Israeli president dismisses Holocaust, Iran comparison

Israeli president dismisses Holocaust, Iran comparison
Al-Arabiya - Apr 26, 2012
Israeli President Shimon Peres has said the sanctions placed on Iran will prove to be an efficient deterrent to it pursuing a nuclear program. (AP)/ President Shimon Peres on Thursday distanced himself from the Israeli premier’s comparison between the Holocaust and the threat posed by Iran’s nuclear program. “It’s not the same thing,” Peres told the Ynet website of Yediot Aharonot newspaper in an interview for Israel’s independence day. “Holocaust is one thing and Iran is another. The comparison is out of place. But I’m not a literary ...
Peres dismisses Holocaust, Iran comparison
Yahoo! News - Apr 26, 2012
on Thursday distanced himself from the Israeli premier's comparison between "It's not the same thing," Peres told the Ynet website of "Holocaust is one thing and Iran is another. The comparison is out of place. But I'm not a literary critic and the prime minister expressed his opinion on the matter," he said. said: "People who refuse to see the Iranian threat have learned nothing from the Shoah (Holocaust). "They are afraid to speak the truth, which is today, as it was then, that there are people who want to annihilate millions of Jews," ...

Peres dismisses Holocaust, Iran comparison
France 24 - Apr 26, 2012
President Shimon Peres, seen here in March, has distanced himself from the Israeli premier's comparison between the Holocaust and the threat posed by Iran's nuclear programme./ President Shimon Peres on Thursday distanced himself from the Israeli premier's comparison between the Holocaust and the threat posed by Iran's nuclear programme. "It's not the same thing," Peres told the Ynet website of Yediot Aharonot newspaper in an interview for Israel's independence day. "Holocaust is one thing and Iran is another. The comparison is out of place ...
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