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Alongside cultural outreach, the Ministry is also focusing on investors and infrastructure. Izhakov said Israel is actively encouraging tourism-related investment through targeted meetings and investor conferences.

He said he hopes to raise awareness of what Israel is facing, and to share what he endured during two years of captivity.

The expanded campus will include multiple pavilions where visitors can explore the full arc of Holocaust history: the world that existed before, the horrors that unfolded during and the lasting consequences that continue to shape the present.