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Top Hamas Cleric: It's A "War Crime" For UN Textbooks To Mention The Holocaust

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Typical fare from these cretins, though there's probably something to be said for how naturally he expects UN resources to flow according to his pathological demands. It makes perfect sense - the UN already funds Hamas's terrorist and military operations and feeds laughingly false Hamas propaganda to international media outlets - but the combination of unblinking entitlement and hysterical venom is still a little unsettling.

Anyway, your tax dollars at work:

Hamas spiritual leader Younis al-Astal lashed out after hearing that the U.N. Relief and Works Agency, the main U.N. body aiding Palestinian refugees, planned to introduce lessons about the Holocaust to Gaza students. Adding the Holocaust to the curriculum would amount to "marketing a lie and spreading it," al-Astal wrote in a statement. "I do not exaggerate when I say this issue is a war crime, because of how it serves the Zionist colonizers and deals with their hypocrisy and lies," he wrote...

UNRWA provides education, health care and welfare services to more than half of Gaza's 1.4 million people. Spokesman Chris Gunness said a final decision has not been made about the Holocaust course for Gaza schools. "While the Holocaust is currently not included on the basis of age appropriateness, all elements (of the curriculum) remain under review and under evolution," he said. Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri also objected to including what he referred to as the "so-called Holocaust" in the lesson plan.

Obligatory links about how the Arab world can't decide between celebrating or denying the Holocaust here and here. And just to change things up a little, here's a link to top Sunni clerics praising the Holocaust while insisting it didn't go far enough - a nice combination of celebration and minimization.

A fun question to take you out of the post, albeit one implying some vexing legal consequences: what do Hamas and Facebook have in common?

References and previously after the jump...

References:
* Congress: Hey, Has Anyone Heard About This "We Fund UNRWA And UNRWA Funds Hamas" Rumor? [MR]
* UN Chief: Yeah, I Guess It Sucks That We've Been Helping Hamas Shell Israeli Civilians For Eight Years [MR]
* UN Palestinian Stooge: "It's Obvious" That Israeli Attack Violated 48-Hour Truce That No One Knew About Until Now [MR]
* Hamas leader denies Nazi genocide of Jews [AP]
* Video Flashbacks: Hamas TV Blames Holocaust On Jews, Egyptian TV Celebrates Holocaust [MR]
* Arab Pundit Praises Hitler for the Holocaust [LGF]
* Calling for 2nd Holocaust All the Rage for "Moderate" Muslims [Jawa]
* Facebook, Holocaust Denial, and Anti-Semitism 2.0 [Andre Oboler]

Previously:
* Aww... Hamas TV Hosts Kids To Watch Reenactment Of Mother's Suicide Bombing [Video]
* Palestinians Blow The Lid Off Cover Up Of Glorious Hamas Victory
* Obama: Meeting With Hamas Is Wrong - But Meeting With Hamas's Holocaust-Denying Genocidal Iranian Sponsors Is The Best Idea Evuh [MR]

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