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Netanyahu: We won't let Holocaust deniers repeat genocide against Jews
By Haaretz Service and The Associated Press
Tags: Israel News, Durban II 

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday said Holocaust deniers would not be permitted to repeat a genocide against Jews.

Speaking at the official Yom Hashoah Holocaust remembrance ceremony at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, Netanyahu also criticized the president of Switzerland for meeting Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday.

Netanyahu called Ahmadinejad a Holocaust denier who wants to perpetrate another massacre of Jews.
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"We will not allow the Holocaust deniers to carry out another Holocaust against the Jewish people. This is the supreme duty of the state of Israel. This is my supreme duty as prime minister of Israel," Netanyahu said.

Netanyahu called the Durban II conference, at which Ahmadinejad spoke Monday, "a demonstration of hatred for Israel," adding that "the world sounds a weak voice against those who advocate erasing Israel."

Earlier, President Shimon Peres denounced Ahmadinejad, likening him to World War II-era dictators for his strong rhetoric against Israel.

"It is hard to fathom why despots such as Hitler the Nazi, Stalin the Bolshevik and Ahmadinejad the Persian chose the Jews as the main target for their hatred, their madness and their violence," Peres said in a speech comemorating Holocaust Remembrance Day.

"Perhaps they targeted the Jewish people because of its spiritual power - a nation poor in material possessions, but rich in values - for he who is infected with megalomania fears the power of the spirit."

"The Jews did not worship idols or authority, and their God gave mankind its conscience," the president said. "We were the first to believe that every person is created in God's image, and we were commanded to sanctify life and prevent murder and discrimination.


Ahmadinejad created a stir

on Monday during his appearance before a UN-sponsored anti-racism conference in Geneva. The Iranian leader denounced Israel as a "criminal and racist" entity, prompting dozens of Western diplomats to leave the hall.

Ahmadinejad's speech was roundly condemned by Western leaders and diplomats.

The president slammed the Durban II anti-racism conference, which is being boycotted by Israel and key Western states for fear that it will be used as a platform to single out Israel for criticism.

"The conference opening today in Geneva constitutes an acceptance of racism, rather than the fight against it, and its main speaker is Ahmadinejad, who calls for the annihilation of Israel and denies the Holocaust," Peres said.

Peres slammed Israel's detractors for the anti-Semitic overtones that emanate from their criticism of Jerusalem's policy.

"Criticism of the Jewish State is also tinged with chilling anti-Semitism," Peres said. "Among those who collaborated with the Nazis, and those who stood by and let the Holocaust happen, there are those who criticize the one state that rose to grant refuge to Holocaust survivors. The one state that will prevent another Holocaust."

"The gas has dissipated, but the poison remains," Peres said. "There are still Holocaust deniers and hot-headed skinheads in the world, those who bear the sort of visceral hatred that leads to racist murder."

