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More articles on this topic: Bizarre NewsIranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has courted further controversy by explicitly calling the Nazi Holocaust of European Jewry a “myth”.
“They have created a myth today that they call the massacre of Jews and they consider it a principle above God, religions and the prophets,” he said.
On live TV, he called for Europe or North America – even Alaska – to host a Jewish state, not the Middle East.
Israel swiftly denounced the president’s comments.
“We hope these extremist comments… will make the international community open its eyes and abandon any illusions about this regime,” Israeli foreign ministry spokesman Mark Regev told AFP news agency.
Mr Ahmadinejad’s latest declaration echoes comments he made last week in which he said territory should be “provided” in Germany or Austria to establish Israel “if European countries claim that they have killed Jews in World War II”.
The president sparked international outrage in October when he said Israel should be “wiped off the map”.
‘Europe’s fault’
Speaking to thousands of people in south-eastern city of Zahedan, Mr Ahmadinejad brushed aside criticism of his views, saying it was orchestrated by supporters of Israel.
“If someone were to deny the existence of God… or prophets and religion, they would not bother him. However, if someone were to deny the myth of the Jews’ massacre, all the Zionist mouthpieces and the governments subservient to the Zionists tear their larynxes and scream against the person as much as they can,” he said.
He returned to his earlier theme that Europe should shoulder the responsibility for a Jewish state.
“If you [Europeans] committed this big crime, then why should the oppressed Palestinian nation pay the price?
“This is our proposal: give a part of your own land in Europe, the US, Canada or Alaska to them so that the Jews can establish their country,” he said.
Since his election in June 2005, Mr Ahmadinejad has taken a more hardline towards Israel in public than his predecessors and recently stepped up his anti-Israel rhetoric.
His call in October for Israel to be annihilated was rebuked by the UN Security Council.
Israel’s spokesman said the Iranian president’s latest remarks reflected a “perverse vision of the world held by this regime”.
BBC Tehran correspondent Frances Harrison says the Iranian press has wholeheartedly endorsed the president’s views, calling them logical and less passive than the approach of previous Iranian governments.
The European Union renewed its condemnation of Mr Ahmadinejad’s position, saying it had no place in civilised political debate.
“The comments are wholly unacceptable and we condemn them unreservedly,” said UK Minister for Europe Douglas Alexander, whose country currently holds the EU presidency.
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