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On Holocaust Remembrance Day, bar Iran's President from attending World Cup in Germany

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ON HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY, BAR IRAN'S PRESIDENT FROM ATTENDING WORLD CUP IN GERMANY


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Today, as millions of people around the world commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day and remember the six million Jews who were murdered by the Nazis during World War II, there is one world leader committed to completing Adolf Hitler's vision.

Sixty-one years since the end of the Shoah, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is calling for Israel's annihilation, even as he constantly vilifies the Jewish people, and labels the Nazi Holocaust a "myth".

This week, after learning of the reported planned attendance by Iran's President at the World Cup in Germany this June, an immediate protest was launched by the Simon Wiesenthal Center. We are now asking you to join with us to strengthen our campaign to bar Iran's President from being an honored guest at one of the world's most prestigious sporting events.

The Iranian President (pictured left) is pursuing his dangerous and inflammatory campaign against Israel and the Jews, even as he rushes to nuclearize Iran. The international community must show that there are consequences for such policies. Allowing Ahmadinejad to sit in the VIP section at the World Cup would conjure up bitter memories of the 1936 Olympic Games when leaders of the Third Reich sat in the VIP section in Berlin, a move that gained them stature and acceptance throughout the world.

Ironically, Iran's national soccer team will play in Nuremberg's stadium, just a stone's throw from the very first Nazi marches. And, while Nuremberg's mayor hopes to prevent the visit, he is preparing the city for demonstrations in support of Ahmadinejad and for marches by neo-Nazis hoping to welcome a kindred spirit from Tehran.

Please join us in urging the President of the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), Mr. Joseph S. Blatter, to bar President Ahmadinejad from attending the games unless and until he withdraws his statements denying the Nazi Holocaust and calling for the obliteration of the State of Israel.

Ahmadinejad's attendance would be a desecration of the memory of the Jews murdered by the Nazis, would make a mockery of their suffering, and would only further embolden his dangerous regime.

Add your voice today to our urgent campaign now. By clicking here you will be sending a letter directly to Mr. Joseph Blatter demanding that action be taken. After signing the petition please forward to your friends, family, and colleagues.

Please help support this urgent campaign. Your contribution will help continue our crucial work on your behalf.

UPDATE: YOUR EMAIL PETITIONS ARE BEING BLOCKED BY FIFA

Thank you for supporting the Simon Wiesenthal Center's ongoing campaign to the President of FIFA urging that Iran's President be barred from the World Cup in Germany this June.

As a result of the overwhelming response, FIFA has been blocking the receipt of our email petitions to its President, Dr. Joseph Blatter. Please continue to take action and to forward our campaign to your friends and family.

Be assured that each and every one of your emails will be delivered to FIFA by the Simon Wiesenthal Center on your behalf.

We thank you for your continued support - together we can and will make a difference!

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Joan Brunwasser is a co-founder of Citizens for Election Reform (CER) which since 2005 existed for the sole purpose of raising the public awareness of the critical need for election reform. Our goal: to restore fair, accurate, transparent, secure elections where votes are cast in private and counted in public. Because the problems with electronic (computerized) voting systems include a lack of (more...)
 

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