U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Broward County is denouncing
anti-Israel statements made this week by former Cuban President Fidel
Castro, which she calls “outrageous” and “anti-Semitic.”
Castro, who often issues his musings on world affairs through the
government-run media, said this week that:
“The hatred felt by
the state of Israel against the Palestinians is such that they would not
hesitate to send the 1 ½ million men, women and children of that
country to the crematoria where millions of Jews of all ages were
exterminated by the Nazis,” Castro said. “It would seem that the
Fuehrer’s swastika is today Israel’s banner,” he said, referencing
Adolf Hitler
In a prepared statement, Wasserman Schultz, a Democrat from
Weston whose district stretches from Broward County to North
Miami-Dade, said:
“These outrageous anti-Semitic comments are
an insult to the millions of Jews who were systematically killed or
tortured by the Nazis,” Wasserman Schultz said. “To compare the people
who survived Nazi death camps, or their relatives, to Nazis themselves
shows an inexcusable level of ignorance and insensitivity to the Jewish
people.”
Castro’s comments come at a time when the United
Nations Human Rights Council is debating Israel’s actions last month
when it boarded a ship that tried to break the country’s naval … >>>
