TORONTO, 1 May 2012
– B’nai Brith Canada has denounced the newest report on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by the United Church of Canada (UCC), an organization that has become notorious for its rhetoric against the Jewish State. The human rights organization states that the UCC report belittles the suffering of the Holocaust victims by comparing the genocide of the Shoah with the situation of the Palestinians. In addition, the call to dismantle areas where Jews have historically lived amounts to ethnic cleansing of Jews from their ancestral, Biblical homeland.
“The United Church continues to insult Jewish as well Christian groups in Canada with hostile rhetoric against Israel and an assault on the memory of the Holocaust,” said Frank Dimant, CEO of B’nai Brith Canada. “Equivalency between Jewish victims of the Holocaust, and the Palestinians today is offensive beyond words.
“This report is yet another attempt by more extreme elements of the Church to single out and vilify Israel, the only democracy in the Middle East. The Church’s shocking proposals for ethnic cleansing of Jews from their ancestral homeland in Judea and Samaria have placed the organization out of step with many in the Christian world.
“The fact is that a Christian organization, which should appreciate the fulfillment of the prophecy of the Jewish people’s return to the Holy Land, has instead chosen to join forces with those who seek the destruction of the Jewish State."
For more information, please contact Aaron Rosenberg,
Communications Officer, at (647) 227-4404 and communications@bnaibrith.ca