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Holocaust denier David Irving arriving in London on Thursday. (AP)
Last update - 22:15 23/12/2006
David Irving: Jews should ask themselves why they are hated
By Amiram Barkat, Haaretz Correspondent

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Asked if he sees himself as anti-Semitic, Irving said, "No, I like to think I am not."

But immediately following his answer, Irving expressed his support for Mel Gibson's comments that "The Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world."

Irving also took pride in the success of his books and claimed that he the fortune he made from sales of his biography on World War II German General Erwin Rommel enabled him to walk into a car showroom with a paper bag stuffed with cash to buy a "Nigger brown Rolls-Royce."

Irving's comments aroused great anger within Britain's Jewish community.

Lord Janner, president of the Holocaust Educational Trust, said Irving's release was "unwarranted" and that Irving's "latest comments were totally to be expected and should be totally ignored."

Ephraim Zuroff, director of the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Israel, said Irving's behavior since his release in evidence that he should have remained in prison
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  1.   Some of my best friends are Irvings 22:09  |  Alan 23/12/06
  2.   I know why 22:18  |  Einstein 23/12/06
  3.   Why Jews are Hated 22:27  |  Israeli 23/12/06
  4.   Oxygen of publicity 22:29  |  Leah R 23/12/06
  5.   Why Jews are hated 22:30  |  Miriam 23/12/06
  6.   No, Jews should ask themselves.... 22:59  |  George 23/12/06
  7.   Jews should NOT ask themselves why they are hated BY D.IRVING 22:59  |  Vittorio 23/12/06
  8.   simple answer 23:00  |  Richie 23/12/06
  9.   Little men with big mouths 23:04  |  Mike 23/12/06
  10.   # 3 Isn`t that Irving`s p;oint? 23:09  |  kevin 23/12/06
  11.   David Irving should ask himself... 23:10  |  Rob 23/12/06
  12.   Irving Accepts Invitation To Be Intervied By Borat! 23:10  |  Lavi 23/12/06
  13.   Why Are Jews Hated? 23:14  |  Dan 23/12/06
  14.   #5 Miriam, not a puzzle at all 23:14  |  Kevin 23/12/06
  15.   Ephraim Zuroff`s Stupid Remark 23:14  |  Harry D 23/12/06
  16.   #5 23:17  |  Moshe 23/12/06
  17.   Don`t give this guys column inches - he`s not worth it ! 23:22  |  redmike 23/12/06
  18.   to Miriam 23:25  |  Israeli 23/12/06
  19.   to Miriam 23:25  |  Israeli 23/12/06
  20.   Jailed Irving a bitter old man 23:27  |  Dave 23/12/06
  21.   Sick men hate because they R sick 23:30  |  sam 23/12/06
  22.   It is in his `blood` now 23:38  |  TonyL 23/12/06
  23.   funny reaction 23:40  |  Sjoerd 23/12/06
  24.   irving 23:41  |  ted 23/12/06
  25.   Its the age long struggle between Good and Evil! 23:44  |  Naro 23/12/06
  26.   to kevin, it`s clear 23:47  |  Israeli 23/12/06
  27.   36 KEVIN IS UNABLE TO LOOK UP HISTORY! 23:50  |  paul harris 23/12/06
  28.   hated only b y evil people because we are holy and they are evil. 23:51  |  ralph 23/12/06
  29.   They did and the answer is cristal clear 23:54  |  Gnivri Divad 23/12/06
  30.   Mel Gibson lookalike 23:55  |  ChanahS 23/12/06
  31.   Why are they hated? 23:56  |  Ness 23/12/06
  32.   bad man, good question 00:02  |  justajew 24/12/06
  33.   this is what i hate 00:06  |  sho 24/12/06
  34.   Irving should not be in jail. He should be ignored. 00:08  |  Shlomo from Tel Aviv 24/12/06
  35.   A MESSAGE TO JEW-HATERS 00:13  |  Shifra Hoffman 24/12/06
  36.   Is Irving really an anti-Semite? 00:14  |  Geoff 24/12/06
  37.   Kevin-what #3 meant 00:19  |  Steve 24/12/06
  38.   Jews should ask themselves why they are hated 00:22  |  Ynom 24/12/06
  39.   irving 00:24  |  baracuda 24/12/06
  40.   Bigots like Irving. 00:24  |  Esther 24/12/06
