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Feb 09th

Jammeh decries "Palestine holocaust"

Dakar, Senegal - Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has called on "civilized members of the human race" to rise up against "this holocaust that has been unleashed on the helpless Palestinians, whose lands, human dignity and right to peaceful and dignified existence in their own country are being blatantly violated with impunity."

In his new year message, President Jammeh said between 1939 and 1945, the whole world waged a war against Nazi Germany to free Jews from the holocaust being perpetrated against them.

Jammeh said, however, that if Israel is carrying out similar "genocide/holocaust" against Palestinians on their soil, the international community must not allow that.

"The whole world is watching with indifference while Palestinians fall victims of a brutal and inhuman occupying power that is bent on wiping them out," the controversial Gambian President remarked.

"This world would be a very dangerous and violent place if such blatant barbaric and genocidal behaviour is condoned by the world community," he added.

Israel has defended the ongoing aerial bombing of the Hamas-ruled Gaza, saying it was aimed at stopping the launching of missiles into southern Israel and protecting its citizens.

More than 400 Palestinians have been killed and hundreds more injured since the bombing started on Saturday, and all efforts to secure a cease-fire have so far failed.
 
Dakar - 02/01/2009

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