Zundel would not comment when asked whether he believed the Holocaust happened. "It's kind of a sad situation; there's a lot to say. I'll certainly be careful not to offend anyone and their draconian laws," he said. -CBC News report on Ernst Zundel's release after spending seven years imprisoned in three countries for posting politically-incorrect opinions on the internet
Hamas Rescinds Nakba-Denial Law
(Gaza City - UPI) The democratically-elected government of Palestine, Hamas, has rescinded its new law making Nakba-denial a crime, citing fears that hundreds of millions of Americans and Europeans would be deported to Palestine for trial if the law remained on the books. "Palestine is already swamped with unwanted American and European immigrants," said Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal at a hastily convened press conference. "The last thing we need is half a billion Nakba deniers overwhelming our prison system."
Khaled Mashaal announces repeal of Nakba denial law.
In the USA, where thousands of people had already been arrested under the new Nakba-denial law by recently-immunized interpol agents, the Hamas announcement was greeted with relief. "My wife got arrested last night at the shopping mall by some guy with a funny accent who comes up to her and says, 'Do you believe the Nakba happened?' 'What Nakba?" she says. 'You're under arrest for denying the Nakba" says the guy as he slaps her in handcuffs. 'What Nakba?!" she asks. 'Now you've gone and done it again,' he says. 'Two counts.'"
Despite the repeal of the Palestinian law, international legal experts warned citizens around the world to continue professing undying faith in the reality of the Nakba. "It wouldn't be a bad idea to put 'yes of course the Nakba happened, what do you think I am, some kind of evil Nakba-denier?' in your email signature," explained Moroccan legal expert Sidi Hamid Bengali, "just in case some country passes a similar law some day and doesn't allow grandfather-clause exceptions. It's always safer to protect yourself proactively."
In Washington, D.C., the curator of the 500-million-dollar Nakba museum, Abdul Alhazred, expressed disappointment. "I certainly hope Nakba deniers won't be getting off scot free when they post bad historical interpretations on the internet. If we allow people to post incorrect information on the internet, how will we be able to be sure of anything ever again?"
