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US Jewish Umbrella Group ‘Disgusted’ by Pakistan Court’s Release of Daniel Pearl’s Killers
by Staff
December 25, 2020

The main umbrella organization representing US Jewish groups has declared itself “disgusted” with the decision of a court in Pakistan to release four men accused of orchestrating the 2002 kidnapping and murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl. The Wall Street Journal reporter’s gruesome death by beheading at the hands of Islamist terrorists was captured on video, and included Pearl saying the words, “My father is Jewish, my mother is Jewish, I am Jewish,” moments before he was killed. In a statement on Thursday, the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations (CoP) condemned the ruling of the High Court in Sindh, Pakistan. READ MORE