On a day when the Warsaw uprising has been remembered, the Egyptian ruling party newspaper claims: "The Holocaust is a Zionist Lie Aimed at Extorting the West."
MEMRI has translated the article for all to see in English.
Dr. Rif'at Sayyed Ahmad, director of the "Jaffa Research Center" in Cairo and columnist for Al-Liwaa Al-Islami, which is the Egypt's ruling National Democratic Party's paper, published a two-part article titled 'The Lie About The Burning of the Jews.' In his article, Ahmad stated, using the work of Western Holocaust deniers, that the burning of Jews in gas chambers during World War II was a tale made up by the Zionist movement in order to extort the West and make possible the establishment of the Zionist enterprise.
Some points made and questions posed...
'Did this Holocaust Indeed Take Place, and what is the Truth about the Numbers?'
'Objective Essays by Zionist Authors Prove the Lie about the Burning of the Jews in Gas Chambers'
The Hoax of the 20th Century - 'The number did not reach even one million killed, at most.'
'No Matter what Proof We Present, [the Jews and] the European Politicians will Never Believe Us'
"No matter what details and proof emphasizing the lie of the burning of the Jews in Nazi crematoria we present, they [the Jews] and the statesmen of Europe who trade in the Holocaust will never believe us. On the contrary - it is almost certain that they will accuse us of antisemitism..."All this proves that we are standing before new Western idol-worship that requires a genuine cultural revolution within it in order to destroy it - a revolution that will use facts and science against tales ungrounded in true reality and credible history."
Never contemplated by the hateful Egyptians is that the Palestinian people openly sided with the Nazis in the war. Grand Mufti of Jerusalem Hajj Amin Al-Husseini corroborated with the Nazi's and spent much of the war years at Hitlers side in Berlin.
There was a Newsletter distributed in Pretoria 2 months ago from a muslim radio station in Laudium also full of lies about the Holocaust?
Posted by: Zalman | August 01, 2004 at 17:51
I thought the so-called "Palestinian people" are really Jordanians. There is no such thing as the Palstinian people.
Posted by: Edward | August 01, 2004 at 21:59
Are you perhaps taking something you have read and making a stupid generalisation that all Israeli supporters stand by what you read? Are you putting everyone in the same box and then making "stereotypical" accusations? Its a trait typical of someone who is ...not necessarily, but commonly...RACIST.
Have I ever claimed that there "are no Palestinian people" on my Blog?
Shame you seem really upset that you have resorted to semantics (I said semantics...not anti-semitics!) to avoid the actual content of the post.
Egypt are openly denying the mass murdering of 6 million Jews. You dont mind that?
And play your semantics game Edward...but Hajj Amin Al Husseini - Grand Mufti of Jerusalem was big buddies with hitler, and he wanted to expand the Final Solution to Palestine - ridding the land of all Jews.
All this, and you just play on semantics. If you are upset by the "there are no Palestinian people" thing, then go argue about it with someone who actually says it! What nerve you have.
{Btw.... Jordan is a Hashemite kingdom with a HUGE (third of the population) Palestinian population. Palestinians are not Jordanians. Other way around maybe (in that there are so many Palestinians living in Jordan and that Trans-Jordan was the first state created from the Palestine Mandate.) Not to take any form of sovereignty away from Jordan or infer the love of Palestinians on them. Their relations with Palestinians have a tumultuous history. A Palestinian assassinated Jordan's king in 1951, and two decades later Jordan fought a war against Yasser Arafat and his Palestine Liberation Organization. In recent times the government has steadily moved to "Jordanize" jobs in the army and other sensitive areas like state radio and television and the Interior Ministry.}
Posted by: Steve | August 02, 2004 at 08:57
I think you saw sarcasm where none existed.
I honestly believe that the "Palestinians" are a fictional group whose claim to Israel is very recent. Speaking to Israelis online really allowed me to understand the facts for myself.
Posted by: Edward | August 03, 2004 at 21:49
Oh brother...craziness. How do you then explain the Golden Dome of the Rock and Al Aqsa mosque etc...?
Posted by: Dilbert | August 03, 2004 at 21:59
Edward...it seems I am a bit defensive...apologies. Thought you were being sarcastic.
I dont intend to get into the debate about whether Palestinian people exist. (Post was on Holocaust denial.)
For all intents and purposes they exist today. But that's not to say that they are indiginous to the land. I dont buy into the theory that they are really the Biblical Canaanites.
Posted by: Steve | August 03, 2004 at 22:13
Steve, I totally understand your reaction, and no offense was taken. We must do our best to avoid friendly fire incidents, but it is difficult with all the morlocks about.
"Dilbert", visit http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog to learn the truth about Israel and the Islamofascist threat that confronts civilization. You might realize that defending Israel is more than "craziness". The hyperlink to Little Green Footballs is on the blogroll.
Posted by: Edward | August 04, 2004 at 05:06
Lizardoids Unite!
LGF fan
Posted by: Anti-UN | August 04, 2004 at 08:32
Edward,
You have been banned from commenting any further on this site.
Thank you...and do have a good day!
Posted by: Steve | August 24, 2004 at 22:49