'We have learned that Israel must always remain the master of its fate,' PM says in Jerusalem. 'The Jewish state has learned the lessons of the Holocaust. Has the world learned?'

Addressing world leaders at Yad Vashem, US vice president calls Israel's founding shortly after Nazi genocide a testament to 'the faith and resilience of the Jewish people'

Frank-Walter Steinmeier addresses memorial forum 'laden with guilt,' says today's Jew-hatred seen in Europe is the 'same evil' as during Nazi era

'Industrial mass murder of 6 million Jews was committed by my countrymen,' Steinmeier says in Jerusalem. 'I wish I could say we Germans have learnt from history once and for all'

At Yad Vashem, Russian leader claims 40% of Jews killed in genocide were Soviet citizens; event organizer warns there 'could be no Jews left in Europe by 2050'

Yaffa Issachar, whose daughter Naama was sentenced in Russia to 7.5 years on drug offense, says there was no date set for a possible pardon

PM condemns 'tyrants of Tehran,' says Jews have learned they can only rely on themselves for defense; Rivlin: 'Racism and anti-Semitism is a malignant disease'

Rivlin welcomes future king, recalling his youth during the British Mandate period; royal plants tree as 'symbol of hope'

Yad Vashem says Volodymyr Zelensky's gesture is 'puzzling,' since museum has made efforts to enable those who lived through Nazi genocide to attend international ceremony

Moshe Kantor claims forum has succeeded in using Holocaust remembrance to highlight 'the crisis of anti-Semitism,' adds, 'It's 'a shame that Poland is not part of that'