Yitzhak Yosef Browse All Authors Famous Quotes by Yitzhak Yosef The people of Israel underwent a horrible Holocaust 70 years ago, millions of Jews were murdered … and the world saw and remained silent; we as Jews who felt this silence in our own flesh cried out for years, we asked how the world knew and remained silent? … As Jews it is forbidden for us to remain silent … Genocide cannot be ignored, not in Syria and not anywhere, and not against any people, even if they are not our friends. Yitzhak Yosef opinion