Germans to walk out of UN meet if Ahmadinejad denies Holocaust
Ahmadinejad to speak to UN on Wed.; Peres: Iran leader one of most evil people of modern history.
By News Agencies Tags: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Iran Israel newsGerman representatives will walk out in protest if Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad denies the Holocaust during his upcoming speech before the United Nations General Assembly, officials in Berlin confirmed on Tuesday.
A Foreign Ministry spokesman confirmed a report by the German newspaper Handelsblatt that Germany would respond harshly to any anti-Semitic rhetoric during the speech.
"We are seeking a common response from the European Union (EU) nations," said the spokesman.
In April, most EU delegates walked out of a meeting of the UN Human Rights Conference in Geneva, Switzerland, after Ahmadinejad claimed Zionism was "racism personified."
Earlier Tuesday, President Shimon Peres called Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad "evil" while addressing students at a college in northern Israel.
The President's remarks coincided with a push by Israel for countries to boycott Ahmadinejad's planned address Wednesday at the United Nations General Assembly.
"[Ahmadinejad] is one of the most evil and horrible people of modern history. [He] is pessimistic and has no future," Peres said and continued speaking about Ahmadinejad's denial of the Holocaust and criticisms of Israel.
Israel has over the past days approached the foreign ministries of countries around the world in a bid to convince them to have their representatives leave the General Assembly hall when Ahmadinejad delivers his speech, Israeli officials said Tuesday.
Ahmadinejad, who sparked worldwide outrage and condemnation anew on Friday when he again denied the Holocaust, is due to make his address at 6P.M. New York time.
"The Holocaust is a false claim, a fairy tale, used as a pretext for crimes against humanity," he told an anti-Israel rally in Tehran last week.
Israel's UN ambassador, Gabriela Shalev, confirmed to Israel Radio Tuesday that her country's delegation, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, would be absent from the hall during the Iranian leader's address in New York.
Ahmadinejad's spokesman, Mohammad-Jafar Mohammadzadeh, was defiant, telling the official Iranian news agency IRNA Monday that "the Zionist lobby would do anything to prevent our president from disclosing the Iranian standpoint and distort the message of global justice, but the Zionists will once again fail."
The Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Watan on Tuesday, meanwhile, slammed Ahmadinejad's Holocaust denial as an effort to "take the spotlight" off domestic turmoil in Iran.
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just aboout says it all for the so called peacelovers and humanitarians who trawl here as well. They are just anti zionist dont you know.
Here is my theory. Its time to question Iran legitmancy now... The Iran, Iraq war didnt happen. It was all staged. Iran paid Iraq off to help stage a war that was fake. the mullahs had just come to power in Iran a few years earlier and wanted to totaly wipe out their opponets so to protect the grip on power in Iran. This war gave them a perfect chance to kill as many people as they want and justify it. Under the auspice of war and ultra extreme shiia islam. Along with this they diverted all oil resource money to mullahs and nuclear weapons. While killing/ jailing, and beating jews, and other people they felt would make ithard for them to stay in power. Taking their money and peoperty help them grow stronger. Also, they went onto start up with new liasons on Lebanon, syria, and south america. Now there economy spriraling out of control, inflation at record levels, poverty and starvation rampant. The mullahs have succeeded in high jacking this great country and people,robbing it blind
we'll find out who really wants to take a stand agaisn't these moron
" if" he already did it.
Ridiculous article...what is new about this article? Breaking news: Peres likes not the Iranian regime... Makes no sense!
You forgot to add the kidnappings, the explosions, the murders of hundreds of people (if not thousands) all over the world carried out by Iran's subcontractor, the Hezbollah and also by the Iranian thugs themselves.
...Throats too...What else is the mullah preaching?
The translation for this, and all the other blather emitted by the Great Orifice of Tehran recently is simple: "ignore the protests behind the curtain!"
the public executions. They are rather slow when it comes to the likes of Ghaddafi Castro etc.More like looking after their own. "Justice" Goldstone shame on you the rest of the investigators one can expect no better.
..So that no bird will be able to fly..Aha..After Ahmadinejad spoke, a military plane that flew over the parade crashed on the outskirts of Tehran. There were no reports of injuries. Yeah, sure.
I notice you admire Bibi!
Bibi can't misses the opportunity to show his vast knowledge in history,so he will say :"the year is 1492 and Ahmadinejad is the Queen Isabelle in the year she expelled us from Spain"" after it he will take Goldstone report and will tear it in pieces saying again:if the report can't see who are the victims here i tear this report reminding you Golda words:we never forget that you forced us to kill you".All the newspapers and journalists will mark the speech as the greater in modern Jewish history and Yaron London will add that never since Cicero a man,a Jew make a such contribution to humanity political culture as Bibi's speech
he huffs and puffs, i feel sorry for his people.