{"id":146651,"date":"2018-06-26T11:20:47","date_gmt":"2018-06-26T11:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/duke-lays-wreath-at-israels-holocaust-memorial\/"},"modified":"2018-06-26T11:20:47","modified_gmt":"2018-06-26T11:20:47","slug":"duke-lays-wreath-at-israels-holocaust-memorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/duke-lays-wreath-at-israels-holocaust-memorial\/","title":{"rendered":"Duke lays wreath at Israel’s Holocaust memorial"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Duke of Cambridge has laid a wreath where ashes of victims of the Holocaust are buried at a memorial in Jerusalem.<\/p>\n

Prince William visited Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Centre, after arriving in Israel on the first official trip there by a UK royal. <\/p>\n

He was given a short tour of the museum before meeting two survivors of the Holocaust, in which six million Jews were murdered during World War II.<\/p>\n

The duke's trip covers Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian territories.<\/p>\n

He was joined by UK's Orthodox Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis during his visit to Yad Vashem.<\/p>\n

After seeing a display of shoes left behind by Jews killed in a Nazi extermination camp, Prince William told reporters: "Terrifying. [I'm] trying to comprehend the scale."<\/p>\n

As well as being a major documentation and research centre, Yad Vashem puts emphasis on explaining the Holocaust through individuals' stories, their possessions and artefacts.<\/p>\n

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Image caption A girls' choir sang at the wreath-laying ceremony <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Image caption Ephraim Mirvis, Orthodox chief rabbi in the UK, pictured second right, joined the duke <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Image caption The duke was shown around the Hall of Remembrance <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Later, the duke was greeted by Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, at his residence.<\/p>\n

Neither the duke nor Mr Netanyahu made any comment to waiting reporters.<\/p>\n

The duke will also meet the country's President Reuven Rivlin.<\/p>\n

His day will round off with a visit to the city of Jaffa, where he will meet young Arab and Jewish Israelis playing football together, and will join them in a penalty shoot-out.<\/p>\n

The young people are involved in two charities - the Equaliser and the Peres Centre for Peace - which focus on bringing together youngsters of different religious and ethnic communities through football.<\/p>\n

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The duke's five-day trip is the first official royal visit to Israel and Palestinian territories.<\/p>\n

Kensington Palace has stressed that it is non political, as with all royal visits.<\/p>\n

But the BBC's Yolande Knell, who is in Jerusalem, said it would be extremely difficult for the prince to keep it that way, despite the careful choreography of the trip.<\/p>\n

She said Israeli and Palestinian officials had pointed out to her it was a highly politicised place so people would be scrutinising his every step and every comment.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, the duke will visit Ramallah in the occupied West Bank and will meet the Palestinian president.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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