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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 »

Abbas Expected to Send Message of Condolence for Holocaust Victims

Posted on April 21, 2014

Haaretz By Barak Ravid Palestinian leader to publish statement on Holocaust Memorial Day, says former World Jewish Congress vice president. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is expected to publish a special Holocaust Memorial Day message to the Jewish people next week, Haaretz has learned. If the message is indeed published it will be the first of its Continue Reading »

Abbas Calls Holocaust “Most Heinous Crime” Against Humanity

Posted on April 17, 2014

Reuters By Jeffery Heller JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called the Nazi Holocaust “the most heinous crime” against humanity in modern times, in an apparent bid to build bridges with Israel days after troubled peace talks collapsed. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected the overture on Sunday, saying Abbas’s Palestinian power-sharing deal with Hamas, Continue Reading »

Rabbi, Imam Deliver Message of Understanding

Posted on April 17, 2014

The Jewish Exponent An Orthodox rabbi and Muslim cleric spoke about their joint mission to fight oppression affecting their religious groups at a South Jersey synagogue. They may seem like an odd couple, but Rabbi Marc Schneier and Imam Shamsi Ali believe there is nothing more natural than two people who have come to understand Continue Reading »

National leaders in Jewish-Muslim dialogue bring their message to SNJ

Posted on April 16, 2014

The Jewish Voice By David Portnoe When Imam Shamsi Ali, a Muslim cleric from Indonesia, came to the United States in 1995, he had a host of biases and misconceptions about those he described as “the other,” non-Muslims. Those views began to change when he moved to Astoria in Queens, and his family befriended an Continue Reading »

Meeting of Different Minds

Posted on March 28, 2014

New Jersey Jewish Standard By Larry Yudelson A rabbi and an imam walk into the Frisch School together… Jewish-Muslim dialogue went to a yeshiva high school, as Rabbi Marc Schneier and Imam Shamsi Ali appeared at an assembly at the Frisch School in Paramus last Wednesday. It was the first time Frisch hosted a Muslim Continue Reading »