Thursday, July 18, 2013

Egypt’s Jewish community head calls Zionism racism

[ Jerusalem Post - http://www.jpost.com/Jewish-World/Jewish-News/Egypts-Jewish-community-head-calls-Zionism-racism-320199 ]

Magda Haroun tells 'Egyptian Independent' that just like not every Muslim is a member of al-Qaida, not every Jew is an Israeli.

“Zionism is a racist movement,” the new leader of Egypt’s Jewish community declared in a recent interview.

“The failure to draw a distinction between Judaism as a religion and the Israeli state is the result of ignorance,” Magda Haroun continued, according to the transcript of the interview published on the Egypt Independent news website.

She also asserted that “just like not every Muslim is a member of al-Qaida, not every Jew is an Israeli.”-[Full Article]