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Wiesenthal Center Condemns Abuse of Buenos Aires Book Fair for Propaganda

Admin April 28, 2008

Wiesenthal Center Condemns Abuse of Buenos Aires Book Fair for Propaganda
Campaign Against the State of Israel
The Simon Wiesenthal Center wrote to the President of Fundación El Libro (The Book Foundation), Horacio García, protestingthe distorted model of the antiterrorist security fence that separates the State of Israel from thePalestinian Authority, that dominated the stand “El libro árabe” (“The Arab Book”) at the 2008 Buenos Aires Book Fair.
The letter, signed by Dr. Shimon Samuels (Director for International Relations of the Wiesenthal Center) and Sergio Widder(Latin American Representative), states that “this political incitement apparently continues a campaign begun at the 2007 Fair, when a conference organized by the Argentine Islamic Organizationtogether with radical agitator Luis D’Elía. This had ended in a scandal, when these same demonstrators attempted an escalation from verbal to physical violence”.
The letter continues: “That behaviour, and now the ‘wall exhibit’ share the same goal: to delegitimize the State of Israeland to whitewash the very terrorist groups that bombed the AMIA and necessitated the construction of the desfensive barrier, i.e. Hizbollah and Hamas”.
“Once again, it is unconscionable that the prestige of the Book Fair be hijacked to desecrate the memory of victims offundamentalist terrorism. We urge the organizers of this Fair to repudiate those abusers who promote an agenda aimed at legitimizing terror”, Samuels and Widder concluded.
For further information, contact Sergio Widder at + 54911 4425-1306

The Simon Wiesenthal Center is one of the largest international Jewish human rights organizations with over 400,000 member families in the United States. It is an NGO at internationalagencies including the United Nations, UNESCO, the OSCE, and the Council of Europe.

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