Jewish Home chairman and Education Minister Naftali Bennett spoke at the official Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony Wednesday night, reflecting on the similarities between the thirties and now vis-a-vis anti-Semitism.
"Especially now, against the background of evil spirits sweeping away some European countries, we must admit that there are those who want us to be victims - poor and weak," Bennett said.
"We cannot educate the world not to be anti-Semitic," he continued. "We cannot force the world to love us. But - and this is a big but - this time, we will stay alive."
"Because, this time, anti-Semitism will encounter the iron wall of the State of Israel, in which the Jews are strong in spirit, self-confident, and immensely powerful."
The resurgence of anti-Semitism worldwide remained a common theme throughout Wednesday night's speeches, with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu addressing UNESCO's divorcement of the Temple Mount from the Jewish people, and President Reuven Rivlin calling it a "chronic disease."