ADL Calls on Knesset Candidate to Apologize for 'Appalling' Remark Toward Muslims
Jerusalem, January 21, 2013 ... The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today said it was “appalled” by the 2011 statement made by Jeremy Gimpel, a candidate for the Israeli Knesset from the Jewish Home party led by Naftali Bennett, suggesting that the Al Aksa mosque on the Temple Mount should be blown up as the first step toward rebuilding the Jewish Temple.
ADL’s Israel Office issued the following statement:
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Although Mr. Gimpel has now retracted the statement, saying he “opposes” the idea of destroying Al Aksa mosque and that “it was a joke,” we are appalled by the notion that an Israeli rabbi, no less one seeking elective office in Israel, would suggest an act of terrorism as a legitimate means of achieving a religious objective. Terrorism is no joke and expressions of violent aggression in the name of Judaism or any religion are never justified.
His original comment and his recent outrageous explanation for it call into serious question his qualifications to represent the people of Israel in the Knesset. Mr. Gimpel should apologize for his gross insensitivity to the Muslim religion.
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http://www.adl.org/PresRele/IslME_62/Knesset_Candidate_Remark_Deplored_012113.htm
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