Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas shakes hands with U.S. President Barack Obama, on March 17, 2014. Photo: Screenshot.

Ynet – US President Barack Obama has urged on Monday to “recommit ourselves to the task of remembrance, and to always oppose anti-Semitism wherever it takes root.”

“Even as we mourn those whose lives were taken, this day also provides us with an opportunity to honor those who emerged from the darkness of the Shoah to rebuild their lives in new communities around the world,” the president said in a statement released to commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day.

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