Monday, January 23, 2012

Netanyahu at Wannsee, Who Won WWII?

I am stepping on very thin ice here. A wrong word and the ADL may engage in a ghastly legal battle against the State of Israel for the privilege of suing me. Thus I won’t say anything. I’ll just describe recent protests and events related to the Haredim in Israel.

In the second week of 2012, the Israeli Ministerial Legislation Committee decided to back another law that seems to infringe on freedom of expression. The bill, proposed by Knesset Member Uri Ariel (National Union), forbids the use of the term Nazi, Nazi symbols and Holocaust symbols. The bill also forbids the wearing of striped uniforms like those worn by the concentration camp prisoners as well as the use of the yellow Star of David. This is odd. Would Israel delete now all these symbols appearing in the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem? Could the State of Israel be accused later this year of Holocaust Denial?

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