Hezbollah 'Expels' Anne Frank from Lebanese School

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Hezbollah 'Expels' Anne Frank from Lebanese School

Jacob Kanter, The Jerusalem Post, Nov 10, 2009


Hezbollah's Al-Manar TV station recently condemned the distribution of a textbook in a Lebanese English-language school because it contained excerpts from The Diary of Anne Frank.

Though the book - which chronicles the experiences of the young Frank as she hid from the Nazis between 1942 and 1944 - has been sold in Lebanon for years in both English and Arabic translations, Al-Manar claimed that the distribution of the book violated Lebanese law, which bans the import of Israeli goods and cooperation with Israeli institutions.

On its Web site, Al-Manar reported the book as "focus[ing] on the persecution of Jews during the war, but even more dangerous is the theatrical and dramatic method employed to narrate the diary [entries] in an emotional way."

Naeem Qal'ani, a lawyer for the Hezbollah-backed Committee for the Boycott of Zionist Goods, also commented to the station on the school's use of the book.

"This act is definitely punishable under the penal code, and the dealers and importers of the book will certainly be prosecuted," Qal'ani told Al-Manar. "It's a flagrant violation of the law and is a move towards normalization [with Israel]. The Prosecutor-General's Office must take action immediately, for this is a criminal act."

The school, which asked not to be identified, removed the textbook from its curriculum soon after Al-Manar's report.

Qal'ani's comments were reported on the Web site of Project Aladdin - a UNESCO-funded initiative aimed at countering Holocaust denial and promoting dialogue between Muslims and Jews - which later issued a statement "condem[ning] this campaign of vilification and intimidation by Hezbollah's TV."

 

[NateIU10]

Yes. Damn those "feelings", everyone has to be a robot.

And again, damn "normalization" with Israel. We are a religion of peace. Once they're wiped off the earth, there will be peace.

 

[Bill of Rights]

Yes. Damn those "feelings", everyone has to be a robot.

And again, damn "normalization" with Israel. We are a religion of peace. Once they're wiped off the earth, there will be peace.

If Arab lands were to lay down their arms, there would be no more war.
If Israel was to lay down her arms, there would be no more Israel.

It's that simple.

Blessings,
Bill