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To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (438140)	8/4/2003 4:31:02 PM
From: Emile Vidrine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Romanian ambassador summoned over Holocaust remarks, By Grig Davidovitz and Haaretz Service, Haaretz (Israel), July 27, 2003 "The Foreign Ministry has summoned the Romanian ambassador in Israel to find out whether the Romanian president's comments that the Holocaust was not unique to Jews reflect the position of his country's government, Israel Radio reported Friday. Romanian President Ion Iliescu's comments were "insensitive," Justice Minister Yosef (Tommy) Lapid said Friday ... In an interview with Haaretz, Iliescu compared the Jewish experience in the Holocaust to that of Poles and communists, said reparation suits should be postponed or rejected, and acquitted the Romanian people (though not the leaders) of wrongdoing during the Holocaust. The Romanian government last month denied its role in the Holocaust and then retracted the denial. "The Holocaust was not unique to the Jewish population in Europe. Many others, including Poles, died in the same way," Iliescu said. According to the president, "in the Romania of the Nazi period, Jews and communists were treated equally. My father was a communist activist and was sent to a camp. He died at the age of 44, less than a year after he returned" ... The Romanian president believes that in view of the country's current dire economic situation, the restitution suits demanding the return of Jewish property must be either postponed or rejected. "People are struggling with shortages, and at the same time, people are coming forward with claims because in Romanian history during World War II and afterward, property was nationalized. Does that mean the wretched Romanian citizen of today has to pay for what happened then? Is it worth it to skin those who are living today in distress? And just to compensate others? I don't find that appropriate."