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Source: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/715327.html
Genocide on the Agenda
(Ha'aretz) Shahar Ilan - * According to Prof. Yehuda Bauer, one of Israel's leading Holocaust researchers, "We had hoped [the Holocaust] would become a warning, not a precedent. But we have been proven wrong. It has become a precedent, and other genocides have followed it." * In other words, the lesson the world learned from the Holocaust is that genocide is possible, and since then genocide has become much more widespread? * "Exactly. The world saw how easy it is, as Abba Kovner said back in 1945. He was talking about the murder of Jews. And he was right. Islamic extremists have learned from the Holocaust that they can do it again." * Should Iranian President Ahmadinejad's intentions to destroy Israel be taken seriously? * "Absolutely. Very seriously. If there is anything we should have learned from the past, it's that when people say something, they usually mean it. There is no doubt in my mind that the Iranians mean what they say. Their problem is mainly in the implementation department."