The Alliance of Concerned Jewish Canadians is concerned by the "policies carried out by the various governments of Israel," indicating that all Israeli governments, past and present, are wrong ("Open letter to the Jewish community of Canada," ad, CJN, Nov. 9).

They do not mention the Palestinian Authority, the Palestine Liberation Organization, Fatah and Hamas, and have no concern about terrorism, anti-Semitic propaganda and suicide bombers. This open letter by supposedly well-educated individuals is crystal clear: in the Arab-Israeli conflict, Israel is the culprit, and the Palestinians are the good side. There is not a word about the future of Israel.

People who side with the enemies of Israel and the Jewish People - remember the terrorist attacks against Jewish targets around the world - have chosen, willfully, to be outside the Jewish People. Their position is as Jewish as the one advocated by Jews for Jesus. Both groups have no legitimacy to be recognized as part and parcel of any self-respecting Jewish community.

Julien Bauer

Montreal