Maxim Kruchak, head of the International Relations Department of the youth wing of the Israeli Likud party, visited Tbilisi and laid flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Vake Park during his visit.
"The purpose of my visit is to establish relations with the youth organization of the Georgian Dream party. We already cooperate with leading parties in Poland, Ukraine, Moldova, Cyprus, etc. All these ties will help strengthen the relations between our countries. The relations between the peoples of Georgia and Israel are already very strong. We also held meetings in parliament, the office of the ruling party, and with the head of the Jewish community of Georgia. The impressions are very good. The people are hospitable, they welcomed us warmly," Maxim Kruchak noted in a conversation with us.

Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party is the ruling political party of the center-right or right-wing, national-liberal orientation. "Likud" received the most votes in the last parliamentary elections. The Likud Youth Movement is the official organization within the party, working with young people.
Young Israeli politicians are not only building bridges with their Georgian colleagues. During the visit, Kruchak honored the memory of soldiers who died in World War II.
"This war is a huge tragedy for me and we must honor those who died a heroic death. It is important to remember history so that the tragedy never happens again. We visited the monument to the Unknown Soldier in Vake Park and the memorial to the Georgian righteous," said Kruchak, noting that Israel is very sensitive to the topic of World War II.
The young politician says that for Israelis, the war is something personal. "It should be noted that a very large percentage of the population of our country are immigrants from the former Soviet Union, which fought against the fascists. There are many righteous among the nations who saved Jews during World War II. “There are many monuments in Jerusalem in memory of the victims of the Holocaust,” Kruchak said.
Several years ago, a monument to the victims of the Leningrad siege was unveiled there. It was erected in Jerusalem with the support of the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress. According to the idea, the stele in the form of a bronze candle should remind us of the tragic page in history. As Mikhail Mirilashvili, head of the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress, noted at the time, “this is not just a monument, but a sign of the common destiny of peoples, reminding us of those terrible times when our grandfathers and great-grandfathers together defeated the cruel enemy. This is a sign of hope.”