November 2,
2005
Union
of Orthodox Jewish Congregations
of America Condemns Iranian President
Ahmadinejad’s Hateful Speech Calling for
Israel to be “Wiped
off the Face
of the Map”;
Applauds International Community
for Repudiating the
Speech
The Union of Orthodox Jewish
Congregations of America – the nation’s largest Orthodox Jewish umbrella
organization – strongly condemns Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s
speech at last week’s “World Without Zionism” conference in which
Ahmadinejad declared that Israel is a “disgraceful blot” that should be
“wiped off the face of the map.”
These comments further illustrate why this isolated and despotic regime
should never be allowed to threaten the free world with the specter of
nuclear disaster. Such rhetoric deserves the strongest repudiation from
all people of good will and the Union strongly applauds the State
Department, European Union, United Nations – in particular, Secretary
General Annan – and the many other governments worldwide that quickly
spoke up to denounce the racist vitriol spouted before thousands of
young minds.
We remain deeply saddened by the deafening silence from the majority of
the Arab world and their refusal to condemn such incendiary words, and
urge both Houses of Congress to consider the Iran Freedom and Support
Act (H.R. 282 and S. 333).
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