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Polish-born Tova Ringer, a 93-year-old great-grandmother, won the title of 'Miss Holocaust Survivor', in the northern Israeli city of Haifa. The 'Miss Holocaust Survivor' pageant is an annual event that aims to help Holocaust survivors to feel beautiful, important and appreciated, and invites around 2,000 contestants each year.
Poland's senate on Thursday passed a controversial Holocaust bill, which was designed to defend the country's image abroad but has instead sparked a diplomatic row with Israel. IMAGES
The US says it disagrees with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva comparing Israel's campaign in Gaza to the Holocaust, ahead of his meeting with Secretary of State Antony Blinken. "Obviously we disagree with those comments. We have been quite clear that we do not believe that genocide has occurred in Gaza," State Department spokesman Matthew Miller tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
"We were struck Saturday by an attack whose savagery I can say we have not seen since the Holocaust," says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a phone call with American President Joe Biden. SOUNDBITE
Israel and Poland have agreed to the return of the Polish ambassador to Israel, Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen says, two years after a row over World War II-era property claims. SOUNDBITE
US President Joe Biden takes part in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Holocaust memorial Yad Vashem in Jerusalem after touring Israel's Iron Beam defence system at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv. Biden started today his first tour of the Middle East since entering the White House last year. IMAGES
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