As part of the memorial sign campaign that the March of the Living – the annual gathering of thousands of youth worldwide, Jews and non-Jews, every year on Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Dozens of online messages from Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, and other Arab countries have been sent by people in the region who want to share their common sense of grief with the Jews.
This is in part because the Sharaka (Arabic for 'Partnership') organization, headed by Amit Deri (Israel) and Dr. Majid Al Sarrah (United Arab Emirates) the co-founders of the new organization which was established thanks to the Abraham Accords.
Najat Al- Saied, a member of the organization from Saudi Arabia, wrote: "Jews around the world need to know that they are not alone. The Arab states that signed the Abraham Accords and other Arab states are on their side."
Mashael Alshemeri from Bahrain quoted Eli Wiesel's words: "Forgetting the Holocaust is like killing twice" and wrote that "the lessons of the Holocaust are searingly relevant to this day."
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Dr. Majid Al Sarrah, co-founder of Sharaka, who has also visited Israel and Yad Vashem, wrote, "Today we stand together with our Jewish brothers and sisters around the world. The Holocaust was a crime against the Jews that stemmed from hatred and discrimination for no reason. Never Again!"
Amit Deri, a co-founder of Sharaka, told Israel Hayom: "Fighting anti-Semitism is not a Jewish task, nor is it an Israeli task – it is a task for us all. Antisemitism has no boundaries, and it is our duty to join hands and say 'Never Again.' Sharaka, a Jewish-Arab partnership comprised of social activists, is committed to the fight against antisemitism and an in-depth study of the lessons of the Holocaust and in the Middle East as well."
The March of the Living includes a 3.2 km (2 miles) march between the Auschwitz and Birkenau extermination camps, alongside Holocaust survivors.
