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"Righteous Among the Nations" award returned to Israel
Aug 16, 2014 10:49:35   #
chienfou Loc: Valley Stream, NY
 
Mr. Zanoli gives Israel back his "Righteous Among the Nations" medal.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/08/16/world/middleeast/16dutchman-letter.html

Related Story: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/16/world/middleeast/henk-zanoli-israel-gaza-holocaust-ziadah.html

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Aug 17, 2014 11:44:35   #
ole sarg Loc: south florida
 
So he doesn't agree with Israeli policy. So what!

BTW the Palestinians living in Israel have the right to vote something they do not have in say Jordan or any other Arab country.

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Aug 17, 2014 11:55:28   #
chienfou Loc: Valley Stream, NY
 
ole sarg wrote:
So he doesn't agree with Israeli policy. So what!

BTW the Palestinians living in Israel have the right to vote something they do not have in say Jordan or any other Arab country.


I think you might have missed the irony of fate in his story. He risked his life and his family's to save Jews and his family gets destroyed by an Israeli bomb.

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Aug 17, 2014 12:40:24   #
Shutterbugsailer Loc: Staten Island NY (AKA Cincinnati by the Sea)
 
chienfou wrote:
I think you might have missed the irony of fate in his story. He risked his life and his family's to save Jews and his family gets destroyed by an Israeli bomb.


A bomb that was the direct response to decades of bus bombings, airplane hijackings and rocket attacks. If I were him I would have done the same thing. Itis hard to be objective when your loved ones are killed

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