by Jonathan Dale Rapoport
Wednesday, Jun. 27, 2001 at 3:25 AM jrapoport@hotmail.com The Israel Independent Media Center, Contributing Freelance Journalist
Simon Wiesenthal has made a rare public statement in support of Israel.
Simon Wiesenthal, a Nazi death camp survivor, is perhaps the most respected Jewish humanitarian of the post-holocaust era and brought over 1100 Nazi War Criminals to justice before retiring.
At age 92, Wiesenthal rarely makes public statements and lives in seclusion at his home in Vienna, Austria under heavy security, reportedly provided by Israel's Mossad Secret Secret Service.
Click on the link below to learn more about "The Jerusalem Pledge" organized by the center named in his honor that Jewish humanitarian Simon Wiesenthal is supporting: