The day after his UN appearance,
he calls the Holocaust clearly a 'crime,' in CNN interview, and also sends greetings to Americans. But does not back off view on Israel policy vs. Palestinians.
Asked in the CNN interview about his view of the Holocaust, Mr. Rouhani
said, “Any crime that happens in history against humanity, including the
crime the Nazis created towards the Jews, is reprehensible and
condemnable.
“Whatever criminality they committed against the Jews, we condemn,” he
said. “The taking of human life is contemptible. It makes no difference
whether that life is Jewish life, Christian or Muslim. For us it is the
same.”
At the same time, Mr. Rouhani also condemned the Israeli occupation of
Palestinian lands, without referring to Israel by name. Repudiating
crimes like the Holocaust, he said, “does not mean that on the other
hand you can say Nazis committed crimes against a group, now, therefore,
they must usurp the land of another group and occupy it.”
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