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Reza Pahlavi's trip underscores Israel’s message of unity with the
Iranian people.
I am traveling to Israel to deliver a message of friendship
from the Iranian people, engage Israeli water experts on ways to address the
regime’s abuse of Iran’s natural resources and pay respects to the victims of
the Holocaust on Yom HaShoah.
I want the people of Israel to know that the Islamic Republic does not represent the Iranian people. The ancient bond between our people can be rekindled for the benefit of both nations. I’m going to Israel to play my role in building toward that brighter future.
Israel and Iran can have a prosperous future said Reza Pahlavi —
the son of the deposed Iranian Shah —as he and his wife Yakima made their
first-ever visit to Israel on Monday night.
“We are very happy to be here and are dedicated to working toward
the peaceful [and] prosperous future that the people of our region deserve,” he
tweeted on landing in Ben-Gurion Airport where he was greeted by Intelligence
Minister Gila Gamliel who
had arranged his visit.
“From the children of Cyrus, to the children of Israel, we will
build this future together, in friendship,” Pahlavi tweeted.
His trip underscores Israel’s message of unity with the Iranian
people given that the two nations have a historic relationship that continued
with the modern state and was destroyed only in 1979 during the Islamic
revolution that thrust Pahlavi’s father Mohammed out of power.
The Islamic Republic has since treated Israel as an enemy nation
and has threatened to annihilate it, a goal which has caused Israeli leaders to
view it as an existential threat akin to that which the Jews faced from Nazi
Germany. Iranian leaders are also among those who have denied that the
Holocaust occurred.
To counter that image, Pahlavi went directly from Ben-Gurion
Airport to the national Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony at Yad Vashem.
“It is especially meaningful for me to be here on #YomHaShoah,
Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day. Today, I join Holocaust survivors and their
families at @yadvashem to help keep the memory of Holocaust victims alive. As author
Elie Wiesel said, without memory there is no hope.”
At the end of the ceremony Pahlavi stood for Israel's national
anthem and then met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sarah.
Gamliel said that Pahlavi was “the most senior Iranian personality
to ever come to a public visit to Israel. We appreciate the Crown Prince's
expression of solidarity with the citizens of Israel in the face of the severe
terrorist attacks perpetrated by Iran.”
She added that was also grateful for his visit to Yad Vashem “in
order to sympathize with the Jewish people, in contrast to Iran's rulers who
deny the Holocaust and encourage antisemitism. Together, through a common
vision, we will take the first step in building bridges and collaborations
between the two peoples.”
Prior to his arrival Pahlavi wrote of his visit, “I want the people
of Israel to know that the Islamic Republic does not represent the Iranian
people. The ancient bond between our people can be rekindled for the benefit of
both nations.”
As part of his itinerary, he will meet with Israeli officials and
visit the Western Wall and the Bahaii Gardens in
Haifa.
Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani was dismissive
when asked about the trip at his weekly press conference.
"Neither the person you've mentioned (Reza Pahlavi), the
purpose of this trip, nor the place he wants to travel to are worthy of
discussion," he said.
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