Claim: No Israel boycott of Egypt Breast Conference
http://zionism-israel.com/israel_news/2009/10/claim-no-israel-boycott-of-egypt-breast.htmlOriginally, it was announced that Israelis would not be allowed to participate in this event. The conference is taking place right now. It is not clear if this announcement means there are Israelis really participating or if they just got a formal invitation after the fact, so that there would be an appearance of decency.
Statement by Nancy Goodman Brinker, Founder, Susan G. Komen for the Cure
"Breast cancer advocates from the United States and across the Middle East are meeting in Egypt from October 21-27 for breast cancer awareness events. There have been reports that some of the invited participants would not be allowed to attend these events. Susan G. Komen for the Cure has now received confirmation that all advocates, regardless of their country of origin, are invited to fully participate in events to bring breast cancer to the forefront of public discussion in the Middle East.
After we received the initial report on the situation, we launched a diplomatic effort to ensure they would be able to participate. I am pleased to report that our efforts led to confirmation that all advocates would be welcome to participate in the events.
Susan G. Komen for the Cure remains steadfast in our mission to save lives and end breast cancer forever."
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Should it turn out that no Israelis did participate it would be a major crack in the SGK facade. I for one, and I'm sure many thousands of others, would cease any support for the organization.
And Ms Brinker would severely damage her reputation. I hope none of this comes to pass and look forward to hearing about the contributions that were made by the Israeli delegation to the event.
And shame on Egypt and Mrs. Mubarak for allowing this to proceed as it did. Was the Egyptian Health Minister so afraid to have Israeli MDs and researchers in his presence that he had to act like a typical Islam-fascist???
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Uriahh, At
October 24, 2009 6:57:00 PM GMT+00:00
Unfortunately, the Komen claim was apparently untrue and Israelis were indeed boycotted. See http://zionism-israel.com/israel_news/2009/10/komen-foundation-claim-untrue-israel.html
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October 28, 2009 5:31:00 PM GMT+00:00
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