The Simon Wiesenthal Center is urging CafePress, the online retailer that sells custom printed products, to remove a t-shirt, as well as mugs, buttons, aprons and related products, imprinted with the slogan “I Love Jews But Hate Israel” from its site (http://www.cafepress.com/dd/63792655).
 
In a letter to Bob Marino, CEO of the San Mateo, California-based company, Rabbi Abraham Cooper, associate dean of the Wiesenthal Center wrote that products like these t-shirts violate the company’s Terms of Service that prohibit hate and/or racist terms. Cooper wrote that, “Products that proclaim a hatred of Israel also proclaim a hatred of Israel's 6 million Jewish inhabitants as well as millions of supporters, both Jewish and non-Jewish worldwide. In this regard we are asking that you immediately re move the products listed…” 
              
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