Reply #29: I think you summed it up in yr third paragraph... [View All]

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'While I personally believe that Yad Vashem's mission is such that it really transcends any immediate political issues to avoid clouding their message'

I can't recall any political situation where Yad Vashem has voiced an opinion, so that would explain it. The spokesman in the article saying that it doesn't reflect the views of Yad Vashem gave me the impression that Yad Vashem disagrees with those views, though I kind of suspect that the spokesman could have pointed out that Yad Vashem doesn't enter political arguments and it just wasn't included in the article...