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barb
4/14/2002 (21:42) |
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As usual, Europe is out of the picture. Reading these MER hate rantings, I'm g more and more Pro-Jew all the time!
ADL Issues Open Letter to Europe: Says Nations' Failure to Take Moral Stand on Mideast Conflict Contributes to Violence Against Jews
New York, NY, April 9, 2002 ... In an open letter to the nations of Europe, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) says the failure of European leaders to take a “principled and moral stand against Palestinian terrorism” has contributed to recent anti-Semitic violence and incitement in Europe and Israel.
The letter, to be published April 11 on the op-ed page of the International Herald Tribune, urges European nations to adopt a clear message against anti-Jewish violence and anti-Semitism. 'The message must be clear and consistent: Stop the violence. Combat the terrorists. Stop the incitement against Israel.'
The following is the full text of the ADL letter:
An Open Letter to the Nations of Europe
Fifty-seven years after the Holocaust, innocent Jews are being murdered in Israel, and Jews and Jewish institutions are being attacked in Europe. In the 1930s and 40s, the destruction of six million European Jews was perpetrated by an evil regime with the assistance or indifference of many others throughout Europe.
Today, in a different world, the nations of Europe are once again playing a detrimental role in the face of the murder of Jews in Israel. Europe’s refusal to take a principled and moral stand against Palestinian terrorism has abetted the continuing terrorist killings. Each time the American government pressures Arafat to curb terrorism, Europe gives him a way out not to act. That in turn gives license to act to the perpetrators of anti-Israel and anti-Semitic violence in Europe.
There is hope that the killing can cease if Europe joins America in telling Mr. Arafat in the clearest terms that terrorism must stop. He must be put on notice that if it doesn’t, Israel has the fundamental right, as do all nations, to protect itself and its citizens.
The message must be clear and consistent: Stop the violence. Combat the terrorists. Stop the incitement against Israel. Negotiate in good faith a compromise agreement that will lead to peace with security and independence for Israelis and Palestinians.
Nothing justifies terrorism. If one is to believe that Europe has learned anything from the destruction of European Jewry then now is the time to act.
The Anti-Defamation League, founded in 1913, is the world's leading organization fighting anti-Semitism through programs and services that counteract hatred, prejudice and bigotry.
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