The Sunday Times published this morning that a committee has recommended Blair to ditch the Holocaust Memorial Day in order to appease Muslims in the country. Muslims in the UK have boycotted the Holocaust remembrance in the past, claiming it is exclusive as it does not commemorate the "genocide" against the Palestinians.
Here's the full article:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...775068,00.html
Palestinians have long been trying to equate the Israel-Palestinian conflict to a genocide against Palestinians. In 2002 Palestinian sources claimed that "the massacre of the 21st century" had took place in Jenin. After a worldwide condemnation of Israel (which irreversibly hurt its image), it turned out the actual death toll was 56 Palestinians (mostly militants) and 23 Israeli soldiers.
I really hope Blair does not accept these recommendations. Hurting the feelings of Jews is surely not the right way to appease the Muslim Minority. If the UK thinks that there should be a remembrance day to Palestinian suffering (suffering, not genocide!) then it should put a separate appropriate remembrance day for that.
What can I say? I'm pretty much disappointed by what's going on in the UK recently.
Here's the full article:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...775068,00.html
Palestinians have long been trying to equate the Israel-Palestinian conflict to a genocide against Palestinians. In 2002 Palestinian sources claimed that "the massacre of the 21st century" had took place in Jenin. After a worldwide condemnation of Israel (which irreversibly hurt its image), it turned out the actual death toll was 56 Palestinians (mostly militants) and 23 Israeli soldiers.
I really hope Blair does not accept these recommendations. Hurting the feelings of Jews is surely not the right way to appease the Muslim Minority. If the UK thinks that there should be a remembrance day to Palestinian suffering (suffering, not genocide!) then it should put a separate appropriate remembrance day for that.
What can I say? I'm pretty much disappointed by what's going on in the UK recently.
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