Dayan was invited as the keynote speaker for a special meeting of the Lithuanian Parliament and to participate in commemorative activities honoring the Holocaust victims in Lithuania.
NATIONAL AFFAIRS: These types of relationships between Israeli institutions and their sister organizations in the world are complex and have many times become ugly disputes.
Yad Vashem said it will end its longstanding affiliation with the American Society for Yad Vashem, created in order to assist with funding.
Sources in Yad Vashem told The Jerusalem Post last week that Netanyahu wasn’t happy with Dayan’s approach to boycott extreme-right-wing politicians, and felt that he is “too independent.”
Yad Vashem has become a focal point for scrutiny from some Israeli officials, mainly Education Minister Yoav Kisch.
"Maintaining the independence of such institutions around the world is key as we face efforts to distort/deny the facts of the Holocaust."
Education Minister Yoav Kisch has accused the Yad Vashem Chairman of allowing unauthorized parties to vote at board meetings.
Israeli governments have boycotted the party and refused to hold ties with the AfD traditionally.
Yad Vashem has gathered 4,800,000 names of Jews children murdered during the Shoah. The Book of Names of Holocaust Victims is the single largest physical manifestation of remembrance of its kind.
The deficit is a combination of various factors and something that current chairman Dani Dayan hopes to change as part of his strategic plan for Yad Vashem.
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