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On Tuesday afternoon, from Los Angeles (California), the Simon Wiesenthal Center denounced the mayor of Recoleta, Daniel Jadue (PC), on his list of the ten greatest anti-Semites of 2020.
“Chile, a beautiful country in South America, is home to the third largest Jewish community (approximately 20,000) in Latin America. It is also home to the largest Palestinian community outside the Arab world (approximately 300,000, whose Christian ancestors arrived in Chile around 1920). In recent years his leadership has become radicalized and aligned with the ideology of Hamas ”, they said in their last annual report, to which he had access BioBioChile.
In this context they discussed the figure of the communal chief, whom they defined as “a personality at the national level”, of whom they know it has future potential as a presidential letter.
“Using city funds to fund pro BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) and anti Israel activities, Mayor Jadue targets the Jewish community with pernicious slurs that recall those of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, ”they snapped.
Added to this, they assured that Jadue “Accuses Jews of controlling the media and dual loyalty”.
“At a time of growing global anti-Semitism and Islamist terrorism attacking from France to the Philippines, Jadue insults three Abrahamic religions: ‘If you are born into a Jewish family, you can legitimately believe that you are part of the chosen people and that you can kill the Palestinians to keep their lands’… ‘If you are born into a Muslim family, you can legitimately believe that a war can be holy’ … ‘If you are born into a Christian family, you may come to think that the poor are blessed and that after death they will be rewarded.’ All this comes from a man who could lead a Nation “, ended up in the document.
Why did they include it?
Asked by our media about what would seem to him an eventual presidency of Jadue, Rabbi Abraham Cooper explained that precisely because of his good position in surveys was that the center decided to include it in your report.
“The reason this guy is in the top ten is because he could be the next president. Someone who is running on a platform saying that the Jewish community is a subversive force, that they could stab their own country in the back serving another state. We already know what the Nazis did with those things… ”, He added.
“Second, if it were successful, there are other subjects around the world who already propose these positions. Historically in Chile, you and immigrants have lived side by side in peace, building your life and future, but the idea that a member of the Organization of American States (OAS), a brother country to democracy and an important economic partner, be directed For someone who hates Jews is… shocking, and so we decided it was important to introduce this gentleman to the rest of the world, “Cooper said.
“People in Chile already know him, on all sides of the political spectrum. Our job is not to talk about politics, but to raise: Is this a person capable of leading a democracy in the 21st century? That would be a coup and there would already be a country delighted with that: Iran, “he said.
Called to “hold him accountable”
Cooper called on Chileans hold the mayor accountable for his anti-Jewish sayings and thoughts, and stated that the United States should also care about someone like him.
“This should set off alarms not only in Chile, but also in Joe Biden’s administration, with the ambassador they must send, the person who gets involved with the OAS, the Secretary of State (…) Chile is an important country for Americans, for the United States, we hope that the delivery of this report will generate international concern ”, he admitted.
However, he anticipated that what happens with his presidential campaign will remain “under his eyes” and said he hopes that other Jewish organizations in the world, including human rights groups, “add Chile to their lists.”
“It is important to hold accountable those who use anti-Semitism as a weapon and, clearly, in the case of this mayor, that has not happened. Apparently it has only helped increase support. The only way we can combat this is if Chileans say they don’t want a bigot as a leader. That would be a stain on a great country, with an incredible history and future ”, closed Cooper.
From Argentina, Ariel gelblung, from the Simon Wiesenthal Center for Latin America, told BioBioChile that one way in which the country could help in the fight against this trend would be by adopting a resolution, something that they have already requested from the State on three occasions.
First place
Jadue, of Palestinian descent, took the 10th place in the group that, this year, was led by far-right anti-Semitic groups in the United States who called for go to synagogues and mosques in case of contracting covid-19.
In second place was the application Telegram, followed by the leader of the Nation of Islam, Louis Farrakhan; the desecration and attacks on US synagogues following the death of George Floyd, Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif; a ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union that supported the prohibition of the Shechita ritual slaughter, the German elites seeking to annul the Bundestag vote that classified BDS as anti-Semitic, the new Limus test and the sending of a questionnaire of the Democratic Socialist Party of New York to all the possible candidates for municipal positions with which, they accused, the store “hopes that its candidates will support BDS and promise not to travel to Israel.”
In 2019, the first place in the report went to UK Labor Party, then directed by Jeremy Corbyn.
“In a year with anti-Semitism on both sides of the Atlantic, no one has done more to install anti-Semitism in the political and social life of a democracy than Jeremy Corbyn’s Labor Party,” they launched.
In 2018, the shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue, which left 11 Americans dead, took first place on that list.
“The deadliest anti-Semitic attack in the United States occurred on October 27 when Robert Bowers, a 46-year-old white supremacist, entered the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, killed eleven devotees and wounded six others before the police arrested him ”, they lamented in the document.
The Simon Wiesenthal Center is named after a famous Austrian “cazanazis” that, after surviving the Holocaust, he dedicated his life to persecuting and detaining criminals from the Adolf Hitler regime. The man died in 2005.
The institution, a NGO recognized by the UN, the OAS and Unesco, is dedicated to combating anti-Semitism, hatred and terrorism, along with defending the security of Jews around the world.
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