  41.   dear Kevin -- get a clue 00:25  |  Mike 24/12/06
  42.   izzy 00:25  |  Izzy Haffner 24/12/06
  43.   Jews hated? 00:35  |  Daniel 24/12/06
  44.   #11 Kevin 00:51  |  a reader 24/12/06
  45.   Truly a bigot is a prisoner of his own hatred 00:51  |  albert amato 24/12/06
  46.   Jews responsible??? 00:52  |  thinking clearly 24/12/06
  47.   Irving, I Know Satan Hates The Jews, Could You Be One Of His ... 01:06  |  Lavi 24/12/06
  48.   Q&A (2nd try) 01:08  |  KUTW 24/12/06
  49.   Enlightening seminar 01:11  |  Manuel Gwiazda 24/12/06
  50.   Mr Irving should ask himself why he hates the Jews 01:12  |  a goy reader 24/12/06
  51.   re Ynom 01:15  |  Axel 24/12/06
  52.   Why Jews Are Hated 01:17  |  Melk 24/12/06
  53.   JEWS ARE HATED BEACUSE THEY ARE AN EASY TERGET. 01:19  |  MIKE 24/12/06
  54.   to David Irving..Be Happy..151 jews Nobel Prizes are smailing... 01:25  |  abraham...mico 24/12/06
  55.   irving 01:25  |  daniel 24/12/06
  56.   I know why Irving Hates me 01:28  |  Alon 24/12/06
  57.   Instead of Delusions 01:29  |  BP J-W 24/12/06
  58.   a satisactory anwer 01:32  |  Kym 24/12/06
  59.   why they are hated 01:34  |  Shmuelshachor 24/12/06
  60.   Non-Jews should ask themselves why they hate Jews! 01:36  |  Mauro 24/12/06
  61.   Easy 01:47  |  Lee 24/12/06
  62.   Why Jew are Hated 01:57  |  Dr. Dianne Garcia-Do 24/12/06
  63.   #20 - "...because we are holy and they are evil." 02:24  |  chet 24/12/06
  64.   Re:28 Is he an antisemite? 02:35  |  Michael 24/12/06
  65.   gre2375 02:56  |  Grigoriy Mendelson 24/12/06
  66.   why Jews deserve hate 03:04  |  Anubhav 24/12/06
  67.   Jews and hatred 03:15  |  Naim S. Mahlab 24/12/06
  68.   Because So Many Great Punch Lines Are In Yiddish! 03:21  |  Peter 24/12/06
  69.   my dear irving, we know the answer. evil men will always hate us. 03:22  |  ralph 24/12/06
  70.   why Jews are hated 03:22  |  dubious 24/12/06
  71.   paul harris and history 03:25  |  dubious 24/12/06
  72.   Why Give Irving Attention 03:43  |  Zafar 24/12/06
  73.   everyone hates a leader 03:48  |  evelyn-the christian 24/12/06
  74.   ralph 03:53  |  G. 24/12/06
  75.   "Rabidly pro-zionist Jew?" #20??? 03:54  |  sg 24/12/06
  76.   You fool yourselves that you aren`t hated 03:56  |  Gordon 24/12/06
  77.   # 37 Steve 03:59  |  Kevin 24/12/06
  78.   Kind of ironic, reading the responses 04:04  |  Canadian 24/12/06
  79.   Mr.Irwing 04:26  |  Lee 24/12/06
  80.   # 41 Mike 04:30  |  Kevin 24/12/06
  81.   David Irving 04:36  |  Bob Lang 24/12/06
  82.   I Also Know Why 04:48  |  Daniel F 24/12/06
  83.   WHY JEWS ARE HATED 05:03  |  PAULA 24/12/06
  84.   #76 GORDON REVEALS ALL HIS HATRED IS GENETIC &ENDEMIC 05:09  |  paul harris 24/12/06
  85.   David irving speaks for himself... 05:20  |  Joe 24/12/06
  86.   An Industrious Minority Is Always Despised 05:21  |  Harry D 24/12/06
  87.   Congregation Sons of Israel Allentown PA USA 05:24  |  Joseph 24/12/06
  88.   Kevin-Your Analysis Is Pure Nonsense 05:34  |  Harry D 24/12/06
  89.   I have a very strong feeling that some of the regular posters at 05:37  |  Nadav 24/12/06
  90.   Irving and Jews 05:38  |  Otto Rand 24/12/06
  91.   CUI BONO?... not "the" Jews (collectively speaking)! 05:54  |  Mike 24/12/06
  92.   Jews,Hated? 05:55  |  giuseppi 24/12/06
  93.   hatred 06:00  |  jesse 24/12/06
  94.   because of FRUSTRATION, FEAR & JEALOUSY. 06:12  |  bat yam 24/12/06
  95.   Gordon #76 06:19  |  Bruce 24/12/06
  96.   YOU HATE JEWS???????? 06:23  |  TOBIA 24/12/06
  97.   to Kevin -- I still believe your assumptions are flawed 06:23  |  Mike 24/12/06
  98.   AT LEAST WE VOTE GUISPPi 06:30  |  TOBI 24/12/06
  99.   Stirring people up - and getting a good rise out of it. 06:45  |  Tony Price 24/12/06
  100.   #40 Esther 06:56  |  keith 24/12/06
