MANILA, Jan. 31 -- The prejudice and discrimination against Jews -- the very movement that fueled the horrific and systematic killings of six million people under the Nazi rule during World War II -- continue to exist to this day, an Israeli official said Friday.

As the world commemorated the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Israel Ambassador to the Philippines Ilan Fluss called on the public to stand in solidarity in the fight against antisemitism and to continue confronting hatred and Holocaust denial.

"We must never forget. Never again will we allow such horrors to unfold," he said in his remarks during the Holocaust commemoration ceremony in Manila.

"In times of such cruelty and injustice, we cannot be merely bystanders. We...