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WATCH: Ahmadinejad entourage brands Elie Wiesel 'Zio-Nazi'
By Haaretz Service
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On the sidelines of the Durban II conference in Geneva on Tuesday, a member of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's entourage accosted Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Elie Wiesel and began screaming "Zio-Nazi" at the Holocaust survivor.



The incident was caught on tape by Simon Wiesenthal Center's Latin American Representative Sergio Widder.


Ahmadinejad, who attended the international conference against racism along with a 180 Iranian representatives, was the only head of state to accept the United Nations' invitation to speak before the delegates.

Dozens of Western diplomats walked out during Ahmadinejad's speech and a pair of rainbow-wigged protesters threw clown noses at Iran's hard-line leader Monday when he called Israel the most cruel and repressive racist regime.

The United Nations said on Tuesday that Ahmadinejad dropped a reference to Holocaust denial from his speech the previous day at the Durban II conference.

The controversial conference, which many states boycotted for fear it would single out Israel for criticism, coincided with the eve of Israel's Holocaust Remembrance Day.

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      1.   Fun to see a bipedal from Tehran to loose temper barking on human 17:34  |  17 21/04/09
      2.   World Domination 17:53  |  leo 21/04/09
      3.   WATCH: Ahmadinejad entourage brands Elie Wiesel `Zion-Nazi` 17:53  |  OBSERVER 21/04/09
      4.   They ejected Dershowitz 18:04  |  Michael 21/04/09
      5.   I am so proud of the students! 18:15  |  Gilbert Borman 21/04/09
      6.   Iranian Fools 18:23  |  Norm 21/04/09
      7.   disgusting display of bad manners 18:28  |  x-ray 21/04/09
      8.   who has the death penalty for homosexuality? 18:37  |  odles 21/04/09
      9.   just asking 18:40  |  Curious 21/04/09
      10.   Do you remember Swiss Dino`s promise those things won`t happen? 18:43  |  Meo 21/04/09
      11.   Eli Vizel 18:44  |  Rinat 21/04/09
      12.   Michael:"They ejected Dershowitz" 18:58  |  Christopher 21/04/09
      13.   This Iranian is afraid. 19:26  |  Tzfonit 21/04/09
      14.   who was he yelling at ? 19:27  |  tyrone 21/04/09
      15.   Why do they have so many delegates??? 19:32  |  JO 21/04/09
      16.   I am also VERY proud of the students 19:43  |  Lee 21/04/09
      17.   Geneva relies on arab money & UN delegations 19:47  |  Lola 21/04/09
      18.   And The Organizers Said This Would Not Happen! 19:47  |  Yosemite 21/04/09
      19.   This as opposed to? 19:56  |  Colin Wright 21/04/09
      20.   He`s just reponding to provocation, he has the right to respond! 20:18  |  Someone 21/04/09
      21.   Elie Wiesel and teh Muslims of Bosnia 20:27  |  David Israel 21/04/09
      22.   # 21 Someone: Who was provoked here? 20:44  |  Anke Sarah P. 21/04/09
      23.   12TH IMAM 20:50  |  BAR-KOCHVA 21/04/09
      24.   Who deserves the blame here, really the UN or Switzerland....??? 20:50  |  Swiss (Dino) 21/04/09
      25.   Anke Sarah P, only Israelis can criticize Israel, 20:59  |  Someone 21/04/09
      26.   Swiss(Dino) 21:17  |  Sarah 21/04/09
      27.   Michael #4 `They ejected Dershowitz` 21:22  |  Colin Wright 21/04/09
