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BEN-GURION AIRPORT, Israel, May 15 (Reuters) - Pope Benedict said on Friday as he left Israel that the Holocaust "must never be denied", using language that may go some way to addressing Jewish disappointment over his remarks earlier in his tour. He recalled as "one of the most solemn moments of my stay in Israel" his visit to Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial, where some Israelis had said his speech lacked the personal note they wanted to hear from a German of his generation. The 82-year-old pontiff said Yad Vashem reminded him of his landmark 2006 visit to Auschwitz -- a time when he did mention his background as "a son of the German people" in World War Two.