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Hamas leader denies Nazi Holocaust
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Published: 06.01.11, 22:55
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1. negotiations
ishamel   (01.06.11)
zohar if h e accepts israel's right to exist and abbas,these are the trusted partners that livni beieves in. olmert did not have the guts to do what is necessary. Zohar has incited long enough. Commandos whether civilian or military need to take h im out and fast.He is another hitler.
2. I deny Mahmoud al-Zahar...
Orly ,   Jerusalem, Israel   (01.06.11)
I can say with certainty that both the existence of Mahmoud al-Zahar (the man pictured in the article) as well as his Zionist enemy (to which he makes reference) are mendacious lies. They do not exist now nor have they ever. This whole denial thing is a lie and a farce. It is simply not true. There is no al-Zahar!
3. Very sad!
Salma ,   Palestine   (01.06.11)
many jews too deny the Nakba has happened.
4. Israel murdered 2 of his kids, what exactly do you expect?
Jeff, ex-marine ,   San Diego, US   (01.06.11)
For Mr. Zahar to embrace his tormentors? The man is still grieving over the lost of his children. Plus the hundreds of children Israeli soldiers have maimed and killed over the years. Give him time. the man is highly intelligent Great title though - more than enough ammunition to tarnish all Palestinians as Holocaust deniers only worthy of death. cue trigger happy Israelis along the Gaza border...
5. uhh.... nooo.... you're wrong
the truth ,   of the world   (01.06.11)
why does ynet even publish this idiot's ramblings as news, someone airstrike him already
6. Hamas leaders denies Nazi holocaust
JUDAH THE LION   (01.06.11)
The Imam Hussein Mufti meet Hitler in Berlin,and gave his blessing to Hitler to kill all the Jews.Stupid man Zahar who denies holocaust.
7. so he says, germany is lying...
eporue ,   europe   (01.06.11)
... about time to break his hand...
8. but
(01.06.11)
where were you, zahar and your henchmen hiding during this bombig??? under the shifa hospital where you knew israel will not bomb your cowardly ass. also, it was prooven that israel did not kill anyone in that school and that some people, who helped you get your weapons from one place to another were killed outside the school while under heavy fire between hamas and the idf. liar!
9. #3
(01.06.11)
but many arabs deny the expulsion of one million jews that lived in all arab lands even before islam was born had taken place. how about that? if you agree to affrim that one million jews were expelled by your arab despotic regimes, from which you actually come from because you are first and foremost arab...then israel will agree to affirm the naqbah. the naqbah connot even compare to the holocaust , you imbecile. no one put the arabs in prison, into chymnies, into the gas chambers and into ovens or experimented on them medically no one killed 6 milion arabs, you moron. cannot equate the naqbah to the holocaust you ignorant fool.
10. #4
(01.06.11)
and al zahar killed 2,000 israelis, innocent babies, women and children and men during the intifadas in israel. how about that????
11. # 4
(01.06.11)
ex-marine, my foot.
12. Salma
JUDAH THE LION   (01.06.11)
NAKBA NO 1 happened in 1948 by your brothers who told you to leave Israel. Your fault Salma, and carry on making more mistakes
13. Salma
Jane   (01.06.11)
There were no ovens or gas chambers at the "naqba" - there is no parallel
14. #4
Jane   (01.06.11)
You, sir, are no Marine.
15. 3 & 4 = 0
eddie ,   london UK   (01.06.11)
Salma, Jews do not deny "nakba", they disagree with the causes of it. Some Palestinian leaders have been honest enough to admit their mistake, in broadcasting lies that Jews were murdering and raping Arab women, which caused many to flee to neighbouring arab states. Jeff, at least you are not denying the Holocaust. Are you aware that Iran is denying 9/11? And this will filter down to the Hamas types, who incidentally gave out sweets when 911 happened . And again, nobody is tarnishing all Palestinians with Holocaust denial. But you should read about the so called Grand Mufti, who collaborated with Hitler, and recruited Balkan muslims into the SS!
16. Even the Arabs know he is Cruel and Evil!
Jo ,   US   (01.06.11)
17. # 3 Very sad? You lie! Mohammed Amin al-Husseini ?!
Joav ,   Germany   (01.06.11)
Do you now certainly his name, he collaborated with Nazis and call all "muslimim" to follow Hitler and erase Jews. At that time there was no Israel as a state, before its reborn. There are a lot of facts how Jews live in "peace and freedom" with their arabs neighbors in Marroco; Iraq, Algier, Egypt, Jemen and so on. The list is long of massacres pogromms and discrimination. That all take place before 1947/48 So you and you "nakhba" just get out off here you muders band.
18. He can deny all he whants
Uri   (01.07.11)
But history can not be changed
19. Lets get our facts straight...
Edward ,   New York USA   (01.07.11)
Israel was reestablished in 1948 in a fraction of the territory it encompassed prior to the establishment of the Roman Empire and yet a smaller fraction than promised in the Treaty of Versaille, which granted all the territory in TransJordan.
20. EX-marine, haha
to #11 ,   Yaakov   (01.07.11)
There is a reason he is "ex". Probably too cowardly to see actual duty or expelled for hatred towards US allies and friends. He failed as a marine that much we can see.
21. #4 is a fake. There are no ex-Marines, only Marines
Cynic ,   USA   (01.07.11)
I have heard over and over Marines say thay you are always a Marine, there are no ex-Marines. I guess he also thinks the bombing of the Marines in Beirut was justified beccause of the death of Lebanese civilians.Please!
