Did AFP Play Into Hezbollah Row Over Anne Frank?
Did AFP Play Into Hezbollah Row Over Anne Frank? Tuesday November 10, 2009#spacer{clear:left}#abc #sidebar{margin-top:1.5em}zSB(3,3) Not a Good Match: Hezbollah and Anne Frank. (Middle East Issues photo illustration/Getty Images) First, let me make it clear: There’s little doubt that Hezbollah, the rogue Lebanese militia, political party and one-time terrorist organization, is into holocaust denial. It denies Israel the right to exist. It’s all of a piece for Israel-deniers also to deny that the holocaust took place. And it wouldn’t at all be surprising if Hezbollah misused Lebanon’s already heavy-handed censorship laws to bully schools out of using certain texts that refer to the holocaust. That, apparently, is what Hezbollah did, successfully, regarding The Diary of Anne Frank. According to a Nov. 6 Agence Franc
#spacer{clear:left}#abc #sidebar{margin-top:1.5em}zSB(3,3) Not a Good Match: Hezbollah and Anne Frank. (Middle East Issues photo illustration/Getty Images) First, let me make it clear: There’s little doubt that Hezbollah, the rogue Lebanese militia, political party and one-time terrorist organization, is into holocaust denial. It denies Israel the right to exist. It’s all of a piece for Israel-deniers also to deny that the holocaust took place. And it wouldn’t at all be surprising if Hezbollah misused Lebanon’s already heavy-handed censorship laws to bully schools out of using certain texts that refer to the holocaust. That, apparently, is what Hezbollah did, successfully, regarding The Diary of Anne Frank. According to a Nov. 6 Agence France Press report, “Anne Frank’s diary has been censored out of a school
