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By Barry Werner (about the author)
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To my non-Jewish friends,
The accusations that Israel is doing to the Gazans what the Nazis did to the Jews are reprehensible. They deny the depth of depravity represented by the holocaust, and at the same time attempt to turn the memory of the holocaust against its victims - the Jews. Accusations of this nature imply that the Jews, being no better than the Nazis, deserved the heinous crimes meted out to them by the Nazis and that the Jews of Israel deserve the same fate as the Nazis of Germany.
Such accusations are more than insults. They reduce the credibility of Israel’s non-Jewish critics and strengthen the resolve of the radical Islamists who seek to destroy Israel.
Non-Jews are, perhaps, less sensitive about these accusations. For this reason, I want to share with you an e-mail that is circulating among the world's Jewish communities. I thought its effectiveness would be enhanced if it circulated among the non-Jews.
Words can kill.
Sincerely,
Barry L. Werner
Hypocrisy!
by David A. Harris
Executive Director
American Jewish Committee
January 26, 2009
Dear Ms. Trine Lilleng,
You were an unknown Norwegian diplomat till this month.
No longer.
As first secretary in the Norwegian Embassy in Saudi Arabia, you recently sent out an email on your office account in which you declared: "The grandchildren of Holocaust survivors from World War II are doing to the Palestinians exactly what was done to them by Nazi Germany."
Accompanying your text were photos, with an emphasis on children, seeking to juxtapose the Holocaust with the recent Israeli military operation in Gaza.
Clearly, you are miscast in your role as a diplomat, all the more so of a nation that has sought to play a mediating role in the Arab-Israeli conflict.
In fact, you're desperately in need of some education.
Let's begin with your current posting. You've been in Riyadh since 2007.
Become a Fan (1 fan) -- Page 1 of 4 page(s)
The accusations that Israel is doing to the Gazans what the Nazis did to the Jews are reprehensible. They deny the depth of depravity represented by the holocaust, and at the same time attempt to turn the memory of the holocaust against its victims - the Jews. Accusations of this nature imply that the Jews, being no better than the Nazis, deserved the heinous crimes meted out to them by the Nazis and that the Jews of Israel deserve the same fate as the Nazis of Germany.
Such accusations are more than insults. They reduce the credibility of Israel’s non-Jewish critics and strengthen the resolve of the radical Islamists who seek to destroy Israel.
Non-Jews are, perhaps, less sensitive about these accusations. For this reason, I want to share with you an e-mail that is circulating among the world's Jewish communities. I thought its effectiveness would be enhanced if it circulated among the non-Jews.
Words can kill.
Sincerely,
Barry L. Werner
Hypocrisy!
by David A. Harris
Executive Director
American Jewish Committee
January 26, 2009
Dear Ms. Trine Lilleng,
You were an unknown Norwegian diplomat till this month.
No longer.
As first secretary in the Norwegian Embassy in Saudi Arabia, you recently sent out an email on your office account in which you declared: "The grandchildren of Holocaust survivors from World War II are doing to the Palestinians exactly what was done to them by Nazi Germany."
Accompanying your text were photos, with an emphasis on children, seeking to juxtapose the Holocaust with the recent Israeli military operation in Gaza.
Clearly, you are miscast in your role as a diplomat, all the more so of a nation that has sought to play a mediating role in the Arab-Israeli conflict.
In fact, you're desperately in need of some education.
Let's begin with your current posting. You've been in Riyadh since 2007.
I am a retired PhD physicist with a deep, long term interest in the Israel/Arab/Muslim conflict.
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God's Kids
by First Last on Monday, Feb 9, 2009 at 2:37:38 PM
An inaccurate comparison
by Jim Arnold on Monday, Feb 9, 2009 at 4:00:08 PM
Many Torah
by shadow dancer on Monday, Feb 9, 2009 at 4:03:55 PM
Hypocrisy Indeed
by William Whitten on Monday, Feb 9, 2009 at 4:08:38 PM
DIME Munitions used in Gaza by IDF
by William Whitten on Monday, Feb 9, 2009 at 5:09:10 PM
Got it backwards
by Adam Schick on Monday, Feb 9, 2009 at 4:42:49 PM
Mr. Warner, the biggest hypocrite
by Edwin Daniel on Monday, Feb 9, 2009 at 4:42:58 PM
woe
by shirley reese on Monday, Feb 9, 2009 at 5:30:02 PM
Looks like Mr. Werner
by Mark Sashine on Monday, Feb 9, 2009 at 6:22:53 PM
Gaza is exactly like the Warsaw ghetto.
by John Hanks on Monday, Feb 9, 2009 at 6:24:36 PM
Hypocritical Propaganda
by William Whitten on Monday, Feb 9, 2009 at 7:17:14 PM
Mother of All Cults
by Clark on Monday, Feb 9, 2009 at 8:01:25 PM
You See Barry
by shadow dancer on Tuesday, Feb 10, 2009 at 12:50:45 AM
Hypocrisy
by Kellis R. Solomon on Tuesday, Feb 10, 2009 at 1:04:43 AM
"Hypocricy!" by Barry Werner
by syed mahdi on Tuesday, Feb 10, 2009 at 2:39:47 AM
Set Solid
by William Whitten on Tuesday, Feb 10, 2009 at 6:15:01 AM
Israel is the target because?
by kwalsh on Tuesday, Feb 10, 2009 at 5:57:23 PM
God bless everyone -- All Palestinians and Jews included
by Tom Usher on Sunday, Feb 15, 2009 at 6:04:02 AM
Don't compare the 3Rd Reich with Israel
by ariadna theokopoulos on Wednesday, Feb 18, 2009 at 1:54:30 PM
Israeli "Morality"
by Moji Agha on Wednesday, Feb 18, 2009 at 4:11:34 PM