A group of Jewish leaders and scholars from across the political spectrum issued a statement condemning the recent charge by the chief Islamic official in Jerusalem that Israel exaggerated the number of Holocaust victims to win international sympathy. The protest against the grand mufti’s charge was organized by the Zionist Organization of America.
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