B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation Commission shocked by Bob Carr’s labelling of Israel an apartheid state November 14 2014 The B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation Commission has today slammed Bob Carr’s assertion contained in an article published over the weekend that Israel is an apartheid state. Dr. Dvir Abramovich, Chairman of the B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation Commission, issued the following statement: Bob Carr is wrong on all counts and should know better than to repeat this inflammatory lie that has been continuously employed by Israels detractors and enemies to delegitimize and demonise the Jewish state. It is a shame that Carr has abandoned his objectivity and has become an unabashed spokesperson for the Palestinian cause. By peddling this canard, Carr is not contributing in any meaningful way to the prospect of peace between Israelis and Palestinians and his thoughtless statement will only empower the anti-peace movement. In a region of dictatorships and theocracies, Israel has established one of the most robust and free democracies in the world, safeguarding the rights of Jews, Muslims and Christians, and ensuring that its Arab citizens enjoy full and equal rights before the law. Carr surely is aware that Israel does not favour an apartheid policy and has long accepted a two-state solution and self-determination for the Palestinians— trying to achieve this outcome through negotiations, territorial withdrawals and peace treaties with Egypt and Jordan. Such actions clearly rebut any claims that Israels objective is to rule over the Palestinian population indefinitely, or to persecute and racially segregate them. I would remind Bob Carr of the words of Justice Richard Goldstone who has maintained that accusing Israel of apartheid is an unfair and inaccurate slander against Israel, calculated to retard rather than advance peace negotiations. Moreover, the European Union has labelled comparisons between Israel and the former regime in South Africa to be an expression and manifestation of modern anti-Semitism because the equation seeks to undermine Israels right to exist.
Posted on: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 02:25:32 +0000
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