Bethlehem governor compares Israeli treatment of Palestinians to Nazi occupation of Poland

“Yesterday [May 29, 2013], Bethlehem District Governor, Minister Abd Al-Fattah Hamail and Mayor of Bethlehem, Vera Baboun welcomed two delegations, the first [a delegation of] youth from Poland and the second from the Republic of Bosnia Herzegovina, at the district offices… Hamail compared what the Polish people had experienced during the Nazi occupation to the suffering of our people under the racist, Israeli occupation. He noted that the occupation controls all aspects of Palestinian life in that the Palestinians, including President Mahmoud Abbas, need Israeli approval for anything they wish to do.”