Communiqués de presse 2015
Blog by Dr. Shimon Samuels published in The Times of Israel
30 April 2015
https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/argentine-foreign-minister-hector-timerman-is-no-theodor-herzl/
Argentine Foreign Minister,Hector Timerman, has demonstrably and “irrevocably” excommunicated himself from the AMIA – Argentina’s premiere Jewish welfare, education and burial society – demolished by an Iranian Jihadist bomb in 1994, leaving 85 dead and 300 wounded.
By this personal act, he has rejected his Jewish education values and destiny – among them burial in a Jewish cemetery – and has, apparently, abandoned the Argentine victims of this Tehran-sponsored aggression.
By publicly announcing this action and reportedly charging the AMIA with obstructing Argentine national interests – in other words treason – it could be argued that he has exposed Argentina, once again, to grave threats from reactivated Iran-sponsored Hezbollah sleeper cells on Argentine soil, as were identified by the commonly presumed slain AMIA Prosecutor, Alberto Nisman.
Timerman has now invidiously compared himself with the Zionist champion and visionary, Theodor Herzl.
Herzl sacrificed himself in defence of the Jewish people and is buried among them in Jerusalem.
Shimon Samuels is Director for International Relations of the Simon Wiesenthal Center.
“The election of Ms. Asfar would taint the Conservative Party as compliant in her antisemitism.”
Paris, 27 April 2015
In a letter to UK Conservative Party Election Campaign Manager, Lynton Crosby, Simon Wiesenthal Centre Director for International Relations, Dr. Shimon Samuels, expressed the outrage of the Centre's British membership - Simon Wiesenthal Centre UK - at “an antisemitic outburst from Derby Council Conservative candidate, Gulzabeen Asfar.”
The Centre noted that “a campaigner for Islamic Relief, which is active in funding HAMAS controlled Gaza, Asfar revealed her true colours on Facebook two days ago... referring to Labour leader Ed Miliband, she wrote “... Never ever will I drop that low and support the 'al-yahud' (in Arabic, 'the Jew') LOL”
The letter pointed out that, “a Conservative Party spokesman has responded to the scandal on Asfar's behalf, stating, “her comment was offensive and wrong. She has removed it and apologized.”
Samuels suggested that Crosby “would surely agree that this is a wildly insufficient answer to racism in British politics,” recalling “their correspondence in 2009, regarding incitement to hate in the then European Parliamentary elections.”
“Once again, serious counter measures are necessary,” he added.
The Centre argued that “the candidacy of Ms. Asfar must be immediately disqualified as her election would taint the Conservative Party as compliant in her antisemitism.”
“Our Centre relies on you to ensure that bigotry is booted out certainly, at least, from the Conservative Party campaign,” concluded Samuels.
Éditorial de Shimon Samuels paru en anglais dans The Times of Israel
le 17 avril 2015
sous le titre : « Nuremberg Betrayed: ISIS and the International Criminal Court »
http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/nuremberg-betrayed-isis-and-the-international-criminal-court/
Coïncidant avec cette 70e Journée de la Shoah (Yom HaShoah), la déclaration de Fatou Bensouda, procureure de la Cour pénale internationale (CPI) – « … Je suis parvenue à la conclusion que la base juridictionnelle pour ouvrir une procédure préliminaire dans cette situation [les crimes du groupe État islamique] est trop étroite à ce stade » – est une trahison de l'ambition première de la CPI : perpétuer l'exemple historique du tribunal de Nuremberg en 1945-46.
Cette cour avait condamné le parti national-socialiste dans son ensemble en tant qu'organisation terroriste, et ce jugement avait servi de base à la politique de dénazification que les Alliées occidentaux allaient adopter, bien que cette décision ait ensuite été abandonnée avec le début de la guerre froide.
Lire la suite : Nuremberg trahi[ins]: l’EI et la Cour pénale...
“If Mr. Hussein is elected, your Parliamentary debates will be subject to a rhetoric that can only contribute to Jewish insecurity in Finland and its Nordic neighbours.”
Paris, 9 April 2015
In a letter to Finnish Centre Party Chairman, Juha Sipila, the Simon Wiesenthal Centre Director for International Relations, Dr. Shimon Samuels, expressed “shock at a campaign speech by your Party’s Youth Section Chairman, Abdirahim Hussein Mohamad, that accuses Israel for 'the last few years brutal actions, in which children, women and the elderly have been systematically murdered'.”
Lire la suite : Wiesenthal Centre to Finnish Centre Party:...
« Que des supporters entonnent à Vienne ''Tuez les Juifs'' et brandissent des drapeaux palestiniens avilit ce ''sport merveilleux'' (''beautiful game'', nom du football en anglais) et laisse présager une nouvelle forme de violence générée par une alliance entre djihadistes et néo-nazis. »
Paris, le 7 avril 2015
Dans une lettre adressée au président de l'UEFA, Michel Platini, le directeur des Relations internationales du Centre Simon Wiesenthal, Shimon Samuels, se disait outré « du comportement des supporters de l'équipe de football bosniaque. Une vidéo diffusée sur le Net les montre agitant des drapeaux palestiniens et scandant ''Mort aux Juifs'', en prélude au match amical qui a opposé, le 1er avril à Vienne, l'Autriche à la Bosnie :
http://antisemitism-europe.blogspot.com/2015/04/bosnia-football-fans-wave-palestinian.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&m=1 .»
Le Centre demandait instamment à l'UEFA « de prendre les mesures disciplinaires les plus strictes contre le Club de football de Bosnie ; nous espérons vivement que tous les clubs de football d'Europe fassent en sorte que de tels comportements soient bannis de tout match, par les supporters de quelque équipe que ce soit ».
M. Samuels concluait sa lettre en ces termes :« De tels actes avilissent ce ''sport merveilleux'' et laissent présager une nouvelle forme de violence générée par une alliance entre djihadistes et néo-nazis. »