(Ha'aretz) Barak Ravid - Speaking at the place symbolizing the suffering of Jews during World War II, Israel's prime minister warned on Thursday that Israel will do everything to prevent another Holocaust and to defend itself against any threat. Benjamin Netanyahu spoke during the inauguration of a new pavilion at the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz. "From here, the place that attests to the desire to destroy us, I, the prime minister of Israel, the state of the Jewish people, say to all the nations of the world: The state of Israel will do whatever is necessary to prevent another Holocaust. We must not be complacent in the face of threats of annihilation. We must not bury our heads in the sand or allow others to do the work for us," Netanyahu said, not naming the threat but apparently meaning Iran and its nuclear program. Speaking alongside Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Wednesday, Netanyahu accused Iran of planning another Holocaust: "This is a regime that is building nuclear weapons with the expressed purpose to annihilate Israel's 6 million Jews. We will not allow this to happen. We will never allow another Holocaust."
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