Main gate at Auschwitz II
Once again, the UN has used its Holocaust Remembrance occasion to paint a picture of concern for the welfare of the Jewish people. Or at least the Jewish people of 70 years ago. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said "we must teach our children well." How then to explain that thousands of school children visiting the UN every year are taught that Israelis are the perpetrators of gross human rights violations and the Palestinians the innocent victims of "al Naqba" - the catastrophe of the creation of the modern Jewish state?