Israeli Arab lawyer, Khalid Kassab Mahamid, who has a small Holocaust museum in Nazareth and believes Arabs should learn about the Holocaust in order to properly understand Israeli society and thus eventually gain recognition of the Palestinian tragedy, asked to attend but was barred entry to the country. Palestinian Mahmud al-Safadi, who was sentenced to 27 years in jail by Israel for throwing Molotov cocktails during the 1988 intifada, sent an open letter to Ahmadinejad, explaining that his stance toward the Holocaust harmed the Arab cause. Independence would not be gained by "denying the genocide against the Jewish people," he asserted.

Addressing the participants during the closing session, Ahmadinejad said that "just as the Soviet Union was wiped out and today does not exist, so too the Zionist regime will soon be wiped out. This is what God has promised and what all nations want."

Europe, the Vatican, the US, Canada and Israel expressed official outrage and denounced the conference. Franco Frattini, the EU's top justice official said that the conference showed an "utter disregard of historically established facts" and was "an unacceptable affront not only to the victims of that tragedy and their descendants, but also to the whole democratic world".

The English edition of Al Jazeera TV station reported that many ordinary Iranians admitted to embarrassment about the event and that "a former senior government official, who declined to be named, said that "such conferences should not be held."

For the program of the conference, see: http://www.adelaideinstitute.org/2006December/contents_program1.htm
For Frederic T?ben's lecture, see: http://www.adelaideinstitute.org/2006December/FT_talk.htm
For David Duke's speech, see: http://www.davidduke.com/?p=1532
For Rabbi Aharon Cohen's speech, see: http://www.http://www.nkusa.org/activities/Speeches/2006Iran-ACohen.cfm

Participants scheduled to appear at the conference were:
Prof. Patrick McNally (Tokyo, Japan), Fl?vio Consalves (Lisbon, Portugal) Georges Theil (Grenoble, France) , Dr. Robert Faurisson (Vichy, France), Jean Faurisson (Paris, France), Bradley Smith (Rosarito, Mexico), Fredrick T?ben (Adelaide-Norwood, Australia), Richard Krege (Canberra, Australia), Mohammed Hegazi (Melbourne, Australia), George Kadar (Budapest, Hungary), Alessia Lai (Roma, Italia), Dr. Werner Schaller (Irving/Z?ndel lawyer), Wolfgang Fr?hlich and Hans Gamlich (Vienna, Austria), Rabbi Yisroel Weiss / Yeshaye Rosenberg (New York, USA), Matthias Chang (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), Dr. David Duke (New Orleans, USA), Jan Bernhoff (Stockholm, Sweden).

Referring to the three-year prison sentence Irving received earlier this year in Austria for Holocaust denial, Bukhari said to it was wrong to jail Irving for his assertions that the scale and planning of the Nazi genocide had been exaggerated. The MPACUK claimed on their site that Bukhari had made a mistake 6 years ago and that "now that it has become clear that Irving does in fact hold such dispicable [sic] views Asghar Bukhari has no hesitation in opposing him".

The report of the UK All-Party Parliamentary Inquiry into Antisemitism stated, inter alia, that "MPACUK has been criticized for publishing material on its website promoting the idea of a worldwide Zionist conspiracy, including the reproduction of articles originally published on neo-Nazi and Holocaust Denial websites, and is currently banned from university campuses".

Rejecting the petition, the spokesman of the German embassy in Israel declared that it was not in the spirit of the German-Israel relationship. "The position of the German government regarding the special relationship will not change," he said.

- 15% of all Germans long for a strong leader (Fuehrer); 26% want a one-party system, representing the Volksgemeinschaft (national community).

- Country-wide, 18% believe that Jews still have too much influence, and almost 14% think that Jews are strange and do not fit in well with the German mentality (sie passen nicht so recht zu uns). Antisemitic tendencies are higher in west Germany than in the east. The highest antisemitic tendencies were found in the richer states like Bavaria.

- 15% believe that Germans are superior "by nature" to other cultures.

- 40% believe that Germany is dangerously swamped by foreigners.

The findings of the survey show that neither education nor affiliation to specific political parties or churches prevent people from holding extreme right-wing ideologies.

On 21 September Oslo police announced that the charges against the four suspects had been expanded to include terrorism, and that an investigation was under way to determine whether they had also been involved in planning to blow up the US and Israeli embassies in the Norwegian capital.

"This is the last in a series of incidents this summer whose purpose, it seems, is to scare us," said Anne Sender, leader of the Mosaic Religious Community. The Bishop of Oslo, Ole Christian Kvarme, called for more government support for the Jewish community in Norway (800 active members). Norwegian Justice Minister Knut Storberget, promised immediate security improvements for the synagogue.

