Idyllic image of peace.

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Dutch Jewish group slams image of Anne Frank wearing kaffiyeh

Cnaan Liphshiz – Haaretz January 27, 2008

A Dutch Jewish organization last week condemned the distribution of a postcard showing a manipulated image (right) of Anne Frank wearing a Palestinian kaffiyeh, calling it "a tasteless falsification of history." The company that published the postcard described it as "an idyllic image of peace."

The Hague-based Centre For Information and Documentation on Israel (CIDI) called on cinemas, cafes and other businesses to ban the postcard, which has been distributed for the past two weeks free of charge across the Netherlands by T-shirt and postcard maker Boomerang.

"In Holland, Anne Frank is a distinct symbol of the Holocaust and persecution," CIDI's public relations coordinator, Tuvit Shlomi, told Haaretz. "The red-and-white kaffiyeh symbolizes Palestinian resistance to the Israeli occupation. We find this link offensive, false and unacceptable."

In a press release about the postcard, CIDI said the image suggested the Palestinians were persecuted like the Jews during World War II. "Israel and the Palestinians are engaged in a conflict. The Palestinians are not persecuted, there are no extermination camps and there is no genocide," CIDI wrote.

Boomerang's chief editor, Pascale Bosboom, told Haaretz that the artist responsible for the image - who is known only as T. - combined the two symbols "to create an idealistic image in which both states exist alongside one another in peace."

In its official announcement, Boomerang said it agrees with CIDI that the historical connection CIDI mentioned "must not be made." Boomerang, the statement said, recognizes that the fate of the Jews in the Netherlands during World War II is nothing like that of the Palestinians.

http://www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/article.asp?ID=7942

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ZIOBLOGS ‘UP IN ARMS’ OVER PHOTO OF ANNE FRANK IN KAFFIYEH....
http://desertpeace.wordpress.com/2008/01/27/zioblogs-up-in-arms-over-p hoto-of-anne-frank-in-kaffiyeh/
THIS makes headline news on the pages of the zionist Blogs and in the pages of HaAretz….

How dare they make a comparison to the fate of Ann Frank to that of the entire Palestinian nation. HOW DARE THEY! Perhaps the truth hurts? Perhaps there IS a comparison??
Diversion has always been a tactic used by the zionists. Diversion to take attention away from the real problems… The siege on Gaza is not upsetting to them, the murders of Palestinian civilians is not upsetting to them…. BUT all flags are raised when someone dares to make a comparison of zionism to nazism… THAT IS A NO NO!
Reports such as the one below go unread by them, issues that relate to life and death go unnoticed…
The siege of Gaza continues, the occupation continues, facts that are not upsetting to them…. not at all as bad as a postcard…