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AJC Deplores Expulsion of Israeli Ambassador From Venezuela
January 7, 2009AJC strongly condemned the expulsion of Israeli Ambassador Shlomo Cohen from Venezuela. "By expelling the Israeli Ambassador and demanding that Venezuelan Jews denounce what he outrageously calls a 'Holocaust,' Hugo Chavez is fueling hostility against his country's Jewish community, not to mention dangerously distorting the truth on the ground," said AJC Executive Director David A. Harris. "He is also revealing profound ignorance about the meaning of the Holocaust." Full release

