UNESCO BOOK PROGRAM PUTS ANTISEMITIC MATERIAL ON DISPLAY

"The Protocols of the Elders of Zion and Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf were among the books featured at a book fair in Sharjah, UAE sponsored by The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The Simon Wiesenthal Centre exposed the book fair on Thursday and the Centre's Director for International Relations, Dr. Shimon Samuels, wrote a letter to UNESCO Director-General, Audrey Azoulay, condemning the book fair.

'Sadly, the name of UNESCO is abused as appearing to be complicit in validating for young Arab readers, the bigoted stereotypes of Jews - as expounded by Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran. This is particularly damning at a time of reconciliation between Gulf States and Israel, now facing common enemies,' Samuels wrote in a letter to Azoulay.

In the letter, Samuels added, 'the organizers are known to carefully vet all titles on display for Islamophobia, but leave Jew-hatred in pride of place!'
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Samuels noted UNESCO's efforts against antisemitism and how the book selection at the fair negated the organization's efforts saying, 'Madam Director-General, UNESCO appears in Sharjah to endorse this travesty, thus vitiating your educational booklets campaign on antisemitism and Holocaust denial as meaningless.'"