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It “is a stark reminder that brutal consequences of unchecked hatred and bigotry did not end with the Holocaust,” said Menachem Rosensaft of the World Jewish Congress.
“We are fulfilling the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King to bring African Americans to Israel,” said Cathelean Steele, national project coordinator at the Atlanta-based Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
Israel’s Foreign Ministry is investigating the report.
“We’re spending into the nine figures to fight antisemitism. We need a more coordinated and collaborative approach,” Malcolm Hoenlein, vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents, told JNS.
At the CUFI Summit in Washington, the former governor and ambassador said that the president, the United Nations and congressional Democrats fail on Israel and American Jewish issues.
“There’s an aggressive silencing of the Jewish voice in the public sphere,” the merchant’s attorney said.
“I’m a Muslim, we don’t burn (books). I want to show that we have to respect each other,” said the Muslim activist.
The religious body also passed an anti-Israel resolution with “troubling material.”
The demonstration, which has already caused a great deal of anxiety and controversy, is slated for Shabbat.
Foreign Minister Eli Cohen’s trip to Belgrade marked the first time Israel’s most senior diplomat traveled to the Serbian capital since 2009.
Foreign Minister Eli Cohen will travel to Serbia, Italy, and Vatican City.
