January 4, 2004

SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER CRITICIZES MOVEON.ORG FOR POSTING AD COMPARING BUSH
TO HITLER

The Simon Wiesenthal Center sharply criticized MoveOn.org for accepting and
posting an ad comparing President George Bush to Adolf Hitler.

"Politics and preparing for a presidential election is one thing, but
comparing the Bush Administration's fight against Al Qaeda and Saddam
Hussein with the policies of Adolf Hitler is shameful and beyond the pale
and has no place in the legitimate discourse of American politics," said
Rabbi Marvin Hier, the Center's dean and founder.

"This ad is not about Democrats or Republicans - it is about lies and a
distortion of history," he added.

MoveOn.org was right to pull the ad but they should apologize for not using
better judgment in posting it in the first place," Hier concluded.

The Wiesenthal Center is one of the largest international Jewish human
rights organizations with over 400,000 member families in the United States.
It is an NGO at international agencies including the United Nations, UNESCO,
the OSCE, and the Council of Europe.

For more information, contact the Center's