Arab League to participate in Holocaust-denial symposium

By Michael Freund, Jerusalem Post, August 28, 2002

The Arab League is slated to participate in a symposium opening tomorrow in Abu Dhabi which organizers say will expose Israeli "lies and exaggerations about the Holocaust", the English-language dailies Gulf News and Khaleej Times reported on Monday.

The symposium is being organized by the Zayed Center for Coordination and Follow-up, a think-tank whose Chairman, Sultan Bin Zayed Al Nahayan, serves as Deputy Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates.

According to the reports, Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa, a former Egyptian Foreign Minister, has sent a personal representative, Dr. Ahmed Saleem Jarad, to address the gathering's opening session.

In a press release describing the symposium, the Zayed Center said, "Israel has indulged in spreading lies and exaggerations about the holocaust in order to squeeze out huge funds from European countries through blackmail."

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