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By Conal Urquhart
JERUSALEM, DEC. 22. Jewish settlers in the Gaza Strip have adopted Star of David badges similar to those which Jews were forced to wear by the Nazis in the 30s, in protest at Israel's plan to evacuate them from their homes. Many of the settlers equate the Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon's plans to evacuate the settlements next year with the Holocaust in which six million Jews were killed by the Nazis. Mr Sharon wants to remove the settlements by the end of next year. Jews were made to wear yellow stars by the Nazis, but the settlers plan to wear orange ones to denote the colour of the Gaza Settlements Council and the campaign against disengagement. The idea has angered many Israelis. Avner Shalev, chairman of Yad Vashem, the Holocaust memorial centre in Jerusalem, said it was irresponsible. ``The plan to wear orange stars perverts the historical facts and damages the memory of the Shoah [Holocaust],'' he said. — © Guardian Newspapers Limited 2004
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