  101.   To: Gordon, an Australian I`d rather not meet while traveling 06:58  |  Mike 24/12/06
  102.   To Canadian, what "huge percentage" are you talking about? 07:11  |  Mike 24/12/06
  103.   For #5 - sg: Rabid = Irrationally Extreme In Opinion 07:19  |  chet 24/12/06
  104.   #14 Kevin 07:21  |  Josh Korn 24/12/06
  105.   David Irving ? 07:34  |  Neil Golan 24/12/06
  106.   Ask Tosefta 07:39  |  Danite 24/12/06
  107.   Hard Core anti-Semites 07:41  |  DAVID KAPLAN 24/12/06
  108.   Nadav 07:42  |  Danite 24/12/06
  109.   #73 evelyn-the christian 07:55  |  keith 24/12/06
  110.   Irving 07:55  |  Gordon 24/12/06
  111.   David was no "aryan", Irving is a common Jewish name too. 07:56  |  sodom &gomorrah 24/12/06
  112.   Jews Should Ask Themselves Why... 08:02  |  Yosemite Sam 24/12/06
  113.   Esau hates Yaakov 08:09  |  Ilan 24/12/06
  114.   Many hate Jews. Many love `em. So what? 08:12  |  Jason 24/12/06
  115.   Why have we been hated throughout History 08:14  |  Shlomo Benjoseph 24/12/06
  116.   Why are Jews Hated? 08:14  |  Vera 24/12/06
  117.   Ynom NO! 08:15  |  Yosemite Sam 24/12/06
  118.   Gordon et al. 08:19  |  sweis Melbourne 24/12/06
  119.   Arab point of view. 08:28  |  Sammy the Arab 24/12/06
  120.   The question`s why have the jews been able to survive the hate. 08:47  |  Marwan مروان خوري 24/12/06
  121.   Some non-Jews w/ Jewish-sounding names and/or dark wavy hair... 09:22  |  DJStahl 24/12/06
  122.   IRVING.Proved in open court to be a fraud liar and forger. 09:28  |  PETER SM 24/12/06
  123.   Dr Diane Garcia-Do.He hates you on both accounts 09:43  |  PETER SM 24/12/06
  124.   #4 Leah R of London 09:46  |  Ari ben Yisrael 24/12/06
  125.   Sammy. He Was criticised by a US. Jewish congresswoman on US. TV 09:51  |  PETER SM 24/12/06
  126.   Sammy The Arab 11:00  |  Yosemite Sam 24/12/06
  127.   #103 13:27  |  Moshe 24/12/06
  128.   #104 Josh Korn 17:22  |  Kevin 24/12/06
  129.   #97 Mike- Power Breeds Power 17:48  |  Kevin 24/12/06
  130.   #6 George 18:06  |  alan 24/12/06
  131.   Sammy the Arab 18:23  |  Dre 24/12/06
  132.   to Gordon Adelaide, Austria (You fool yourselves that you aren`t) 08:55  |  Rodion Yagdash 25/12/06
  133.   Irving should study history rather than invent it 09:24  |  David Teich 25/12/06
  134.   Sammy the Arab -- you missed some things 17:11  |  Puregoldj 26/12/06
  135.   Look Who Hates Us -- I`m Honored! 17:23  |  Puregoldj 26/12/06
  136.   Answer for Meriam in NY 05:08  |  Mannstein 27/12/06
  137.   Dave from Toronto 05:17  |  Mannstein 27/12/06
  138.   hidden history will reveal 21:15  |  morley 27/12/06
  139.   Irving 19:37  |  Gerry Frederics 29/12/06
  140.   Here`s why 21:02  |  Scott 02/01/07
  141.   Jews and Christianity 06:03  |  David 03/01/07
  142.   Holocaust Revisionist / Deniers 15:30  |  Rachel 15/02/07
  143.   Validity of Faith 02:50  |  Debbie 08/04/07
  144.   Favored Jews 02:53  |  Debbie 08/04/07
  145.   Denying the Holocaust 02:57  |  Debbie 08/04/07
  146.   Why Jews are hated according to this David Irving: 01:43  |  Mr. Anonymous 06/11/07
  147.   irving 20:07  |  joseph theeboom 25/11/07
  148.   it looks like that 23:50  |  wh 25/11/07
  149.   Irving,s incorrect statement of fact 01:39  |  dano 26/11/07
  150.   Sorry, Austria... 04:22  |  D.R. Zukerman 26/11/07
  151.   Hatred 21:37  |  Ariane 26/11/07
  152.   because jews represent good and justice over evil and tyrrany. 23:16  |  ralph 26/11/07
  153.   Why are Jews Hated? 11:45  |  Stephen 28/11/07
  154.   Why are Jews Hated? (Continued) 11:59  |  Stephen 28/11/07
  155.   About Hate 07:52  |  Spada 03/12/07
  156.   Truth - post 1 (to: #s 13 & 27) and others 16:16  |  wanderer 07/10/08
  157.   Truth - Post 2 16:18  |  wanderer 07/10/08
  158.   Truth - Post 3 16:20  |  wanderer 07/10/08
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