“I took my children to Azerbaijan and Turkey many times as kids. I didn’t want them to grow up in fear of Muslims because fear often becomes hate,” she said.
Shaffer added that there is a limited conflict in Israel, but it is not with the whole Muslim world.
Apart from that, she also mentioned Hanukkah celebration, organized in the US jointly with the Embassy of Azerbaijan and the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, which was held in a hotel owned by the newly elected US President Donald Trump.
The celebratory event was boycotted by some Jewish organizations.
She said she was excited to see at the event Maen Rashid Areikat, a Palestinian diplomat and present chief of the Palestine Liberation Organization delegation in Washington DC.
Shaffer noted that it is not common that the Palestinian diplomat attends events with the American Jewish community, and that he came to event thanks to the sponsorship of Azerbaijan.
“Azerbaijan was able to play a role as a bridge between Jews and Palestinians and this is important,” she added.
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