but Wiesel has a long history of lying and fabricating. So what is new, really.
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Sunday, April 18, 2010
I am for the release of Bernie Madoff from jail
I never believe a word that Elie Wiesel says. I never respected a man who profited from exploiting the holocaust for commercial and political purposes (victims--and he was a victim) can commit injustices you know. During the controversy about Bernie Madoff, Elie Wiesel appeared in the media and court to talk about his Madoff wiped out his entire fortune and fund for this stupid foundation. Yet, today this Wiesel has an anthology of lies and fabrication about Jerusalem contained in a one-page ad in the New York Times. In it, Wiesel discounts Muslim claim to Jerusalem entirely because he said that there was on mention of Jerusalem in the Qur'an at all (a lie because it is here: سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي أَسْرَىٰ بِعَبْدِهِ لَيْلًا مِّنَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ الْأَقْصَى