You know what they say about a lie being half way round the world before the truth has its boots on...
This sentence by Con Coughlin is the perfect example of that: The unfortunate, and unworthy, comments made last week by the Israeli deputy defence minister, Matan Vilnai, who said the Palestinians faced a "bigger holocaust" than those suffered by the Jews in Europe during the Second World War if they did not desist from their rocket attacks, provoked widespread protests from Israelis, and Mr Vilnai has been obliged to apologise.He said no such thing. As Melanie pointed out on Friday: Vilnai said:
