Yad Vashem condemns in the strongest terms the "Holocaust denial" symposium being hosted today in Abu Dhabi by the Arab League's Zayed Center. The symposium is entitled "Semitism," and its promotional literature blames Israel for "spreading lies and exaggerations about holocaust in order to squeeze out huge sums of money from European countries through worst forms of blackmail and to create false legends in support of the concept of Semitism and establishing a national home for the Jewish people in Palestine." It was announced that a "number of eminent researchers, analysts and experts in Israeli propaganda methods will also take part in the deliberations."