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      1.   Ahmadinejad singles out the Jews 20:23  |  Michael 20/04/09
      2.   ahmadinejad 20:30  |  stefan 20/04/09
      3.   Understandable emotions 22:17  |  Jan Elshout 20/04/09
      4.   oh shut up 22:37  |  amy w 20/04/09
      5.   Israel can prevent Holocaust 22:57  |  American Jew 20/04/09
      6.   Pulling your nations heartstrings 23:29  |  Marc Leb 20/04/09
      7.   nice try Jan, bot no sale. in eastern europe after WW2 Jews who 23:42  |  Steve -nyc 20/04/09
      8.   Ahmadinejad, Im a comin`........ 23:47  |  Wyatt Earp 20/04/09
      9.   Ahmadinejad...Ya`ll be pushin` daisies soon 23:49  |  `Doc` Holiday 20/04/09
      10.   Elshout,.. that name mean coward in Europa? 23:56  |  General Sam Houston 20/04/09
      11.   speech 00:07  |  c. schmidt 21/04/09
      12.   *1 Jan Elshout 00:34  |  Bill 21/04/09
      13.   Shot in the foot - again? 00:43  |  Dreamer 21/04/09
      14.   Little was said 00:44  |  BazMann 21/04/09
      15.   Free Palestine and Then You Can Be A Light Unto Nations 00:53  |  Binyamin 21/04/09
      16.   Whats the big deal 01:02  |  Joe 21/04/09
      17.   Repeat Genocide? 01:05  |  Robin Baloochi 21/04/09
      18.   Iran 01:09  |  Gerald 21/04/09
      19.   Re: Understandable Emotions 01:09  |  Brian 21/04/09
      20.   Dear #1 01:36  |  Jon 21/04/09
      21.   Netanyahu waging war in the past, living in the past, etc. 01:50  |  American in NY 21/04/09
      22.   We won`t let Nakba deniers start World War III... 01:50  |  BBSNews 21/04/09
      23.   Don`t Forget GAZA! 02:16  |  Haaretz Fan 21/04/09
      24.   Netanyahu, Amadinejad, assorted nuts 02:27  |  Sanity 21/04/09
      25.   God is with his people 02:50  |  dawit 21/04/09
      26.   Dosen`t Israel deny the Armenian genocide 03:24  |  ben 21/04/09
      27.   # Jan 03:26  |  arik 21/04/09
      28.   Understandable emotions--# 1 03:58  |  ernie 21/04/09
      29.   No Jan Elshout, Jews were not "well received in Europa" 04:03  |  Bruce 21/04/09
      30.   Re: Understandable emotions 04:21  |  Lens 21/04/09
      31.   Europe and America understood 04:26  |  shlomo 21/04/09
      32.   Jan Elshout how old are you? 04:33  |  dudu 21/04/09
      33.   Jan Elshout, total rubbish 04:35  |  Peter Williams 21/04/09
      34.   Jan Elshout # 1 Ahmadinejad Never Refers To Israel As A State 04:36  |  Jeff Northridge 21/04/09
      35.   To Jan Elshout 04:42  |  Liat 21/04/09
      36.   As long as Obama stays in the Whote House 04:47  |  Shimon Sharon 21/04/09
      37.   Truth 05:13  |  Iain 21/04/09
      38.   Never again 05:30  |  Jack 21/04/09
      39.   Jan Elshout # 1 Ahmadinejad (part 2) 05:36  |  Jeff Northridge 21/04/09
      40.   No "genocide" against Jews in Iran 06:03  |  Bobby 21/04/09
      41.   Ofcourse Ahmadinejad was provocative 06:51  |  rm 21/04/09
      42.   Never Again. Never Again. Never Again. 07:01  |  Baruch Gold 21/04/09
      43.   It`s worth repeating! 07:29  |  Morris Valentine 21/04/09
      44.   Iran not genocidal 07:51  |  Deacon2 21/04/09
      45.   Facts and ?realism?. 08:21  |  Jean Van Daem 21/04/09
      46.   ISRAEL WILL LIVE FOREVER!!! 08:35  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 21/04/09
      47.   Lost in the shuffle 08:37  |  Natallie Durson 21/04/09
      48.   On Hitler`s birthday, Ahmedenijad spoke in the same way Hitler... 09:04  |  Jehudah Ben-Israel 21/04/09
      49.   Recall Ambassador to U.N 09:08  |  Shmuel 21/04/09
      50.   Jan Elshout, Rockets speak louder than emotions. 09:19  |  Tzfonit 21/04/09
      51.   Lets remember what happened to the Jews 09:30  |  Michael 21/04/09
      52.   Jan Elshout-#1-Understandable emotions 10:27  |  Daniel Leopold 21/04/09
      53.   Spare us the fear mongering... 10:37  |  Dutch 21/04/09
      54.   genocide 10:39  |  victor 21/04/09
      55.   For Jan Elshout: 10:45  |  Israeli citizen 21/04/09
      56.   Bibi: Let`s not talk about me. Let`s talk about you. 10:54  |  Natallie Durson 21/04/09
      57.   Israel so far from its own scripture its just sad 11:56  |  clear 21/04/09
      58.   #47Let`s talk about you Durson,with your charming personality 11:59  |  Susanna/Shoshana 21/04/09
      59.   Peres: Perhaps they targeted the Jewish people.. 12:00  |  Traude 21/04/09
      60.   I would like to remind Nuttyyahoo 13:42  |  Chris Linthwaite 21/04/09
