Tuesday 15 April 2008

Oppression of Minorities - Never Again

The presidents of Poland and Israel have attended a moving ceremony to mark the 65th anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising, in which Jewish residents fought a futile battle against the Nazis who were trying to eradicate the Warsaw Ghetto - a small, overcrowded area sealed off from the rest of the world by walls and fences in which the Jews had been herded and left to fend for themselves as best they could, forgotten by the rest of the world.

In a moving speech, Polish president Lech Kaczynski said the world should remain vigilant in order to prevent a repeat of such horrors. Israeli president Shimon Peres said that the fighters represented the victory of humanity over bestiality. Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas didn’t say anything, because nobody invited him.

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