It is with utmost respect that we must urge Elie Wiesel, whose courageous words to President Reagan made us so proud, to forcefully speak out. After all, it is he who has always admonished us to dare not be silent when it comes to evil and lies about the Holocaust.
And why has there been silence from Emory Professor Deborah Lipstadt, an expert in Holocaust denial, who also made us proud by her strong court battle against the Holocaust denier David Irving? These prominent personalities, and all Jewish leaders, must publicly demand that Mahmoud Abbas give an unequivocal apology, fully retract his ugly lies, and clearly acknowledge the horror of the Holocaust endured by the Jews.