Founder of Holocaust museum in Nazareth invited to Tehran

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The founder of a private Holocaust museum in Nazareth has been invited to address a Holocaust study conference to take place next month in Iran.

Nazareth resident Khaled Ksab Mahamid is waiting for permission from the Foreign Ministry and final authorization from Tehran to attend the conference.

Mahamid told Haaretz he intends to tell the conference that the Holocaust did happen and that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's position of Holocaust denial is wrong.

"Everything that happened must be internalized and the facts must not be denied," Mahamid says, adding, "It is the obligation of all Arabs and all Muslims to understand the significance of the Holocaust. If their goal is to understand their adversary, they must understand the Holocaust."

Haaretz

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1. Good for him. Sadly, I think we can

expect to see him outnumbered by the David Irving's that Offhismeds is inviting..

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2. It is always nice to see these little glimmers of intelligence

in the vast depressing sea of blathering numbskulls wallowing in hate and fear of each other.

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3. Kind of like seeing a smart Republican. eom

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4. Indeed.

It is worth remembering that "Republican" was once an honorable name in the USA, probably more honorable than Democrat at one time, although that was long ago now.

And likewise, it is worth remembering that intelligence and good will are not ethnic traits.