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November 19, 2003
Union
of Orthodox Jewish Congregations Applauds Bush
Call to Europeans to
Oppose Antisemitism & Reject Palestinian Leaders Who Support Terrorism
Today, the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of
America – the nation’s largest Orthodox Jewish umbrella organization
applauded remarks delivered by President George W. Bush at Whitehall
Palace in London.
In the course of articulating what the President described as the “three
pillars” of a “forward strategy for freedom” in the world, Mr. Bush called
upon European leaders to renounce anti-Semitism and repudiate Palestinian
political leaders who support and promote terrorism. The President stated:
Leaders in Europe should withdraw all favor and support from any
Palestinian ruler who fails his people and betrays their cause. And
Europe's leaders…should strongly oppose anti-Semitism, which poisons
public debates over the future of the Middle East.
UOJCA Executive Vice President, Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb, stated that the
Orthodox Jewish community “deeply appreciates President Bush’s continued
commitment to opposing terror around the globe, especially in the Middle
East, and his consistent condemnations of anti-Semitism. We especially
appreciate the President’s call to Europe’s leaders to repudiate what has
now been termed ‘the new anti-Semitism’ in which opposition and hatred for
the State of Israel is mixed with classical racial and religious hatreds
that gave rise to the European Holocaust of the last century. We pray that
European leaders will heed President Bush’s call.
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