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In act of joint
reflection, Israeli and PA diplomats visit Auschwitz
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By The Associated Press |
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The top Israeli and
Palestinian diplomats stationed in Poland visited the former
Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp complex together Sunday in a rare
joint act of reflection on the Holocaust.
Israeli Ambassador David Peleg said he spent 2 hours with his
Palestinian counterpart, Khaled Ghazal, visiting the gas chambers,
crematoria and barracks at the former Nazi camps in southern Poland.
Ghazal, who initiated the visit, said he saw it as way to express
his sympathy with the suffering of the Jewish people during World
War II, and said he hoped such acts of remembrance can help build
better ties between his people and Israelis.
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"I just wanted to express my
deep solidarity with the victims of fascism and the crimes (against)
the Jewish people and humanity at large," Ghazal said. "I think the
lesson learned from this project motivated us to work for creating
peace in the Middle East."
Peleg told The Associated Press by phone: "I appreciated his
interest and I also saw in it some message about human contact
between Israelis and Palestinians."
The Israeli ambassador said the visit marked maybe a very modest
contribution to a better atmosphere between Israelis and
Palestinians.
"I appreciated his interest and I also saw in it some message about
human contact between Israelis and Palestinians," Peleg told The AP.
Peleg said he and Ghazal don't have a structural relationship
because he's not representing a government. "But we meet from time
to time in social occasions and at one of them he told me that he
would be very much interested in visiting Auschwitz."
"I told him I'd be glad to arrange it, and asked if would like me to
accompany him. He said 'with pleasure.'"
Peleg said it was the first time he had visited Auschwitz with a
Palestinian representative since becoming ambassador to Poland 3
years ago.
At least 1.1 million people, mostly Jews, died in the complex's gas
chambers or from starvation, disease and forced labor before Soviet
troops liberated the site in Nazi-occupied Poland on Jan. 27, 1945.
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Good Job Israel And PA! |
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Yosemite |
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re #1 `next stop` |
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Colin Wright |
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ravi |
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Danite |
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Showing compassion 2holaucost while pales holocaust is happening
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Gisele |
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Palestinian arabs responsible for Holocaust |
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Mark Bernadiner |
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Shame, shame, shame |
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Palestinian |
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ravi |
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Connie M. |
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What does Abbas, the PA presisdent and chief holocaust denier |
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Winston C. |
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Gisele, the Palestinians are apparently wiser than you |
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bbl |
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Nr 4 - Its a payback because of Mufti who |
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cristo |
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GISELE AND "PALESTINIAN" |
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Brant |
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RE: "Palestinian--shame, shame, shame" |
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Matthew |
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#3 |
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Jane |
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Response to No 7 |
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Jackie |
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For Colin |
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Jackie |
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# 5 fool |
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mohammad |
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"Ghazal...initiated the visit"...!... |
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akiva (zionist) |
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Palestinian and Giselle. |
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ben |
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Palestinian: shame,shame, shameful attack |
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john |
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Brave PA diplomat-but his gesture is very little and very late |
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Daniel |
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holocaustindustry |
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John |
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Where is compassion of Palestinian Holocaust ? |
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#12 Mathew Shame Shame Shame. |
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Labhras |
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reflections on a common heritage |
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joe hill |
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"19 john shame Shame Shame attack |
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Labhras |
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holocaustindustry |
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joe hill |
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in act of joined reflection israeli and PA diplomats visit Auschw
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joe hill |
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Sam |
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Doron |
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Labarse # 23 |
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ChanahS |
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Ghazal - you are a hero in my eyes |
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Avi |
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LABHRAS AND JEW-BAITING |
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ùéّ نùéّéي |
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Winston C. |
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Labhras & Co., get off our case; you are not helping |
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Amr Nashashibi |
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Excellent job, PA and Israel, Congratulations !!! |
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Fortuna Benmayor |
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JOE HILL and DEIR| YASSIN |
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Brant |
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palestinian...... |
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maria |
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labhras.....re. matthew.......shame,shame...... |
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maria |
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Gisele |
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Jake |
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Then, Joehill #26 there is nothing to worry about. |
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Mark Bernadiner |
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Modus vivendi |
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to # 6 --- relax, |
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