22. #4 - didn't he declare war on Israel years b4 kids died?
William ,   Israel   (01.07.11)
Not exactly a case of "action-reaction", is it? Zahar had planned suicide attacks since Hamas' inception in 1987, targeting Israeli children long before his children were killed by an Israeli attack. One question I have for you is about personal responsibility. When will you hold Zahar accountable for not only placing his children in harms way through use of his own home as a weapons storage depot, but insists its his right to place ALL Gazan children in harms way "for the greater Palestinian good"? Sadly, you missed the Hamas leader who's child was sent to Israel for emergency surgery and the life was saved. That was preceded by and followed by calls to destroy Israel and ethnically cleanse Jews from the region by this Hamas leader. Hmmm. Even an ex-Marine which absolute PTSD impairment can see the faulty logic you've put forth.
23. #3 - Jews don't deny the "Naqba" happened, Salma
William ,   Israel   (01.07.11)
They just insist the truth that Arabs themselves brought this stupid situation on themselves, both because of their greed and their racism. And in the aftermath of 1948, the "Palestinians" agreed when they, along with a Syrian politician, blamed Arabs for creating the refugee problem and the failed attacks. Question - if there was a "Naqba" as you claim Salma, why is there 20% of the population as Arab in Israel? Why is Akko teeming with Arabs living a decent life but your grandfather ran without ever seeing a soldier? Every once in a while I play the interview on the BBC by one of Al-Husseini's henchmen where he admitted the Deir Yassin massacre was a lie to draw in Arab armies to destroy Israel. The sweetest part was when he admitted "it was the biggest mistake we made". Wonder why they never teach THAT part of the "Naqba" in Arab schools when its clearly documented and a very real part of your heritage.
24. # 14
Birdi ,   Israel   (01.07.11)
He aint no sir either.
25. very sad
chaim ,   canda   (01.07.11)
Yes very sad indeed. Had he and his cronies not declared war on Israel but followed in the footsteps of peace that were there in the 90's none of the Gaza people would have died. Instead Hamas and its terrorist allies follow a theology and ideology of evil which considers its fellow citizens as pawns and acceptable collateral damage. Very sad indeed
26. Honesty is a victim
Erudite ,   Australia   (01.07.11)
of Arab mentality.Unfortunately it is so engrossed in Arab and Muslim culture that it gives credence to the argument that their low gene pool has been created over thousands of years of inbreeding.This unwanted inherited characteristics is quite apparent in their logic and intellectual process. However in Zahar's case its even worse. I have it on good authority that his mother and father were brother and sister.
27. There never has been a holocaust in the middle east
Ken ,   Australia   (01.07.11)
Again, insanity from the most insane arabs on the planet. Its funny how these guys even mention the word holocaust and deny it at the exact same time. This is something that still is used by the arabs to persecute jewish identity as part and parcell of there delegitimisation campaign. This is the most disgusting of all there despicable style of tactics for recognition and media coverage. If they want to be acknowledged, they sure do it in the worst way possible. JUST GOES TO SHOW WHERE THERE MENTALITY IS AND WHO WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH. Completly insane mad-men. The bottom line here is very easy to see, There has never been a holocaust in the middle east, there are no gas chambers in the middle east and there are no concentration camps in the middle east, there is no final solution in the middler east and there is no hitler in the middle east. If radical mad-men islamists like these people, want to place there childeren in the fireing line of the most deadly of weapons in the world, after provokeing a war with its neighbours, can not blame anyone else for the loss, as they the hamas people deliberaly place civilians in the fireing lines of wars as a tactic. If they want to use this type of tactic they shouldnt use it as another tactic to blame the israelis, and as such as you can see ever so easily , it is a deliberate act by there highest people to put civilians in the places they use as weapons depots ect...., These types of people need to be removed, as this evil group are a abomination of life and judaism itself. They are the true enemies of the jews and life
28. Who is the Future of Palestinians?
Len ,   Australia   (01.07.11)
Zahar insist his right to place all Gazan children in harms way "for the greater Palestinian good" What a hypocrite, arent the children of Gaza supposed to be the future of this greater Palestinian good? What is his real motive? Zahar as long as he is alive is doing all he can to bring about his place in paradise with 77 virgins, it does not matter if it takes the lives of every Palestinian Arab child.
29. hamas leader denies....
sjoerd van der velde ,   hoorn-the netherland   (01.07.11)
even if the holocaust and world war 2 didnot happened israel would have been established this development was set in motion since the 19th. century, the start of zionism when the first zionist jews or jewish zionists came to the land between the jordan river and the mediterranean sea and founded the first settlements eg. petah tikvah in 1876, theodor herzl-der judenstaat-1896, the balfour-declaration in 1917 the promise for a national home for the jewish people, the agreements which the british made with the people of their mandate-area of palestine, since the league of nations was established in 1919, israel/palestine was a british mandate-area untill 1948 when the state of israel was established (unilaterarly) by david ben-gurion.
30. Arabs have only themselves to blame
Klutz ,   Denver, CO   (01.07.11)
It's funny hearing Arabs trying to play the victim when they only have themselves to blame for not having an Arab state in the Levant. They rejected the pre-48 proposals, they tried to push the Jews in the sea in 67, and then again in 73. Then they invent the notion of a "Palestine" and a "Palestinian" people to deligitmize Israel and get the land back politically because the Arabs get defeated militarily. There already is a "Palestinian State" called Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, and Egypt.
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