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Outgoing Yad Vashem chair ‘ready to work with any successor’
Outgoing Yad Vashem chair ‘ready to work with any successor’
Avner Shalev says he’s less worried about a “revolt” by researchers over a controversial appointment for his successor than he is about donations drying up due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Omer Lachmanovitch
Yad Vashem chair Avner Shalev at the museum s exhibition “Flashes of Memory” in Jerusalem on Jan. 24, 2018. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.
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(December 17, 2020 / Israel Hayom) This past summer, Yad Vashem chairman Avner Shalev announced that he would be resigning after 27 years as head of Israel’s Holocaust memorial.
Holocaust Parallels Reflect Gravity of Falun Gong Persecution in China, Panel Hears
Persecution methods extended to Uyghurs, other groups
The grotesque features of the Holocaust that led to the mass extermination of millions of Jews have many parallels with the persecution of Falun Gong adherents and other groups in China today, serving as a warning of the urgent need to address Beijing’s threat, a panel of experts heard on Dec. 9.
International human rights lawyer David Matas drew the comparison at a panel of lawmakers, lawyers, and human rights advocates convened to examine the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) systematic nationwide rights violations against the Falun Gong spiritual practice and its consequences for Canada-China policy.