Posted on 09/29/2014 3:34:45 AM PDT by Olog-hai
A group of over 50 European Parliament members has nominated a controversial Egyptian activist for the prestigious Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, despite his having advocated the assassination of Israelis and political leaders in Egypt and called for an end to the State of Israel.
Alaa Abdel Fattah, 32, an Egyptian blogger and political activist, has been arrested numerous times by Egyptian authorities since the eruption of a popular revolution in the country in early 2011. Abdel Fattah, who boasts 626,000 followers on Twitter and 156,000 on Facebook, was released on bail September 15 after being charged with organizing an illegal protest in Cairo and sentenced to 15 years in prison.
Abdel Fattah was nominated for the Sakharov Prize on September 23 along with rappers Mouad Belghouate (Morocco) and Ala Yaacoubi (Tunisia) by the European United Left/Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL) Parliamentary Group, a left-wing group of 52 European parliament members representing 14 EU countries. The winner of the prize will be announced on October 16. …
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As someone said, the Europeans will never forgive the Jews for The Holocaust.
Too much favoritism of animals these days.
...sounds about right. Lobby for human rights except for Jews, fair enough...
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I think for some, perhaps many, Europeans, the repugnance for the Holocaust is not due to the fact that it happened but to the fact that it was broadly publicized, thus exposing them for the hypocrites they are.
For some, the belief exists that “the Jews deserved what they got.”
Sick and evil.
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