| A crack in wall of Holocaust denial |
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| Written by Robert Satloff | |
| Thursday, 22 February 2007 | |
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When the United Nations
considered a landmark resolution condemning Holocaust denial last
month, the media missed a major story: One of the first delegates out
of his chair to express support for "keeping memory alive" was the
ambassador from Egypt.
This was a major breakthrough. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad may be the world's most famous Holocaust denier, but he has only followed the model of a former president of Egypt - Gamal Abdel Nasser - who once said that "no person, not even the most simple one, takes seriously the lie of the 6 million Jews that were murdered." Just two years ago, Egypt took the lead in criticizing the original U.N. resolution establishing Jan. 27 as international Holocaust Remembrance Day. Read this interesting editorial: http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/ci_5276360 |
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