      28.   to #24₪₪₪the 12th lost Iman and the Messiah₪₪₪ 21:38  |  wahbi 21/04/09
      29.   The Swiss neutrality 21:42  |  Noach 21/04/09
      30.   Disgrace Ahmadinejad 21:50  |  The Teacher/Instruct 21/04/09
      31.   Elie Weasel 21:53  |  wibism 21/04/09
      32.   Turks and Armenia 21:55  |  Bob 21/04/09
      33.   Swiss Dino 21:58  |  Dr D 21/04/09
      34.   Swiss Dino - never miss a chance 22:06  |  Rory 21/04/09
      35.   #25 Swiss (Dino) 22:18  |  Yonatan 21/04/09
      36.   This man is not Iranian 22:25  |  Jo 21/04/09
      37.   Disturbing 22:28  |  l 21/04/09
      38.   Tzfonit: apples and oranges, my friend 22:29  |  Rachel 21/04/09
      39.   # 17 LOL, to be honest, what kind of "product" you are..... 22:33  |  Swiss (Dino) 21/04/09
      40.   Dogs and ponies.... 23:06  |  Webster 21/04/09
      41.   Why is there so much hatred for Israel lately? 23:15  |  Capt Ahab 21/04/09
      42.   Re#2 By the time the Germans and the whole world 23:16  |  ines 21/04/09
      43.   Why all the surprise and dismay with Swiss? 23:24  |  Colin 21/04/09
      44.   Elie Wiesel has written several books... 23:41  |  Maureen Ann 21/04/09
      45.   # 29 00:08  |  ehud 22/04/09
      46.   Help Eli Wiesel 00:09  |  Mike 22/04/09
      47.   Jo # 31 00:18  |  Arnold 22/04/09
      48.   rachel from LA 00:37  |  stephanie 22/04/09
      49.   Iran did not help Bosnian Moslims!? 00:48  |  Al 22/04/09
      50.   Meanwhile, in another story, Israeli Politicos call Iran Nazis 00:49  |  binny 22/04/09
      51.   Rachel # 33 Palestine Was Never "Colonized" By The West 01:09  |  Jeff Northridge 22/04/09
      52.   Eylo reminds me of a spoilt brat #109 01:25  |  mario 22/04/09
      53.   Rachel: you fail to see the real Ahmadinejad 01:42  |  Reuben A`aron 22/04/09
      54.   #33 - Rachel, apples, oranges, history 02:40  |  SG 22/04/09
      55.   #41 02:51  |  Kevin 22/04/09
      56.   no Holocaust, no Israel 02:53  |  Steve 22/04/09
      57.   #9 Just asking 03:00  |  Gully Foyle 22/04/09
      58.   Iran persecutes Bahais, Kurds, Arabs, women and gays 03:45  |  Elly 22/04/09
      59.   #39 Al 04:33  |  John Allen 22/04/09
      60.   Sickening - ugliest anti-semtism possible 04:56  |  Kenny 22/04/09
      61.   Al from UK - Iranian government did not contribute at all 06:05  |  David israel 22/04/09
      62.   I am proud that Australia did not go to Durban II. 06:31  |  Mark Leaman 22/04/09
      63.   Rachel #33 and your bushel of apples 06:43  |  Tzfonit 22/04/09
      64.   To #33 Rachel 06:46  |  Derek 22/04/09
      65.   neutrality is cowardise 07:32  |  dovdevan 22/04/09
      66.   Thank You Eli Wiesel For Your Presence There 07:35  |  Lagunageno 22/04/09
      67.   Shameful and Despicable 07:35  |  John Q. Public 22/04/09
      68.   ISRAEL CAN ACCUSE EVERY BODY 08:33  |  indrajaya 22/04/09
      69.   #20 Someone: Denying Holocaust is not "ciriticism of Israel" 08:57  |  Yitzhak 22/04/09
      70.   Elie Wiesel is a witness, a survivor and a humanist 09:15  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 22/04/09
      71.   # 30 No, Yonatan, once in a while we are "guilty" too..... 09:36  |  Swiss (Dino) 22/04/09
      72.   # 30 Yonatan, little correction..... 09:56  |  Swiss (Dino) 22/04/09
      73.   Intreresting to See! 10:13  |  Yosi 22/04/09
      74.   Swiss (Dino) 10:18  |  Yosi 22/04/09
      75.   To Swiss DINO (SAURUS) 10:29  |  Beggar 22/04/09
