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The Canada-Israel Friendship Association has received several inquires and comments from the readers of the article in newspaper since it was published. Please allow me to make our position clear.
This letter was sent to UNESCO by the Canada-Israel Friendship Association. Its purpose was to condemn the corrupt methods of the organization, which, thanks to the dominant Muslim vote, tried to wipe out thousands of years of Jewish history in Jerusalem by declaring Temple Mount a Muslim site.
The letter also covered the improper use of the term Holocaust in an application concerning the “comfort women” issue, presented by the People’s Republic of China and other countries. Analyzing that issue was out of the scope of the letter. Our main point was that the Holocaust has been confirmed by hundreds of thousands of documents, films, photos, and testimonies, leading to a consensus among historians, while the “comfort women” problem needs much more work.
It can be resolved not by voting at UNESCO, but by transparent and thorough analysis of documents by historians and other scholars from each of the involved sides. This point in the letter was distorted in the Korean press, which claimed that we had a firm opinion about that historical argument.
The only opinion we have is that the “comfort women” problem and its size and impact are still under consideration. It is improper and offensive to compare it to the Holocaust, which led to the extermination of 6 million Jewish men, women and children during World War II.
Miroslav Marinov
Director
Canada-Israel Friendship Association
