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Tuesday, November 18, 2014
After Massacre at Synagogue in Jerusalem European Jewish Congress Calls on European Leaders to Condition Aid to the Palestinians on Ending Incitement

After Massacre at Synagogue in Jerusalem European Jewish Congress Calls on
European Leaders to Condition Aid to the Palestinians on Ending Incitement

(Tuesday, November 18, 2014) – The European Jewish Congress has called on
European leaders to condition future aid and cooperation between the
European Union and the Palestinians on the end of rampant incitement against
Israel and Jews in the Palestinian Authority in the wake of the terror
attack against worshipers in a synagogue in Jerusalem this morning.

“The European Union, as was seen in the Foreign Ministers statement
yesterday, has placed too much focus on Israeli actions and has completely
ignored far more important issues like incessant Palestinian incitement
which directly leads to massacres like the one we saw at the synagogue this
morning and over the last couple of weeks,” Dr. Moshe Kantor, EJC President
said. “The Europeans have an ability to influence and a tool with which to
pressure the Palestinians to end the daily incitement emanating from its
leaders, education system, media and religious institutions, and that is the
financial assistance which is helping aid this system.”

“There should be a massive rethink in Europe about the best way to achieve
true peace, because while there has been an obsessive focus on settlement
building, incitement to hatred and violence, antisemitism and religious
hatred, is by far the greatest obstacle to any lasting peace. The Europeans
should demand that this ends immediately and threaten to withdraw all aid
and cooperation until it does, before we see more massacres like the one
this morning in Jerusalem.”

“The Palestinians have to be held accountable for their actions by the
international community and there should be no more excuses or pretexts,”
Dr. Kantor continued. “By ignoring Palestinian incitement to hatred and
violence the international community has allowed for the creation of a
culture of immunity and impunity in the Palestinian Authority and its
official institutions.”

“Ignoring all Palestinian offenses and focusing only on Israel’s perceived
infractions is a soft bigotry of low expectations and should end
immediately.”

The European Jewish Congress is the democratically-elected representative
organization of European Jewish communities.

Media Contact:
Orly Joseph
Director of Communications
European Jewish Congress

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