      76.   Durban 2 a shame and disgrace 10:43  |  a huge step back 22/04/09
      77.   UN is a mental Institution 10:50  |  Iranian Fools SHAME 22/04/09
      78.   # 73 Yosi, sorry to remind you again...... 11:06  |  Swiss (Dino) 22/04/09
      79.   Swiss(Dino) 11:08  |  Sarah 22/04/09
      80.   What are the criticisms? 11:18  |  Enrico 22/04/09
      81.   Sarah, you must have quite a bit of "leisure time"..... 12:12  |  Swiss (Dino) 22/04/09
      82.   TZFONIT on meaning of `pretext` #63 12:12  |  fiona 22/04/09
      83.   x Dino (without polemics) 12:53  |  Enrico 22/04/09
      84.   # 33 Dr D, can`t really blame us for doing what.... 13:48  |  Swiss (Dino) 22/04/09
      85.   # 34 Rory, let me put it this way...... 13:50  |  Swiss (Dino) 22/04/09
      86.   # 83 Enrico (without polemics too...:) 14:10  |  Swiss (Dino) 22/04/09
      87.   how dare you 14:12  |  ehud 22/04/09
      88.   Tzfonit`s rebuttal to Rachel #33 14:15  |  John Q. Public 22/04/09
      89.   This man represents the thinking behind the mullahs who want 14:20  |  ks 22/04/09
      90.   # 68 14:26  |  oz 22/04/09
      91.   #72 14:36  |  OZ 22/04/09
      92.   Dino 14:43  |  Enrico 22/04/09
      93.   # 71-switzerland hosting Ahmadinejihad 14:48  |  Sharon 22/04/09
      94.   Oh, Geneva, you opened your doors to clowns! 15:33  |  Israeli citizen 22/04/09
      95.   And they say Swiss is "neutral", democratic"... 15:34  |  Israeli citizen 22/04/09
      96.   What a sad picture of Geneva 15:34  |  Israeli citizen 22/04/09
      97.   Yosi to (Dino) about arrests 15:56  |  David Israel 22/04/09
      98.   SWISS Are doing what they have been doing all along!! 17:11  |  PETER SM 22/04/09
      99.   #44 Maureen Anne 18:01  |  Big Sur 22/04/09
      100.   U Know my Lebanese friend tells me of Atrocities in Lebananon 18:06  |  Big Sur 22/04/09
      101.   Who is provoking whom? #20 18:19  |  Sherlock Holmes 22/04/09
      102.   #21 David Israel 18:20  |  Ben 22/04/09
      103.   # 42 Capt Ahab 18:20  |  Big Sur 22/04/09
      104.   3rd try My Lebanese Pal remembers 18:50  |  Big Sur 22/04/09
      105.   On the side of the UN Building in Newyork is Isaiah 18:54  |  Big Sur 22/04/09
      106.   To Tzfonit @13..Without any preamble..I said the same thing about 20:50  |  Whiskey 22/04/09
      107.   Who was he yelling at? To the script writers who produce it for. 20:53  |  Whiskey 22/04/09
      108.   For Lee..Oh yes that was a sight for sore eyes to see.. 20:57  |  Whiskey 22/04/09
      109.   Why do people in the Middle East have to suffer for Europe`s sins 01:09  |  Apartheid 23/04/09
      110.   Racism 01:12  |  The Saint 23/04/09
      111.   Ahmad used 03:24  |  mad persian 23/04/09
      112.   Capt. Ahab #41....What do you mean by "lately!" 07:12  |  Yehuda 23/04/09
      113.   The Swiss: neutrality is immorality 07:47  |  Comforti 23/04/09
      114.   APARTHEID YOU forget pogroms by Arabs 14:23  |  PETER SM 23/04/09
      115.   The Saint - You are wrong 15:28  |  David Israel 23/04/09
      116.   why give him so much exposure 19:49  |  sweis 02/05/09
      117.   Eli Weisel 21:06  |  Fred 18/05/09
      118.   Why doesn`t the U.S. & Israel get rid of the NUT? 12:52  |  Bob 25/05/09
      119.   Dear or not so dear Swiss. What happens when..... 06:48  |  Sylvia, 03/07/09
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