Kerry's State Dep't and Others Listed as a "Cultural Partner" of Abu Dhabi Book Fete Featuring Titles Chock Full O' Jooo-Hate

Way to go, Foggy Bottom!:

The U.S. State Department is listed as a “cultural partner” of the 24th Abu Dhabi International Book Fair, which features a number of anti-Semitic publications, the Canada-based Shawarma News blog reported. 

A listing of English and Arabic titles on display at the Fair, which is currently underway, include Holocaust Denial, The International Jew and Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf. Also exhibited is The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion, the second most published book in the Arab world, which promotes the anti-Semitic notion that Jews are planning global domination. 

According to the Book Fair’s official website, the U.S. Department of State is among the event’s “cultural partners.” Others include Ikea, France 24, The National Geographic and the French Embassy. 

Rabbi Abraham Cooper, associate dean of Jewish human rights group the Simon Wiesenthal Center (SWC), said the discovery “should surprise no one” and urged the U.S. to disassociate itself from the fair.

Fat chance.

Update: Other partners include the British Council, the Swedish embassy and the Sorbonne.

And now a word from Arab poet Abu at-Tyayyeb Al Mutanabbi, featured personality of the shindig:

“Old and modern history is teeming with names of great innovators who contributed to shaping the consciousness of successive generations, and worked towards crystallizing Arab thought to give it cultural value amongst world nations. They also contributed to shaping the different dimensions of the human character. Their through processes are a great source of pride for us, and we have a responsibility to pass this rich heritage to our next generations by making this heritage available and open for discussion, dialogue, and rereading.”

Ah, yes, nothing makes for a rich heritage like a reread of Protocols and/or Mein Kampf.