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Amnesty International's Anti-Semitic Campaign Against Jewish Tourism
(NGO Monitor) On Jan. 30, Amnesty International published "The Tourism Industry and Israeli Settlements," which denies Jewish connections to historical sites - including in the Old City of Jerusalem - and in essence faults Israel for preserving Jewish historical and cultural heritage, as well as places that are holy to Christians. The possibility that Jews would visit holy sites and want to see archaeological remnants of biblical locations for their religious and historical significance is not entertained. Indeed, it is unclear how a Jewish individual visiting the Western Wall in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem would somehow be guilty of human rights violations, or how a tourism website advertising this would also somehow be complicit.