1 of 1 During a speech at a Security Council meeting, Israel’s Ambassador Gilad Erdan placed a yellow star on his jacket, a symbol of the Nazi persecution of Jews Photo: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images/AFP During a speech before At the Security Council, Israeli Ambassador Gilad Erdan had a yellow star affixed to his jacket, which is a symbol of the Nazi persecution of Jews Photo: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images/AFP
Israeli diplomats representing the country at the United Nations in New York walked to the organization’s headquarters in New York on Monday (30) with yellow Stars of David on the lapels of their suit jackets.
“Never Again” was written above the star. Israel’s U.N. Ambassador Gilad Erdan said the star was a symbol of pride and a way to remember that Israel swore to defend itself and that antiSemitism and hatred of Jews were rising around the world.
Israeli diplomats went to the UN Security Council meeting with the stars.
This Tuesday, Dani Dayan, president of the Israeli Holocaust Memorial Center, criticized the use of the yellow star in these circumstances. “The yellow emblem symbolizes the helplessness of the Jewish people, and today we have an independent country and a strong army, we are masters of our own destiny. “Today we should put a white flag button on our lapel, not a yellow badge,” he said.
During the Nazi regime in Germany and occupied countries during World War II, Jews were required to wear a yellow star on their clothing for identification.
In this way, Jews living in Europe were persecuted. During the Holocaust, 6 million Jews were murdered by the Nazis.
On October 7, 1,400 people were murdered in Israel. It was the largest oneday massacre of Jews since the Nazi genocide.