Following the atrocities perpetrated against civilians in Syria this week by the Bashar al-Assad administration, the use of chemical weaponry, a call for world action has been released by Yad Vashem.

In the wake of the latest news emerging from Syria regarding chemical warfare waged upon civilians, Yad Vashem Chairman Avner Shalev reiterated that “following World War II, the global community enacted universal principles and instituted international organizations with the express purpose of averting future crimes against humanity.”

Shalev expressed “deep concern over the appalling evidence of renewed carnage in Syria and the images of massacred children in this turbulent area.” He called upon “world leaders and the global community to act now in order to put a stop to the atrocities and avert further suffering.”

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)