To: joseffy who wrote (251331 ) 6/2/2010 9:31:25 AM From: SliderOnTheBlack Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 306849 "Never Again For Anyone" - A Holocaust Survivor Speaks Out Against Israel... Auschwitz survivor: "Israel acts like Nazi's" By Graeme Murray and Chris Watt The Herald Scotlandheraldscotland.com One of the last remaining Auschwitz survivors has launched a blistering attack on Israel over its occupation of Palestine as he began a lecture tour of Scotland. Dr Hajo Meyer, 86, who survived 10 months in the Nazi death camp, spoke out as his 10-day tour of the UK and Ireland – taking in three Scottish venues – got under way. His comments sparked a furious reaction from hardline Jewish lobby groups, with Dr Meyer branded an “anti-Semite” and accused of abusing his position as a Holocaust survivor. Dr Meyer also attended hearings at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Thursday, where five pro-Palestine campaigners are accused of racially aggravated conduct after disrupting a concert by the Jerusalem Quartet at the city’s Queen’s Hall. Speaking as his tour got under way, Dr Meyer said there were parallels between the treatment of Jews by Germans in the Second World War and the current treatment of Palestinians by Israelis. He said: “The Israelis tried to dehumanise the Palestinians, just like the Nazis tried to dehumanise me." "Nobody should dehumanise any other and those who try to dehumanise another are not human." “It may be that Israel is not the most cruel country in the world … but one thing I know for sure is that Israel is the world champion in pretending to be civilised and cultured.” Dr Meyer was born in 1924 in Bielefeld, Germany. He was not allowed to attend school there after November 1938. He then fled to the Netherlands, alone. In 1944, after a year in the underground, he was caught by the Gestapo and survived 10 months at Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland. He now lives in the Netherlands, and is the author of three books on Judaism, the Holocaust and Zionism. Dr Meyer also insisted the definition of “anti-Semitic” had now changed, saying: “Formerly an anti-Semite was somebody who hated Jews because they were Jews and had a Jewish soul. But nowadays an anti-Semite is somebody who is hated by Jews.” A spokesman for the International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network, of which Dr Meyer is a member, said criticising Israel was “not the same” as criticising Jews. Mick Napier, Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign chairman and one of the five demonstrators facing charges when the court case continues in March, said: “Palestinians are happy to have him as an ally in their cause. “Hajo knows that Israel has a long history of abusing the tragic history of the Holocaust in order to suppress legitimate criticism of its own crimes. “Especially since Gaza, people are no longer taken in by their claim that anyone that criticises Israel is anti-Semitic...” The lecture series, entitled: "Never Again – For Anyone," continues... ============ ============"When Deeds Speak, Words Are Nothing" -- African Proverb SOTB PS: 22 year old Emily Henochowicz, the American college student who was shot in the face by Israeli IDF forces while protesting the Holocaust in Gaza, loses her eye...Message 26582561 .