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February 21, 2003       Share:    

Source: http://opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110003095

Stand Against the Evil that Took My Son's Life

(Wall Street Journal) - Judea Pearl, father of Wall Street Journal journalist Daniel Pearl - murdered one year ago Danny's captors concentrated on his Jewish and Israeli heritage. Evidently the murderers were confident that Danny's Jewish connections were sufficient to license the gruesome murder they were about to commit. Such a brazen call to condone the killing of a human being by virtue of his religion or heritage is strongly reminiscent of the horrors perpetrated by Nazi Germany. In a world governed by reason and leadership, one would expect world leaders to immediately denounce such racist calls before they become an epidemic. However, President Bush was the only world leader to acknowledge the connection between Danny's murder and the rise of anti-Semitism: "We reject the ancient evil of anti-Semitism whether it is practiced by the killers of Daniel Pearl or by those who burn synagogues in France."

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