      61.   Durson adress your own racism first before criticizing Bibi 13:45  |  Meo 21/04/09
      62.   ISRAEL WILL LIVE FOREEVER JUST AS I SAID IT MANY TIMES 13:57  |  KATHY 21/04/09
      63.   amy w # 4 14:00  |  ChanahS 21/04/09
      64.   Holocaust deniers?????????? 14:05  |  john and the TRUTH! 21/04/09
      65.   Michael, Yes let`s remember what happened to the Jews 14:11  |  KATHY 21/04/09
      66.   It`s worth repeating ..by Morris Valentine..I THANK YOU. 14:16  |  KATHY 21/04/09
      67.   Our Indian wars are long over Meo... 14:20  |  BBSNews 21/04/09
      68.   Traude #54,are you a German? 14:29  |  Hastaroth 21/04/09
      69.   #43 Jehudah Ben Israeli and Mein Kampf 14:35  |  Chris Linthwaite 21/04/09
      70.   DUTCH 14:46  |  UDI 21/04/09
      71.   Chris Linthwaite..YOU BEGAN WELL,BUT SPOILT IT AT THE END.WHY? 14:47  |  KATHY 21/04/09
      72.   BBS: "hate" (I quote from your post this word)--is your word 14:49  |  Israeli citizen 21/04/09
      73.   BBSNnews 15:08  |  ehud 21/04/09
      74.   Reply to various 15:24  |  Jan Elshout 21/04/09
      75.   #66 Israeli Citizen. 15:30  |  Chris Linthwaite 21/04/09
      76.   AMinNY/DORISHow does Hamas intend to"obliterate Israel by Islam"? 15:30  |  PETER SM 21/04/09
      77.   For Chris Lithwaite # 71: No country not involved in Holocaust 16:02  |  Israeli citizen 21/04/09
      78.   #BBS 16:07  |  arik 21/04/09
      79.   "No more Holocausts?" Explains a lot 16:40  |  Christopher 21/04/09
      80.   Jan Elshout # 70 Who The Hell Is "Adalah"? 16:43  |  Jeff Northridge 21/04/09
      81.   JAQN ELSOUT Which viable Israel is Hamas prepared to accept 17:08  |  PETER SM 21/04/09
      82.   Iranian Jews and Occupied Arabs 17:09  |  Binyamin 21/04/09
      83.   Goebbels invited his Jewish friends to depart Germany 17:09  |  Philip 21/04/09
      84.   Not true 17:13  |  Tomas Jasny 21/04/09
      85.   #69 Kathy of Karkur 17:36  |  Chris Linthwaite 21/04/09
      86.   binyamin 17:37  |  ehud 21/04/09
      87.   Netanyahu, does that include also Abbas, another holocaust denier 17:44  |  Alicia 21/04/09
      88.   Hess wars maybe,but not Indian suffering nor occupation 17:45  |  Meo 21/04/09
      89.   #84 Ehud 17:46  |  Chris Linthwaite 21/04/09
      90.   Dear President Peres 17:57  |  Lou Medel 21/04/09
      91.   Is Ahmadinejad really a Holocaust denier? 18:14  |  A. Halsey 21/04/09
      92.   LINTHWAITE 18:38  |  EHUD 21/04/09
      93.   Bibi, words aren`t enough. Destroy Iran`s nukes. Reject two state 18:39  |  Chaim 21/04/09
      94.   genocide 18:50  |  T A Sheppard 21/04/09
      95.   Lies,To: Iain @35 The If you had a modicum of politics you would 18:57  |  KATHY 21/04/09
      96.   For Halsey and Sheppard 19:20  |  Israeli citizen 21/04/09
      97.   But Chris,Israel has commemorated this since its inception.. 19:26  |  KATHY 21/04/09
      98.   breaking news 20:00  |  ehud 21/04/09
      99.   Kathy of Karkur 20:22  |  Chris Linthwaite 21/04/09
      100.   Okay Chris,how about that??Last post 21:09  |  KATHY 21/04/09
      101.   First things first 21:10  |  Noach 21/04/09
      102.   To Gideon Levy, comparing similarities in human rights abuses 21:25  |  Dutch 21/04/09
      103.   T A Sheppard # 94 What Kind Of A Mindless Jingle Is That? 21:27  |  Jeff Northridge 21/04/09
      104.   To #99 Chris`(SECOND TRY PUT OUT HAARETZ ) Last One 21:30  |  KATHY 21/04/09
      105.   Kathy ftrom Karkur--here is something I found offensive 22:13  |  Marian 21/04/09
      106.   Ahmadinejad,WHY AND WHEREFORE? 22:24  |  Gabriel L. Garay 21/04/09
      107.   We all understand that and we will not allow it either 23:34  |  Biddut Miah 21/04/09
      108.   Jews are to Israel What Native Americans are to U.S.A. 23:34  |  Ishmael 21/04/09
      109.   oh ho I am so glad you pointed out Iran`s being in dire straights 23:36  |  Whiskey/Bravo 21/04/09
      110.   Property before people 02:09  |  RfaelMoshe 22/04/09
      111.   The persian "Hitler" 03:17  |  Dovo 22/04/09
      112.   ehud, frothing at the mouth... 05:28  |  BBSNews 22/04/09
      113.   Ahmedinijad 05:57  |  zkt 22/04/09
      114.   Kathy, you cannot negate Chris L. with nonsense... 06:10  |  BBSNews 22/04/09
      115.   # 68 Hastaroth 09:46  |  Traude 22/04/09
      116.   Persecution of the Jews 22:54  |  Carole 26/04/09
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