The European Jewish Congress (EJC) and the World Jewish Congress (WJC) have jointly launched a new campaign in support of Israel that will battle the attempts to vilify the Jewish State.
The campaign, initiated earlier this week by the WJC on Yom Haatzmaut, Israel’s Independence Day, has begun with a project which calls on all Jewish affiliated communities throughout Europe to widely circulate a pledge of support to Israel and mobilize as many signatures as possible.
A statement on the petition reads: “Israel is under attack on many levels. On many levels, throughout the world, there are efforts to delegitimize the State: trade unions are calling for economic sanctions against Israel, academic institutions are calling for boycotts of Israeli universities and professors, Israeli sports men and women are denied the right to participate in sporting events, the world’s media focuses obsessively on Israel, yet reports are biased and one-sided, and the United Nations spends more time singling out Israel for criticism than any other country.”.
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