Spain FM 'regrets' interview with Holocaust denier
AFP quotes Moratinos spokeswoman as saying statements by David Irving 'deeply hurt the Jewish people.'
By Haaretz Service Tags: Holocaust Spain Israel newsSpain's foreign minister, Miguel Angel Moratinos, "regrets" that the major Spanish newspaper El Mundo published an interview with a British Holocaust denier, David Irving, AFP quoted a spokeswoman as saying.
"The foreign minister, while maintaining the most absolute respect for freedom of expression, regrets that space was given to a historian who denies one of the biggest tragedies for humanity in modern history," she was quoted as telling reporters in Stockholm.
"These types of statements deeply hurt the Jewish people," she added, according to the French news agency.
The daily published the interview with Irving, who was sentenced in Austria in 2006 to three years in prison for Holocaust denial, as part of a series of six interviews with experts on the Second World War. The series was timed to coincide with the 70th anniversary of the war's outbreak.
Earlier this week, Israel's Ambassador to Spain, Rafi Shotz, sent a letter to the editor of El Mundo requesting that he drop the upcoming publication.
In return, the paper printed Shotz's letter, emitting a line where the ambassador referred to the interview as "cheap, sensational propaganda." The editor also wrote a response to the letter, in which he referred to Shotz's standing on the matter as "extreme and stubborn."
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Chaim Ben Kahan, Yes, one day soon, and not too far off, Europe will surely be full of regrets. We are not far from the 10 nations being formed, and The Lord of Lords, coming to destroy all those who have come against Israel. Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.
To Maoriboy who requests "Let [Irving]present his case so we can hear for ourselves what he bases his evidence on" Irving has already presented his case. I suggest that Maoriboy searches for info. on Irving's failed libel case against US holocaust scholar Deborah Lipstadt, who called Irving a holocaust denier and a bad historian. The (British) court found for Lipstadt, and found Irving to be completely lacking in credibility. Moreover, an Austrian court convicted Irving for his holocaust-denying lies.
Europe regrets not helping the Jews, regrets appeasing Hitler and one day will regret appeasing Islamic domination and Iran's quest for a nuclear holocaust.
Why the big fuss about David Irving,we have Israeli historians and supporters who claim Palestine was only inhabited by Jews only. Let him present his case so we can hear for ourselves what he bases his evidence on.
Why would a British historian deny the holocaust?
is a mischievious act. Those of us ,who have witnessed the holocaust are hurt and dismayed that our lives have been denied by this twisted man.