The Hamilton Spectator

These Jewish groups are anti-Semitic

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RE: LIGHTS FOR GAZA (DEC. 10)

In this photo we are told there was a Hanukkah gathering of 30 people from Independen­t Jewish Voices Canada, the Jewish Liberation Theology Institute and the United Jewish People’s Order Canada. I am not aware of how many Jewish members these groups represent. I do know that unlike most Jewish organizati­ons these groups actively seek the destructio­n of Israel by advocating the use of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) which is just another tool to be used in attacks against Israel, the Jewish state.

Members of these groups will tell you they are not antiIsrael but just anti-Zionist, there should be no Jewish state. But to deny Jews the right to live in their own state in safety and security is just another form of anti-Semitism.

Canadian multicultu­ralism is wonderful but it doesn’t reflect the real world. Jews and Muslims do not get together to celebrate Jewish holidays in Israel or the Arab/ Muslim Middle East. Last month, in a drive-by shooting by Palestinia­n terrorists, seven Israelis were hit, including a 21-year-old pregnant woman.

These so-called Jewish groups are blind to Palestinia­n terrorism. The Palestinia­ns have rejected offers of peace and an independen­t state on many occasions because they refuse to accept a Jewish state on any borders. Harold Pomerantz, Dundas

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