{"id":390146,"date":"2026-04-13T17:25:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T17:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/390146\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T17:25:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T17:25:08","slug":"holocaust-memorial-event-israeli-fm-saar-warns-against-iran-urges-global-moral-courage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/390146\/","title":{"rendered":"Holocaust Memorial Event: Israeli FM Sa&#8217;ar Warns Against Iran, Urges Global &#8216;moral Courage&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" data-is=\"component-paragraph\">On Holocaust Remembrance Day, a ceremony at the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs honored diplomats recognized as \u201cRighteous Among the Nations,\u201d attended by more than fifty ambassadors and heads of mission.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-is=\"component-paragraph\">Foreign Minister Gideon Saar used the occasion to draw a stark parallel between Holocaust memory and present-day security threats, accusing Iran of pursuing Israel\u2019s destruction.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-is=\"component-paragraph\">\u201cToday, the world is faced with another regime of evil: the Islamic Republic of Iran,\u201d he said, adding that Tehran \u201copenly calls for the destruction of Israel\u201d and warning against what he described as international inaction.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-is=\"component-paragraph\">Saar also cited Iran\u2019s regional proxies, Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Hezbollah, and the Houthis, accusing them of spreading \u201cterror and bloodshed\u201d with Iranian backing through arms and financing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-is=\"component-paragraph\">Warning against \u201cappeasement,\u201d he said: \u201cRunning away from the challenge will not make it disappear. Burying your head in the sand like an ostrich will not remove the threat,\u201d urging Western states to show \u201cmoral courage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-is=\"component-paragraph\">He stressed Israel\u2019s resolve, stating that it acts \u201cbecause its very existence is at stake,\u201d and concluded with a reference to the Holocaust: \u201cWe will keep our oath. Never again.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Holocaust Remembrance Day, a ceremony at the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs honored diplomats recognized as \u201cRighteous&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":390147,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43],"class_list":{"0":"post-390146","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-israel","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=390146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390146\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/390147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}