While this is a day to remember tragic events like Columbine and the Oklahoma City bombing, today is also a day to remember the worst tragedy in the history of the world, the Holocaust.

It is a day to stand in with our friends in Israel and observe a moment of silence to remember the 6 million Jews that were killed by the Nazis during WWII under the direction of Adolph Hitler.

Israel observed Holocaust Remembrance Day on Monday.

Israeli officials, foreign dignitaries and Holocaust survivors gathered for a solemn ceremony at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial here in Jerusalem.

The Israeli observance took place only hours after Iran’s President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who has denied the Holocaust, spoke at the United Nations anti-racism conference in Geneva.

The Iranian leader has described Israel as a cruel and racist regime that uses the Holocaust as a pretext for aggression against the Palestinians.

Israel fears that Iran is developing nuclear weapons to carry out Ahmadinejad’s threat to wipe the Jewish state “off the map.”

At the ceremony, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that will not happen.

“We will not allow the Holocaust deniers to carry out another Holocaust against the Jewish people,” Mr. Netanyahu said. He added, “This is the supreme duty of the state of Israel and my supreme duty as prime minister.”

While we hope and pray for peace for Israel and the rest of the world, somehow I think we all know that Iran will soon try and carry out their threats. Fortunately, we know from God’s word what the end results will be for those who try and destroy His people and His land.