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On August 5, 2010, [[Yad Vashem]], issued a statement calling the site "The latest salvo emanating from Iran that denies the facts of the Holocaust and attempts to influence those who are ignorant of history." <ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2010/08/06/israel_blasts_anti_semitic_iranian_website/| publisher= Boston Globe| title=Israel blasts anti-Semitic Iranian website| date= August 6, 2010}}</ref> |
On August 5, 2010, [[Yad Vashem]], issued a statement calling the site "The latest salvo emanating from Iran that denies the facts of the Holocaust and attempts to influence those who are ignorant of history." <ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2010/08/06/israel_blasts_anti_semitic_iranian_website/| publisher= Boston Globe| title=Israel blasts anti-Semitic Iranian website| date= August 6, 2010}}</ref> |
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Type of site | Propaganda |
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| Available in | Persian, English, Arabic |
| URL | http://holocartoons.com |
Holocartoons is an Iranian propaganda website launched on August 2010. [1]. The site, which opens to the Pink Panther theme song, aims to undermine the historic dimensions of the mass murder of Jews during World War II[2][3]. The site is based on a comic book written by Omid Mehdinejad and illustrated by Maziar Bijani[4]. The book's release was celebrated as part of Iran’s Quds Day.
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On August 5, 2010, Yad Vashem, issued a statement calling the site "The latest salvo emanating from Iran that denies the facts of the Holocaust and attempts to influence those who are ignorant of history." [5]
After its publication, the site has been attacked by Jewish blogs worldwide as being blatantly anti-semitic.
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References
- ^ "Cartoon website undermines Holocaust". iol.co.za. August 5, 2010.
- ^ "Iran launches cartoon website aimed at questioning the Holocaust". Haaretz. August 5, 2010.
- ^ "Iran Holocaust-denying website angers Israel". Tabnak. August 5, 2010.
- ^ "Holocaust-Satire-Book on AlQuds-Day". M.A.Ramin. October 10, 2008.
- ^ "Israel blasts anti-Semitic Iranian website". Boston Globe. August 6, 2010.
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