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Jewish Organizations Condemn Inflammatory Amnesty International-UK Report on Israel
(Conference of Presidents) The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, ADL, AIPAC, AJC, B'nai B'rith International, and the Jewish Federations of North America said Sunday: "We vehemently reject the biased and one-sided report on Israel scheduled to be released February 1 by Amnesty International-UK....This libelous document resorts to baseless "apartheid" accusations against Israel, among other distortions....It fuels those anti-Semites around the world who seek to undermine the only Jewish country on earth." It portrays the State of Israel "as illegitimate, starting 'at its creation in May 1948.'...At the very time when many Arab countries are forging new agreements and accords with Israel, and relations between Arabs and Jews are flourishing in numerous corners of the Middle East, Amnesty-UK's misguided and backward-looking effort to vilify Israel seems to be trying to turn back the peace clock, inflame existing tensions and incite violence."