Hamas 'blasts Palestinian Official's Auschwitz Visit'

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Hamas 'blasts Palestinian official's Auschwitz visit' Aug 02, 2012
Ok, it looks like some Hamas officials believe in the Holocaust - the ones who praise Hitler, that is.

Other than that, Hamas officials have repeatedly and unequivocally publicly denied the historical reality of the Holocaust.

A spokesman for the Palestinian militant movement Hamas has criticised a visit by a Palestinian official to the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz, media reports say.

Fawzi Barhoum was quoted as saying the visit by Ziad al-Bandak, adviser to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, was "unjustified and unhelpful".

He also called the Holocaust an "alleged tragedy", media reports say.

Hamas spokesmen have previously described the Holocaust as fabricated.

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A comment piece published by the Hamas-run Filastin newspaper also criticised Mr Bandak's visit.

"What is the wisdom in such a simple step that supports the Jews and their crimes?... Neither the Jews nor we believe that Hitler killed six millions Jews," the article read.

In 2009 the Hamas-led administration in the Gaza Strip resisted attempts to introduce lessons about the Holocaust in UN-run schools.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-19091147

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