Israel: Pence invokes Trump, attacks Iran at World Holocaust Forum speech

M/S US Vice President Mike Pence going on stage at Fifth World Holocaust Forum, Yad Vashem memorial museum in Jerusalem
SOT, Mike Pence, US Vice President: "Today we pause to remember what President Donald Trump rightly called, 'the dark stain on human history;' the greatest evil ever perpetuated by man against man in the long catalogue of human crime."
W/S Audience *CUTAWAY*
SOT, Mike Pence, US Vice President: "We must be prepared to confront and expose the vile tide of anti-Semitism that is fuelling hate and violence all across the world. And we must stand together."
W/S Audience *CUTAWAY*
SOT, Mike Pence, US Vice President: "In that same spirit, we must also stand strong against the leading state purveyor of anti-Semitism, against the one government in the world that denies the Holocaust as a matter of state policy and threatens to wipe Israel off the map. The world must stand strong against the Islamic Republic of Iran."
W/S Audience *CUTAWAY*
SOT, Mike Pence, US Vice President: "And finally we must have the courage to recognise all the leaders and all the nations that are gathered here today. That today we have the responsibility and the power to ensure that what we remember here today can never happen again." *MULTIPLE SHOTS AT SOURCE*
W/S Audience *CUTAWAY*
SOT, Mike Pence, US Vice President: "We also pay tribute to those who survived; who all these years have borne witness to that evil and have served mankind by their example."
W/S Pence leaving podium
M/S Pence shaking hands with Russian President Putin and Israel Prime Minister Netanyahu
SCRIPT
US Vice President Mike Pence referred to the Holocaust as "the greatest evil ever perpetuated by man against man in the long catalogue of human crime," at the Fifth World Holocaust Forum at the Yad Vashem memorial museum in Jerusalem on Thursday.
Pence also urged world leaders to "stand strong against the leading state purveyor of anti-Semitism, against the one government in the world that denies the Holocaust as a matter of state policy and threatens to wipe Israel off the map. The world must stand strong against the Islamic Republic of Iran."
Both Russian President Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu shook hands with Pence following his speech.
The ceremony marks the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz and the International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The program includes speeches from heads of states and Holocaust survivors.
Mandatory Credit: The European Jewish Congress (EJC).