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Source: https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Netanyahu-praises-Lithuania-for-help-in-balancing-EU-565689
Netanyahu Praises Lithuania for Help in Balancing EU
(Jerusalem Post) Herb Keinon - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Vilnius, Lithuania, on Thursday for a meeting with the leaders of the three Baltic states. "I am interested in balancing the not-always-friendly EU approach toward the State of Israel, so that we can get a more reasonable approach," he said before the flight. After meeting with Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis, Netanyahu said he wanted to thank Lithuania for "the strong positions you have taken in the forums of the EU on behalf of truth, on behalf of Israel, on behalf of decency." Prior to the Holocaust, Lithuania housed one of the world's most influential Jewish communities, comprising 7% of the total population and 45% of the population of Vilnius. 207,000 Jews were killed by the Nazis and their Lithuanian collaborators. Netanyahu will attend a memorial ceremony at the Ponary forest outside of Vilnius where 75,000 people, mostly Jews, were murdered.