The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) expressed deep concern about criticism of Israel leveled by the European Union, the United Nations and the United States in response to Israel’s demolition of an East Jerusalem hotel, calling it "one-sided."
"The criticisms ignore the Palestinians’ continued efforts to evade responsibility to negotiate with Israel," the Jewish group fighting anti-Semitism and bigotry in the world added.
"Neither the demolition of the Shepherd Hotel nor the construction of housing for Jews anywhere in Jerusalem contradict the Israeli commitment to a negotiated resolution of all the core issues and certainly will not preclude the subject of Jerusalem from those negotiations,” said Abraham H. Foxman, ADL’s national director.
"The one-sided criticisms focused on Israel come at a time when the Palestinian leadership is brazenly violating internationally recognized obligations to participate in negotiations with Israel, and seeking U.N. resolutions which would effectively circumvent those obligations," he added.
ADL denounced the fact that the Palestinians "are encouraging countries to recognize a Palestinian state while actively promoting the abuse of international forums to attack Israel’s legitimacy, bring criminal proceedings under universal jurisdiction, and implement boycotts of Israel."
ADL raised its concerns in separate letters to EU’s foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.