Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, pictured, said the fact that there is an independent Jewish state means “we can protect ourselves and defend our freedom.” Photo: Twitter.

Jews are again being targeted for being Jews, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at the start of International Holocaust Memorial Day.

“Preserving the memory of the Holocaust is more important today than ever, for in this period of resurgent and sometimes violent antisemitism, it is commemorations like this that remind us all where the oldest and most enduring hatred can lead,” Netanyahu said in a statement released Tuesday evening.

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