April 20th Marked 2 events:
Holocaust Memorial Day - in Israel when nearly the whole country stands in silence as a sirene is sounded in every city to commemorate the loss of over 6 million Jews and over 6 million others in one of the 20th centuries worst exploits: The Holocaust. I attended a memorial event at my school along with a sea of people.
The other event is the Durban II conference, which is currently being held from April 20–24 in Geneva, Switzerland. Nine nations boycotted this event to protest the blatant anti-semitism and anti-Israeli themes that were present at the first conference and were expected at the second conference. The nations that took a stand are: Israel, the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Italy, Germany, Poland and the Netherlands.
Israel doesn't have very many friends in the world, but we are glad to have had the support or at least lack of offense from those eight other nations.
If you live in the United States call the White House Comment Line – 202-456-1111
If you live in Canada call 1-800-622-6232
Please take a few minutes out of your time to call the above numbers – the more people who call to thank them the bigger an impact it will make.
