New Jersey Rabbis' plan to get arrested at U.N. to protest against Iran

[Ian David]

Rabbis' plan: Get arrested at U.N. to protest Iran

Sunday, April 15, 2007

By JOHN CHADWICK
STAFF WRITER

Several North Jersey rabbis plan to get arrested at the United Nations on Tuesday during a protest against Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who has questioned the Holocaust and said Israel should be "wiped off the map."

Rabbi Neal Borovitz of Temple Sholom in River Edge said he and others will demonstrate outside the Iranian Consulate before walking to the U.N. headquarters and blocking the entrance for delegates.

The demonstration, organized by Rabbi Avi Weiss, a prominent New York City activist, will be held two days after Holocaust Memorial Day on Sunday and is expected to draw about 50 rabbis from the metropolitan area.

"Our purpose is to say that Iranian government officials who denied the Holocaust and called for a nuclear attack on Israel should not have the right to enter and participate in the United Nations," Borovitz said.

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Someone's been listening to the loyal Bushies-- since when do we only talk to people we agree with?

[Clark2008]

1. Maybe before they protest, they should read the literal

translation of what Ahmadinejad said - and it wasn't that Israel needs to be wiped off the map.

Not defending some of the kooky things Ahmadinejad has said, mind you - but that wasn't one of them.