On January 23, Israel will be joined by 47 delegations of world leaders to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.

This huge convergence of world leaders in Jerusalem is unprecedented in its scale. Israel's Foreign Ministry has compared the importance of the event with the funerals of former prime ministers Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres, calling it the third largest gathering of world leaders in Israel's history.

Most heads of state will arrive in Jerusalem on Wednesday, a day before the first day of the Remembrance Week, and leave on Friday morning. First thing on the agenda will be to attend an official dinner at President Reuven Rivlin's residence in Jerusalem and on Thursday they will be moving on to visit Yad Vashem, Israel's official memorial to the victims of the Holocaust, and attend the events organized by the World Holocaust Forum Foundation, an international organization dedicated to preserving the memory of the Holocaust.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, UK's Prince Charles, French President Emmanuel Macron, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and others are among the leaders expected to participate. 

Apart from paying respect to the anniversary, some of the leaders, including Putin and Prince Charles, are also slated to meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank.

Israel's prime minister Netanyahu is also expected to meet U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, Putin, Macron and others in an attempt to rally them against the International Criminal Court's efforts in investigating Israel's alleged war crimes against the Palestinians, according to Israel's news outlet Haaretz . 

According to the Times of Israel, roughly 10,000 police officers will be deployed in and around Jerusalem to maintain order and provide safety precautions for the arriving delegations. Road blocks, including highway closures, will repeatedly occur throughout the city and an airport terminal will also be closed for commercial flights.

The Jerusalem Post reported a travel advice given by a Foreign Ministry source, "This is not a week to be in Jerusalem if you don't have to be," encouraging people to stay out of the city because of the logistical difficulties.

The main theme of the anniversary is to preserve memories of the Holocaust and combat anti-Semitism.

The Auschwitz camp, the largest Nazi-operated complex of dozens of concentration and extermination camps, was liberated by the Soviet Red Army on January 27 in 1945, a day commemorated as International Holocaust Remembrance Day since 2005.