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Protesters Slam Ahmadinejad Outside UN Headquarters
[Jerusalem Post] Hilary Leila Krieger - Thousands of protesters gathered outside UN headquarters Monday to oppose Ahmadinejad's appearance at the opening of the UN General Assembly session this week. Organizers said the demonstration was the largest such protest in recent years. Martin Berger, an 84-year-old Holocaust survivor, stood for more than two hours in the warm sun to "show the world that Auschwitz is not a myth. We were in Auschwitz." He said it was hard for him to hold up his sign, which read: "You liar! You denier! I'm a Holocaust survivor!" throughout the rally, but that it was important to do so. Pastors, congressmen and former diplomats took the stage to denounce Ahmadinejad. Malcolm Hoenlein, Executive Vice Chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, pointed to non-Jewish speakers and protesters, saying, "When people look at the platform, they see all of America."