(Weekly Standard) Charles Krauthammer - After UN Secretary General Kofi Annan named Cornelio Sommaruga, former head of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), to investige the "Jenin massacre," it was recalled that Sommaruga refused to accept the Star of David as the Israeli Red Cross Symbol, saying, "If we're going to have the Shield of David, why would we not have to accept the swastika?" Annan's spokesman then claimed Sommaruga's words were taken out of context -- but were they?
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