\”A triumph for the civilized world.\” So characterized The New York Times about the war crimes trial of Slobodan Milosevic that started this past week in The Hague.
Los Angeles police officers have been visiting Jewish institutions, schools and synagogues to urge an extra measure of alertness while a high-profile trial is underway in the downtown federal courthouse.
Every Jew in Los Angeles cheered when Holocaust denier David Irving lost his libel suit against author and historian Deborah Lipstadt this year. But the actual proceedings against the former UCLA professor remained shrouded in mystery (cameras aren\’t allowed inside British courts).
\”To put it bluntly,\” Richard Rampton, who is defending Holocaust scholar Deborah Lipstadt against David Irving, told the judge Tuesday, \”he is a liar.\”
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