Agudath Israel Leader Challenges Jordanian Ambassador to Explain Silence in the Face of Jordanian Parliamentarians’ Anti-Semitic Statements

r chaim dovid zweibel on addict[LETTER] In response to recent manifestations of explicit anti-Semitism in the Jordanian parliament, Rabbi David Zwiebel, Executive Vice President of Agudath Israel of America, sent a letter today to the Jordanian Ambassador in Washington D.C.

In his letter Rabbi Zwiebel expresses surprise and disappointment that in “the immediate aftermath of the recent barbaric slaughter of Jewish men engrossed in prayer in Jerusalem, by two men who shouted a declaration of Islamic faith, there was no public reaction from the royal palace”. Rabbi Zwiebel also points to the fact that following the synagogue massacre, the Jordanian Parliament observed a moment of silence, in memory “not for the victims but for their murderers”.

“Has King Abdullah II or some other Jordanian authority addressed the above naked statements of extremism and anti-Semitism, emanating as they do, from members of the Jordanian government?” Rabbi Zwiebel asks. “If, not, why?”

“I respectfully request an expeditious response” the letter concludes.

Click here to view the letter.

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levy
11 years ago

Does the agudah come out and strongly condemn everytime there is a scandel in the jewish community?

Reader
11 years ago

That sounds like something ADL, AJC, etc., might do. Since when does Agudah do such things?

We are in golus still.