(November 13, 2007 - Jerusalem)
Tomorrow, players, coaches and management of the football
teams “Bnei Sakhnin” and “Kiryat Shmona” 9 will visit Yad
Vashem in a join visit. Chairman of Yad Vashem Avner Shalev
will greet the teams on their arrival. “I welcome this
initiative,” said Shalev. “In light of racist expressions that
we are witness to today in the sports arenas, I invite all the
football teams in Israel to visit Yad Vashem.”
Following are press arrangements
for the visit:
11:15: Arrival
11:20: Greetings by Avner Shalev,
Chairman of Yad Vashem - OPEN
11:25: Tour of the Holocaust
History Museum - CLOSED to Cameras. There will be a PHOTO-OP
in the Hall of Names.
13:30: Tour of “BESA: A Code of
Honor: Muslim Albanians Who Rescued Jews in the Holocaust” -
OPEN
13:45: Children’s Memorial -
CLOSED to Cameras
14:00: End of visit
Media who are interested in
covering part or all of the visit must coordinate with the
Media Relations Department: 02 644 3412/1/0.