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Wiesenthal Center Exposes Palestinian Plan to Erase Jewish Identity From Dead Sea Scrolls, Qumran Caves

Admin May 16, 2018

The Simon Wiesenthal Center today warned UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay of an apparent plan by thePalestinian delegation to claim ownership of the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Qumran Caves where they were found. In a letter to Azoulay, Dr. Shimon Samuels, the Center’s Director for InternationalRelations, called the move “a disturbing plan to undermine her commitment to depoliticize the UN agency.”

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Wiesenthal Centre Open Letter to European Commission President: "The Spokesman for Terrorists Must be Expelled from the European Parliament"

May 25, 2022

Madam Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, Though we are aware that your Commission does not control the European...

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SWC Urges Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner to Prioritize Plight of Eastern Europe's Roma Population -CORRECTED-

August 6, 2012

Wiesenthal Centre to the 47 Member-States Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner: “On the 68th Anniversary of “the ‘Porrajmos’ Gypsy...

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Businesswoman, Investor, Philanthropist Dawn Arnall Elected First Chairwoman in the 45-year History of the Simon Wiesenthal Center and its Museum of Tolerance. Gordon Diamond and Aaron Marzwell electe

February 10, 2022

The Simon Wiesenthal Center Board of Trustees has unanimously elected Dawn Arnall as our new Chair of the SWC and its Museumof Tolerance.

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