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Rabbi Marc Schneier, Russell Simmons, & FFEU Honored By Congress (PHOTOS)

Posted on June 26, 2014

Global Grind https://youtu.be/4kKTg4iIJsw As the nation marked the 50th Anniversary of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, a unique ceremony took place in the US Capitol, commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the 1964 Freedom Rides Summer and honoring the 25th Anniversary of the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding (FFEU). The ceremony paid tribute to three civil rights Continue Reading »

Abbas: Holocaust ‘ugliest crime’ of modern history

Posted on April 27, 2014

Al Arabiya Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday called the Holocaust “the ugliest crime humanity has known in modern history,” a rare acknowledgment by an Arab leader of Jewish suffering during the Nazi genocide.Abbas also said he felt compassion for the victims and their families. Some 6 million Jews perished in the Nazi genocide during Continue Reading »

Palestinian President Abbas: Holocaust a ‘Heinous Crime’

Posted on April 27, 2014

TIME Magazine By Sam Frizell   Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday called the Holocaust “the most heinous crime” of modern history. “[W]hat happened to the Jews in the Holocaust is the most heinous crime to have occurred against humanity in the modern era,” Abbas said in a meeting with the American rabbi Marc Schneier, Continue Reading »

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Palestinian leader denounces Holocaust as ‘heinous crime’

Posted on April 27, 2014

Los Angeles Times By Batsheva Sobelman and Kathleen Hennessey At a time when the Middle East peace process appears stymied, Israel received an unexpected olive branch when Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas denounced the Holocaust and expressed sympathy with its victims. But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu labeled the comments a play for public opinion Continue Reading »

Abbas calls Holocaust ‘heinous crime’

Posted on April 27, 2014

Jewish Telegraphic Agency JERUSALEM (JTA) — Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas called the Holocaust “the most heinous crime to have occurred against humanity in the modern era.” The statement, made in advance of Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day, or Yom Hashoah, was published Sunday by Wafa, the official Palestinian news agency. It also featured a call Continue Reading »

Abbas Denounces Murder of Jews in Holocaust as ‘Most Heinous Crime in Modern Era’

Posted on April 27, 2014

Haaretz By Barak Ravid Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas released a special message on Sunday in Arabic and in English on the occasion of Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day, in which he decried the murder of Jews in the Holocaust as “the most heinous crime against humanity in modern history. This is the first time a Palestinian Continue Reading »

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Palestinian leader Abbas calls Holocaust ‘most heinous crime’ in modern history

Posted on April 27, 2014

Fox News RAMALLAH, West Bank – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday called the Holocaust “the most heinous crime” of modern history and expressed his sympathy for the victims, a rare acknowledgment by an Arab leader of Jewish suffering during the Nazi genocide. Abbas’ comments appeared, in part, aimed at reaching out to Israeli public Continue Reading »

Abu Mazen: ‘El Holocausto fue el crimen más atroz contra la Humanidad’

Posted on April 27, 2014

El Mundo By Sal Emergui Con una rotundidad sin precedentes, el presidente palestino, Abu Mazen, ha condenado el asesinato de seis millones de judíos en el Holocausto perpetrado por los nazis. En Israel -que esta noche inicia las conmemoraciones del solemne y emotivo Yom HaShoah (Día del Holocausto)- suelen recordar que en 1982 Abu Mazen escribió una polémica tesis en la Continue Reading »

Palestinian leader Abbas calls Holocaust most Heinous Crime of Modern Era

Posted on April 27, 2014

CNN By Ben Brumfield and Josh Levs Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas called the Holocaust the most heinous crime in modern human history, his office said in a statement Sunday. He called the Holocaust an embodiment of racism, in response to a question by Rabbi Marc Schneier on the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Continue Reading »

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas calls Holocaust “the most heinous crime” of modern history

Posted on April 27, 2014

CBS News RAMALLAH, West Bank – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday called the Holocaust “the most heinous crime” of modern history and expressed his sympathy for the victims, a rare acknowledgment by an Arab leader of Jewish suffering during the Nazi genocide. Abbas’ comments appeared, in part, aimed at reaching out to Israeli public Continue Reading »

Mahmoud Abbas Shifts on Holocaust

Posted on April 26, 2014

The New York Times By Jodi Rudoren JERUSALEM — President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority issued a formal statement on Sunday calling the Holocaust “the most heinous crime to have occurred against humanity in the modern era” and expressing sympathy with victims’ families. The statement, which grew out of a meeting a week ago Continue Reading »

Abbas calls Holocaust ‘Single Greatest Tragedy in Modern-Day History’

Posted on April 22, 2014

The Jerusalem Post By Sam Sokol Palestinian leader tells New York rabbi he will speak out against European ritual slaughter bans. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called the Holocaust the “single greatest tragedy in modern-day history” during a meeting with a visiting American rabbi in Ramallah on Sunday. According to Rabbi Marc Schneier of the Foundation Continue Reading »