The American Jewish Congress criticized the president of France for saying American Jewish organizations were under orders from Jerusalem to wage an anti-France campaign. AJCongress, which has been critical of France’s limited response to a series of anti-Semitic attacks earlier this year, called Jacques Chirac’s accusation “reminiscent of ancient anti-Semitic stereotypes of worldwide Jewish conspiracies.”
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