For two minutes, Israel stops what it’s doing
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It's quite a sight once a year when Israelis stop what they're doing for two minutes. Today is that day. It's Holocaust Remembrance Day.
It doesn't matter what you're doing.
Surfers stand still on the Mediterranean Sea beachfront as a two-minute siren sounds in memory of victims of the Holocaust, in Netanya, Israel, Monday, April 24, 2017. Israel is holding its annual Holocaust remembrance day in memory of the 6 million Jews killed by Nazi Germany and its collaborators. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
After two minutes, the world moves on.
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