An 85-year-old Holocaust survivor has sent a personal letter to 60 world leaders, urging them to oppose the Palestinian U.N. statehood bid.

“You will lead the people of Israel to an existential threat, just like before the Holocaust,” warned Alexander Speizer, who survived the Auschwitz and Dachau concentration camps.

To each letter he added a drawing of the Israeli flag and the sentence, “Holocaust survivor No. 79658.”

Speizer said he received quick responses from the Indian president and Irish prime minister.

He told Ynetnews: “A Palestinian state, once established, will have one goal — to destroy Israel. … I want the world leaders’ fingers to tremble before they vote for a Palestinian state. I want them to understand that any effort to infiltrate another people into Israel, which will destroy Israel, will never bring about peace but rather increase hatred.” — ynetnews.com

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