An analysis (by Media Tenor International) of the news coverage of Germany' s public TV stations, ARD and ZDF, regarding events in the Middle East from 21 July until 3 August 2006, and published on 11 August, demonstrated that an anti-Israel perspective prevailed. Following are some of the findings: 1) The Israeli army is primarily shown in the context of violent actions, while Hizballah fighters hardly appear at all. 2) Victims are mostly Lebanese; images of Israeli victims are rare. Israel is usually portrayed as the perpetrator.

According to Prof. Frank Brettschneider, chair of the Faculty of Communication Sciences at the University of Hohenheim who specializes in communication theory: "The Israeli army has not been portrayed as the organization of a lively democracy under democratic control and legitimization, but rather as one that follows the principle 'an eye for an eye'. The question of who is portrayed as the victim/perpetrator, which is relevant for media effects, was clearly answered for German audiences: Israel is primarily the perpetrator, while civilians in Lebanon are the main victims. "

During a recent visit to Iran, Chavez condemned Israel's attacks in Gaza and Lebanon, compared the Beirut bombings to Hitler's actions in World War II, and labeled Israel's treatment of the Palestinians genocidal. "The Israelis are doing exactly what Hitler did to them; they are killing children, innocents and entire families," he told al-Jazeera.

In its 2005 findings, the Stephen Roth Institute noted the fact that politicians and journalists associated with the party of President Hugo Chavez used the Holocaust to attack both Israel and the local Jewish community by comparing the plight of the Palestinians to the Holocaust or denying it altogether (see General Analysis) .

Assumptions of Polish and Soviet special service involvement were reviewed. Other interpretations spoke of the incident being provoked through Jewish organizations, or by former underground Home Army members, which was a convenient explanation for the erstwhile communist authorities. None of these hypotheses were sufficiently substantiated in the evidence gathered to be classified as solid proof. That is why the case has ultimately been dropped.

A common assumption is that Christian residents feared they would have to return property they had stolen from the Jews during the Holocaust.

At a ceremony in the city of Kielce, on 4 July 2006, unveiling a monument in memory of those murdered, an aide read a message from President Lech Kaczynski (who was said to be ill):

As the president of Poland, I want to say it loud and clear: what happened in Kielce 60 years ago was a crime. This is a great shame and tragedy for the Poles and the Jews, so few of whom survived Hitler's Holocaust.

The anniversary came at a sensitive time for Poland: two months previously the governing Law and Justice party had formed a coalition with the extreme right League of Polish Families; this fact, according to the European Union, may be responsible for an increase of intolerance in Poland. (see database item 185017).

Tribu-KA, created in December 2004, opposes all contacts between blacks and non-blacks. Its leader, Kemi Seba, formerly Stellio Gilles Robert, was once a member of Nation of Islam in Paris. Tribu KA members describe themselves as being 'Kemites' (the ancient Egyptians referred to their land as Khemet, or 'the black land'; according to Tribu-KA's mission statement, 'khemite' means 'black' "in the language of slavery"), and the chosen black people who were made to rule the world. In February 2005 a dozen young men and women claiming to be part of Tribu-KA, infiltrated a meeting of the Jewish-Black Friendship Association and warned the Jews to cease all contacts with their Khemite brothers.

Antisemitic hatred as manifested by the Tribu KA is increasing among France's radical black population, which accuses the Jews of being the descendants of slave traders.

Two weeks earlier, on 11 April 2006 Spanish Holocaust denier Pedro Varela was arrested in his bookstore Libreria Europa in central Barcelona and hundreds of books denying or minimizing the Holocaust were seized. After posting bail, Varela was released. He may be subject to 5 years in prison if convicted. On 16 November 1998 Varela was sentenced to 5 years imprisonment, Spain's first conviction for Holocaust denial.

Similarly, the virulently anti-Zionist Belgian Arab-European League began its "Freedom of Speech Campaign" on 6 February with cartoons denying the Holocaust and ridiculing Jewish victims of Nazi atrocities. Holocaust deniers have also exploited the 'freedom of artistic expression' momentum. American Holocaust denier Michael Hoffman II, for instance, published antisemitic 'Holohoax' caricatures on his site as an "antidote to the anti-Muhammad cartoon."

On 1 February UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) held its second "Unite Against Racism" conference at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona. Participants called to revive the campaign against racism throughout Europe using football as a catalyst to change and educate minds. Many speakers said the popularity of football should be utilized as a uniting force against racism.

Among those who accused Chavez of antisemitism over these remarks was Wall Street Journal columnist Mary O'Grady, who saw in Chavez words an "ugly anti-Semitic swipe." The Wiesenthal Center (SWC) demanded that Chavez apologize due to his negative reference to Jews. However, Venezuelan Jewish community leaders of the CAIV (Confederation of Jewish Associations of Venezuela), as well as the American Jewish Committee and he American Jewish Congress, claimed that Chavez's comments were not antisemitic but were aimed at the white oligarchy. Chavez rejected the SWC's charges on 13 January 2006, alleging they were part of "an imperialist campaign."