A Lebanese woman shows the torn out pages of the 8th grade 'Interactive Reader Plus' book at her house in Beirut on November 6, 2009. Anne Frank's diary has been censored out of a school textbook in Lebanon following a campaign by the militant group Hezbollah which claimed the classic work promotes Zionism. Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 month ago

A Lebanese woman shows the torn out pages of the 8th grade 'Interactive Reader Plus' book at her house in Beirut on November 6, 2009. Anne Frank's diary has been censored out of a school textbook in Lebanon following a campaign by the militant group Hezbollah which claimed the classic work promotes Zionism.

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  1. Residents of the Jewish elderly persons home Beth Shalom stand in front of a seedling of the Anne Frank Tree which has been planted in Amstelveen December 4, 2009. A descendent of the horse chestnut tree that brought comfort to Anne Frank as she hid from the Nazis has been planted in the Amsterdam forest, as the years the original tree can stay standing are increasingly limited.
  2. A resident of the Jewish elderly home Beth Shalom looks at a photographer next to a seedling of the Anne Frank Tree which was planted in Amstelveen December 4, 2009. A descendent of the tree that brought comfort to Anne Frank as she hid from the Nazis has been planted in the Amsterdam forest, as the years the original tree can stay standing are increasingly limited.
  3. A branch of a seedling of the Anne Frank Tree is held after it was planted in Amstelveen December 4, 2009. A descendent of the horse chestnut tree that brought comfort to Anne Frank as she hid from the Nazis has been planted in the Amsterdam forest, as the years the original tree can stay standing are increasingly limited.
  4. Photographers are seen behind a seedling of the Anne Frank Tree which was planted in Amstelveen December 4, 2009. A descendent of the horse chestnut tree that brought comfort to Anne Frank as she hid from the Nazis has been planted in the Amsterdam forest, as the years the original tree can stay standing are increasingly limited.
  5. City councillor Marijke Vos (L) and Hans Westra, director of the Anne Frank House, plant a seedling of the Anne Frank Tree in Amstelveen December 4, 2009. A seedling of the Anne Frank Tree is seen before being planted in Amstelveen December 4, 2009. A descendent of the horse chestnut tree that brought comfort to Anne Frank as she hid from the Nazis has been planted in the Amsterdam forest, as the years the original tree can stay standing are increasingly limited.
  6. City councillor Marijke Vos (L) and Hans Westra, director of the Anne Frank House, plant a seedling of the Anne Frank Tree in Amstelveen December 4, 2009. A seedling of the Anne Frank Tree is seen before being planted in Amstelveen December 4, 2009. A descendent of the horse chestnut tree that brought comfort to Anne Frank as she hid from the Nazis has been planted in the Amsterdam forest, as the years the original tree can stay standing are increasingly limited.
  7. A seedling of the Anne Frank Tree is seen before being planted in Amstelveen December 4, 2009. A descendent of the horse chestnut tree that brought comfort to Anne Frank as she hid from the Nazis has been planted in the Amsterdam forest, as the years the original tree can stay standing are increasingly limited.
  8. Residents and staff of the Jewish home for the elderly Beth Shalom are seen next to the the seedling of the Anne Frank Tree which was planted in Amstelveen, on the outskirts of Amsterdam, Netherlands, Friday, Dec. 4, 2009. The seedling is from the chestnut tree that grew outside the secret annex in Amsterdam where Holocaust victim Anne Frank hid from the Nazis.
  9. Head of Hezbollah's parliamentary bloc Mohamed Raad (R) congratulates Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri (L) after his new government won a vote of confidence in parliament as Lebanon's Minister of Labor Boutros Harb looks on, in downtown Beirut December 10, 2009.
  10. RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2009 MEA - A flag-waving supporter of Christian politician Samir Geagea and his "March 14" coalition celebrates after the coalition won in Lebanon's parliamentary election, June 7, 2009. An anti-Syrian coalition, known as "March 14", defeated the "March 8" alliance composed of Hezbollah and its allies in Lebanon's parliamentary election on Sunday, politicians on both sides said.
  11. Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah is seen speaking via a video link as journalists listen to him during a press conference in which he read the group's new political manifesto, the second since Hezbollah was born in the early 1980s, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, on Monday Nov. 30, 2009. Nasrallah said Monday the group will continue to arm to face Israeli future threats adding that it will never recognize any peace agreement signed by Arab governments with the Jewish State. He added that "armed struggle" was the only way to gain back Arab lands captured by Israel in the past decades.
  12. Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, is seen speaking via a video link as journalists listen to him during a press conference in which he read the group's new political manifesto, the second since Hezbollah was born in the early 1980s, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, on Monday Nov. 30, 2009. Nasrallah said Monday the group will continue to arm to face Israeli future threats adding that it will never recognize any peace agreement signed by Arab governments with the Jewish State. He added that "armed struggle" was the only way to gain back Arab lands captured by Israel in the past decades.
  13. Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, is seen speaking via a video link as journalists listen to him during a press conference in which he read the group's new political manifesto, the second since Hezbollah was born in the early 1980s, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, on Monday Nov. 30, 2009. Nasrallah said Monday the group will continue to arm to face Israeli future threats adding that it will never recognize any peace agreement signed by Arab governments with the Jewish State. He added that "armed struggle" was the only way to gain back Arab lands captured by Israel in the past decades.
  14. Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah is seen speaking via a video link as journalists raise their hands to ask questions of him during a press conference in which he read the group's new political manifesto, the second since Hezbollah was born in the early 1980s, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, on Monday Nov. 30, 2009. Nasrallah said Monday the group will continue to arm to face Israeli future threats adding that it will never recognize any peace agreement signed by Arab governments with the Jewish State. He added that "armed struggle" was the only way to gain back Arab lands captured by Israel in the past decades.
  15. A journalist raises her hand to ask a question as Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah speaks (on screen) during a news conference announcing the party's new political strategy in Beirut November 30, 2009. Lebanon's Hezbollah Shi'ite movement announced a new political strategy on Monday that tones down Islamic rhetoric but maintains a tough line against Israel and the United States.
  16. Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah speaks via a giant screen during a news conference announcing party's new political strategy in Beirut November 30, 2009. Lebanon's Hezbollah Shi'ite movement announced a new political strategy on Monday that tones down Islamic rhetoric but maintains a tough line against Israel and the United States.

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