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Leading Jewish groups from Europe
and the U.S. slammed Ahmadinejad's
speech, saying it vindicated the decision
of many Western countries not to attend
in the first place.
"We applaud the nations that walked
out of the conference as the Iranian
president launched into his bigoted and
distorted tirade said Conference of
Presidents of Major American Jewish
Organizations' Chairman Alan Solow
and Executive Vice Chairman Malcolm
Hoenlein in a statement.
"We regret that U.N. Secretary-
General Ban Ki-moon did not join [the
walkout] and instead remained on
the dais while President Ahmadinejad
spewed his vile rhetoric and incite-
ment," they said.
According to European Jewish
Congress President Moshe Kantor,
Ahmadinejad's speech made "abun-
dantly clear" what "conference organiz-
ers Iran, Libya, Pakistan and their allies
had in mind as they planned Durban
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Obama Defends Boycott
Of Durban Conference
Committee applauded the decision by the
United States not to attend.
Washington/JTA —President Obama
said the U.S. would have been "putting
an imprimatur on something we just
don't believe" if it had participated in the
Durban II conference.
A statement Saturday by the State
Department commended conference
organizers for additional improve-
ments to a draft outcome document that
removed explicit criticisms of Israel,
but said the document remained unac-
ceptable because it endorsed the 2001
Durban Conference, which singled out
Israel for criticism.
The new document's inclusion of the
endorsement, which does not specify
Israel or the Palestinians, "has the same
effect as inserting that original text into
the current document and re-adopting it."
Obama said he did believe in the
U.N. and its ability to effectively deal
with transnational conflicts, noting that
the U.S. is pursuing a seat on the U.N.
Human Rights Council for the first time.
The American Israel Public Affairs
Pizza Donation
Keeps On Giving
After David Glass won a bidding war for
a 14-inch kosher cheese pizza on April
16, it turned out that he really didn't even
want a pizza.
Glass bid $202.50 in an eBay auction
for the first pizza baked at Jerusalem
Pizza after Passover ended, with the total
amount given to Yad Ezra kosher food
pantry in Berkley. And although Glass is
a regular customer of the Southfield res-
taurant, that night the donation was all
he was interested in.
"He didn't even take the pizza:' said
Jerusalem Pizza owner Brian Jacobs. "He
told me to put it on the counter for other
customers to eat."
Glass' winning offer was the highest of
18 bids made during the 10 days the item
was on auction.
"I enjoyed watching the bid go higher
and higher, knowing the total was going
to a good cause," Jacobs said.
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Cars Vandalized
In Ann Arbor
Several cars in Ann Arbor were spray-
painted with graffiti April 14-15,
including a Jewish-owned vehicle that
was painted with swastikas, the word
"Jew, and several other slurs.
Ann Arbor police said the incidents
appeared to be related, but only the
one car had anti-Semitic markings.
The owner of the vehicle asked not
to be identified. A first-year law stu-
dent at the University of Michigan, he
rented a space in a lot in the 500 block
of Packard, southeast of campus.
His BMW coupe was the only car in
the lot that was targeted. The owner
estimated that it could cost up to
$10,000 to remove the graffiti because
it covered the car.
The Ann Arbor News quoted the
owner as saying, "I can assume I was
targeted intentionally, but even if I
wasn't, it's pretty sick. There should be
no tolerance for it!"
Ann Arbor police said several U-M
campus buildings were also targeted
the night of April 16.
The police have no suspects in the
incidents.
The Charge
The Iranian parliament's speaker
last week said Israel is leading a
smear campaign against Hezbollah
leaders in Lebanon, a campaign
designed to subvert and impinge
on the June parliamentary elec-
tions there.
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