A year after Yasser Arafat\’s death, Palestinians are developing a new myth around their historic leader: Arafat did not die from natural causes but was murdered, most likely by Israel.
Now an Israeli Arab politician has joined the conspiracy bandwagon.
Franklin\’s prickliness could prove another setback for the U.S. government in a case that the presiding judge already has suggested could be dismissed because of questions about access to evidence.
Kenneth Branagh, dapper in his SS costume, his blond hair neatly slicked back, coldly spat out the words during production of the HBO film \”Conspiracy\”: \”Dead men don\’t hump. Dead women don\’t get pregnant. Death is the most reliable form of sterilization.\”\n\nHe was sitting on a soundstage that was an exact reproduction of the luxurious Wannsee villa where 15 high-ranking Nazis, over lavish food and drink, matter-of-factly planned the Final Solution on Jan. 20, 1942. Branagh, the Oscar-nominated actor-director, was playing SS Gen. Reinhard Heydrich, who led the brief, top-secret meeting like a ruthless CEO. His fellow actors sipped liquor and puffed cigars as Branagh, feeling revolted, completed the scene. \”It was very claustrophobic, very smoky, because once those set doors were closed, all the actors were in there all the time,\” said Branagh, who is best-known for directing and starring in film adaptations of Shakespearean plays. \”That meant that at the end of every take, you rushed out of the room, peeled off your SS uniform, and took a breather from that creepily atmospheric place.\”\n\n
Scholars will doubtless continue to debate Franklin Roosevelt\’s actions — and inaction — regarding the Holocaust. What did he know? When did he know it? Didn\’t he care, or did he really believe that the best and quickest way to help the Jews was, as he repeatedly argued, to win the war?
David Irving told the High Court in London this week that some of the world\’s largest Jewish organizations are involved in an international conspiracy against him.
Did the Mossad kill JFK? Serious researchers hardly think so. Following a day of public protests, organizers canceled the college seminar in which a speaker would \”prove\” that Israel\’s Mossad intelligence agency masterminded the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
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