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July 21, 2006
US: Simon Wiesenthal Center Responds to United Church of Christ's anti-Israel Letter
The President of the United Church of Christ--which is to 'Church' what nibbling is to 'dinner' --recently sent a "pastoral letter" which, predictably, blamed Israel for the "violence" in the Islamic-Israeli conflict. An excerpt (emphasis mine):
Making this situation even more burdensome is the recognition that there are many in the United States, including many Christians, who see only Israel's need for security, who focus only on a few terrorist acts which you yourselves condemn. In doing so, they largely ignore the systemic oppression of an entire people in what increasingly amounts to a virtual prison in which almost every aspect of Palestinian life is controlled by Israel.
The Simon Wiesenthal Center has responded forcefully; excerpt:
We would have thought that your hostility against the Jewish state in the past would have been tempered by developments of the past year, even before the Hezbollah attacks. Israel's painful dismantling of her Gaza communities; the Palestinian response in directing hundreds of Kassams into civilian populations within Israel's internationally recognized pre-1967 borders, and then electing a Hamas government; the rabid hatemongering of Iran's Ahmadinejad (which you yourself noted and reacted against) - any of these might have provided you with an opportunity to add some new words in your lexicon, like balance and responsibility. Instead, you piously advise Israel to lay bare her Jewish, Christian and Moslem citizens to continuous murderous attacks by demanding the removal of the anti-terrorism separation barrier without ever even offering a suggestion of an alternative. You mourn the degradation of Palestinian buildings, but ignore the deliberate targeting of civilians in Israel, including the two Israeli Arab children killed this week by a Hezbollah rocket. You have nothing to say about the hundreds upon hundreds of Kassams and Katyushas that continue to rain down upon Israel's cities and towns, in the latest attempt to eradicate the Jewish State.
Read both letters, side by side, at the UCC Truths website. (Link not permanent, so go read.)
Posted by Ruy Diaz at July 21, 2006 12:05 PM
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