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and again depicts fabricated brutal treatment of Palestinians by Israelis. In fact, a detailed analysis of before-and-after Arab demographic data, by Dr. Walter Pinner, revealed that the number of legitimate Arab refugees was 367,000 as of 1966 – less than one-tenth of “Death of Klinghoffer’s” ultra-magnified propaganda numbers. Moreover, even inflated British Arab population data was very close to Dr. Pinner’s numbers. Moreover, by contrast to the fewer than 400,000 self-exiled Arab refugees, approximately one million Jews were forced to flee their homes in Arab lands by Arab anti-Semitic pogroms and decrees during the same time period.
to the Metropolitan Opera’s General Manager Peter Gelb, have pointed out additional extremely troubling issues with the opera, including the opera’s lyrics labeling Jews as fat, cheating, exploiters, defilers of virgins, defamers, etc., while the Palestinian murders are described as humane “men of ideals.”
if you wish to participate. Meanwhile, we urge you to call and/or write to:
General Manager
The Metropolitan Opera
Lincoln Center
New York, NY 10023
pgelb@metopera.org
as well as the Opera’s Board members, listed on the Met’s website athttp://www.metoperafamily.org/
and below:
The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is the oldest and one of the largest pro-Israel organizations in the United States. With offices around the country and in Israel, the ZOA educates the public, elected officials, the media, and college/high school students about the truth of the ongoing Arab war against Israel. The ZOA works to strengthen U.S.-Israel relations through educational activities, public affairs programs and our work on Capitol Hill, and to combat anti-Semitism and anti-Israel bias in the media, in textbooks, in schools and on college campuses. Under the leadership of such presidents as Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis, Rabbis Abba Hillel Silver and Stephen Wise, and current President Morton A. Klein, the ZOA has been - and continues to be - on the front lines of Jewish activism. www.zoa.org