Science Minister Ophir Akunis (Likud) says that "to our surprise, the monster of anti-Semitism is again rearing its head in Europe."
Speaking during a Holocaust Memorial Day ceremony in Tel Aviv's Heichal Yehuda synagogue, Akunis added, "There is no nation in the world that is willing to forget, or to forgive the most inhuman atrocity in history of mankind. Our great victory is the creation of the State of Israel and the great achievements that turned the very shady skies of Europe into the great flame of the Middle East in less than 70 years."