In this Day of Remembrance address, Chief Rabbi Dr Warren Goldstein responds directly to Pope Leo, and says what the world needs to hear.

Yom HaZikaron is a day of remembrance. A day to mourn those who lost their lives, and to stand with the families who carry that loss.

It is also a day on which something must be said.

In a world of moral confusion, where religious leaders like Pope Leo fail to distinguish between the aggressor and the defender, silence is not an option.

When we call our fallen soldiers "Kedoshim Utehorim" - holy and pure - we are not only honouring them, but making a declaration: Israel's wars are just wars, and that those who gave their lives defending civilization itself are sacred.