaborators. The
Holocaust. But no," he said. ing. the opposition leader, has home to a large but rapidly speaker of German's parlia-
"No event in history, cruel as "My brothers and sisters, we worked hard to deepen di- dwindling community of ment, Baerbel Bas, also at-
it may have been, is com- cannot, we simply cannot visions within the coalition. fewer than 165,000 aging tended as a special guest.
parable to the extermina- allow the same dangerous Bennett's government was survivors. During the annual memori-
tion of Europe's Jews by the gene of factionalism dis- formed after four inconclu- For them, challenges al, places of entertainment
Nazis and their collabora- mantle Israel from within," sive elections, underscoring loom. This year's ceremony and restaurants close and
tors." Bennett said. the fissures in society over comes as Israel and much TV stations either go dark
Bennett's speech, com- Bennett did not explicitly re- key issues, including the of the world emerges from or dedicate programming
ing on one of Israel's most fer to politics. But he leads conflict with the Palestin- the coronavirus pandemic, almost exclusively to Holo-
solemn days of the year, a narrow coalition that re- ians and relations between which confronted Holo- caust documentaries, in-
came in a deeply personal cently lost its parliamentary religious and secular Jews. caust survivors in particular terviews with survivors and
context as well. On Tues- majority. His government Israel, founded in 1948 in with increased health risks melancholy music.
day, his family received a is made up of eight par- the wake of the Nazi geno- as well as widespread lone- On Thursday morning, Israel
letter with a live bullet and ties that have little in com- cide, makes great effort to liness and despair. will come to a standstill as
a death threat. Israeli au- mon beyond their shared memorialize the victims of Additionally, about a third sirens wail for two minutes.
thorities tightened security animosity to former Prime the Holocaust and make of Israel's Holocaust survi- q

DJI halts Russia, Ukraine business to prevent drone misuse

compliance requirements Ukraine Mykhailo Federov of DJI drones in the war as
in various jurisdictions. wrote an open letter last a reason it removed the
Pending the current review, month appealing to DJI company's products from
DJI will temporarily suspend to block sales of its drones its shelves. Last week, DJI
all business activities in Rus- in Russia, contending that said in a statement that its
sia and Ukraine," the com- Russian troops were using drones are not marketed or
pany said in a statement "DJI products in Ukraine in sold for military use. It said
released Tuesday. order to navigate their mis- it "unequivocally opposed
Many Western brands and siles to kill civilians." attempts to attach weap-
companies have with- The AeroScope system in- ons" to its products.
drawn from the Russian stalled in DJI drones allows "We will never accept
market due to Moscow's the detection and moni- any use of our products to
invasion of Ukraine, but toring of other drones and cause harm, and we will
Chinese firms have kept their operators in the vicin- continue striving to improve
operating there. Beijing has ity via special receivers. The the world with our work,"
A Phantom 4, developed by major Chinese consumer-drone refrained from publicly criti- worry is that Russians might the company said.
maker DJI, flies during its demonstration flight in Tokyo, Thurs-
day, March 3, 2016. cizing Russia over the war. be using the AeroScope Another Chinese business,
Associated Press Both Ukraine and Russia system to attack Ukraine ride hailing company Didi
are thought to be using DJI drone pilots. Global, reversed a decision
BEIJING (AP) — Drone com- of its drones in combat, in drones in combat, even DJI has rejected claims that to withdraw from Russia af-
pany DJI Technology Co a rare case of a Chinese though the company main- it leaked data on Ukraine's ter it was blasted by mem-
has temporarily suspended company pulling out of tains that its products are military positions to Russia, bers of the Chinese public
business activities in Russia Russia because of the war. intended for civilian use. after German retailer Me- for bowing to pressure from
and Ukraine to prevent use "DJI is internally reassessing Vice Prime Minister of diamarkt cited Russia's use the West.q