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Germany's Scholz phones Israeli premier after Abbas comment - German govt spokesperson

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz made clear to Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid in a phone call on Thursday that any attempt to downplay or deny the Holocaust was unacceptable, said a German government spokesperson.

Reuters

Abbas Retracts Remarks Comparing Israeli Crimes to Holocaust

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas retracted remarks in which he compared crimes committed by Israel against Palestinians to the Holocaust. During a visit to Berlin on Tuesday, Abbas accused Israel of committing “50 Holocausts” in response to a question about the upcoming 50th anniversary of the attack on the Israeli team…

Asharq Al-Awsat

German chancellor slams Mahmoud Abbas's ‘unacceptable’ Holocaust remarks

Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Wednesday he was “disgusted by the outrageous remarks" made by Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas at a press conference on Tuesday, when he refused to condemn a deadly attack by Palestinian militants on Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics. Instead, Abbas countered by saying…

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Uproar after Mahmoud Abbas in Berlin accuses Israel of ’50 Holocausts’

German chancellor condemns remarks morning after joint press conference with Palestinian leader

The Guardian - UK

German leader condemns Abbas' '50 Holocausts' remark

Germany’s chancellor says that he was “disgusted by the outrageous remarks” made by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Berlin, accusing Israel of committing “50 Holocausts” against Palestinians over the years

The Independent UK

Germany, Israel Condemn Palestinian President’s Holocaust Remarks

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz voiced disgust on Wednesday at remarks by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas that the German leader said diminished the importance of the Holocaust, while Israel accused Abbas of telling a "monstrous lie". "For us Germans in particular, any relativization of the singularity of the Holocaust is intolerable…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Germany's Scholz 'disgusted' by Palestinian president's Holocaust remarks

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz expressed disgust on Wednesday at remarks by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas that the German leader said diminished the importance of the Holocaust.

Reuters

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Grandma uses hologram to speak at her own funeral and shares previously unheard secrets

Marina Smith passed away in June, but appeared as a hologram at her own funeral to speak to mourners and answer their questions - sharing previously unheard secrets

Daily Mirror

It’s not that people are more sensitive these days. Some things just aren’t funny any more

Python star Terry Gilliam says today’s students can’t handle the truth. That’s an ex-debate

The Guardian - UK

London Libel Lawsuits Punish Truth Tellers

The U.S. shouldn't import British defamation law, no matter how much Donald Trump would like to.

Reason

Pritzker keeps pummeling GOP nominee Bailey over Holocast comments

State Sen. Darren Bailey kept the story alive, and Pritzker took full advantage, pounding away at his opponent every chance he got.

Chicago Sun-Times

Public display of Nazi flags and memorabilia bearing swastikas banned in New South Wales following parliamentary inquiry

Offenders could now face up to a year's jail-time or a more than $100,000 fine for displaying swastikas or other Nazi symbols.

ABC News

Pritzker: Bailey owes apology to Holocaust survivors for ‘offensive’ comparison to abortion

Pritzker also called on more Republicans to speak out against the comments. “Why can’t Republicans just stand up and say what Darren Bailey said was wrong?” Pritzker asked. “Why can’t they do that?”

Chicago Sun-Times

Darren Bailey says no apology needed for comparing Holocaust to abortion, contends Jewish community ‘told me that I’m right’

CHICAGO — Republican candidate for governor Darren Bailey, who faced bipartisan criticism for declaring that Holocaust deaths during World War II paled in comparison with lives lost through abortion, contends Jewish community leaders have told him he was right.

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Foreign Policy

Germany Has Confronted Its Past. Now It Must Confront the Present.

Accepting—or rejecting—historical guilt for past evils doesn’t absolve nations of present-day responsibility.

Chicago Sun-Times

Trauma, stress felt by first responders is huge mental health risk

Haymarket Center will inaugurate the first in a series of three-day retreats to support law enforcement professionals who have experienced critical incident-related trauma.

AAP

Grandmother's spirit drives walker Montag

Jemima Montag drew on the remarkable memory of her late grandmother, a Holocaust survivor, as she won gold in the women's 10,000m walk in Birmingham.

The Independent UK

GOP candidate for Illinois governor said Holocaust ‘doesn’t even compare’ to abortion in resurfaced 2017 video

Darren Bailey made the remarks in a 2017 video on Facebook

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Those who push religion into our government don’t belong there

Millions of Jews, LGBTQ people, gypsies and the disabled, were slaughtered with the goal of a “pure” society.

Zenger

Azov Special Forces Troops Hunted Down And Destroyed Two Russian BMP-3s In One Day

The Azov Regiment is a notorious group of soldiers who were officially incorporated into the National Guard of Ukraine in 2014.

Al Jazeera

Czech Roma reclaim Holocaust site, but equality feels distant

After a years-long campaign by Roma activists, a pig farm that stood on a former concentration camp is being removed.

Chicago Sun-Times

Bailey tries to explain past Holocaust remark after Pritzker, Jewish leaders and others denounce it

“The attempted extermination of the Jews of World War II doesn’t even compare on a shadow of the life that has been lost with abortion since its legalization,” Bailey said in a 2017 video. On Tuesday, Bailey tried to smooth out his earlier comments, saying in a statement the Holocaust…

Chicago Tribune

Illinois Gov. Pritzker launches ad criticizing GOP rival for saying Holocaust ‘doesn’t compare’ to lives lost to abortion

CHICAGO — Illinois Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker launched a TV spot on Tuesday criticizing Republican challenger Darren Bailey for a 2017 statement in which the wealthy downstate farmer contended the Holocaust during World War II pales in comparison with lives lost through abortion.

The Guardian - UK

Tikkun Olam review – gripping dissection of identity politics and the culture wars

Centred around a proposed Holocaust memorial, this debut from playwright Teunkie Van Der Sluijs probes the intersections of Black and Jewish identity with an eloquent flair

The Independent UK

Bayern, Chelsea teens play in Holocaust memorial tournament

Some of Europe’s best soccer players from the under-17 teams of Chelsea, Bayern Munich, Bologna and other international clubs have taken part in the Walther Bensemann Memorial Tournament in Nuremberg

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