Iran’s president cast doubt on the Holocaust and suggested that Israel be moved to Europe. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who in October called for Israel’s destruction, made the remarks on a visit to Saudi Arabia, Reuters reported, citing Iran’s official IRNA news agency. “If the Europeans are honest they should give some of their provinces in Europe — like in Germany, Austria or other countries — to the Zionists and the Zionists can establish their state in Europe. You offer part of Europe and we will support it,” Ahmadinejad said. “Some European countries insist on saying that Hitler killed millions of innocent Jews in furnaces and they insist on it to the extent that if anyone proves something contrary to that they condemn that person and throw them in jail,” he added. “Although we don’t accept this claim, if we suppose it is true, we ask the Europeans: Is the killing of innocent Jewish people by Hitler the reason for their support to the occupiers of Jerusalem?” A spokesman for Kofi Annan said the U.N. secretary-general.
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