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Little Tich

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Sun May 15, 2016, 06:40 AM May 2016

Head of Iran’s hate cartoon fest equates Holocaust with Israeli actions in ‘Palestine’ [View all]

Source: Times of Israel

US Holocaust museum debunks Tehran regime’s claim not to support the competition; WJC says Iran making a mockery of itself and of the world community

he secretary of Iran’s latest international cartoon contest on the Holocaust said it was not a denial of the Nazi crimes, but then equated the Nazi genocide with Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians.

Masuod Shojai-Tabatabai said Saturday that organizers have no interest in denying the Holocaust or “ridiculing its victims.”

He claimed, however, that the world was witnessing a similar massacre “by the Zionist regime in Gaza and Palestine.”

Some 150 works from 50 countries are on display at the contest, which began Saturday and is running for the next two weeks.

Read more: http://www.timesofisrael.com/head-of-irans-holocaust-cartoon-contest-its-not-a-denial/

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