The Elmasry affair led to criticisms that the media focussed entirely on the comments of the CIC president while neglecting controversial comments made on the same program by a B'nai Brith official , Adam Aptowitzer , who stated that " When Israel uses terror ... to destroy a home and convince people ... to be terrified of what the possible consequences are , I 'd say that 's an acceptable use to terrify somebody . " The remarks only received attention several weeks after the broadcast , and after Elmasry 's apology and proffered resignation , when a press release by the Canadian Arab Federation highlighted them . Following the CAF press release , Aptowitzer retracted his comments and resigned his position with the B'nai Brith . '' Toronto Star '' city editor John Ferri told the '' Toronto Star '' 's ombud , Don Sellar , " we all had egg on our faces ... i t was embarrassing for every paper in the city not to get the whole story from the outset . " In a letter to the '' Toronto Star '' following Sellar 's column , Elmasary complained about the affair : Canadian news media - including the Star - launched a relentless and unfair attack against the Canadian Islamic Congress ( CIC ) and me while covering up for weeks the outrageous statements made on the same show by Adam Aptowitzer , then the Ontario chairman of the B'nai Brith Institute of International Affairs . While never referring to Aptowitzer 's statements , the media used news stories , editorials , op-ed pieces , columns , photos , front-page coverage , cartoons , and radio and television commentaries to paint a negative picture of CIC and myself which seriously distorts and falsifies the truth . It was widely reported , for example , that " Elmasry said all Israelis over 18 were legitimate targets for suicide bombers . " This is totally false . The media never questioned the completeness or the accuracy of the radio show transcript that was given to them . Instead , they totally and completely relied on the heavily selective one provided to them , which was one-sided and referred only to my remarks , but not to those by Aptowitzer . Elmasry also criticized Canadian Jewish groups over this incident . In an article entitled " When Jews Target a Canadian Muslim " , Elmasry accused the Canadian Jewish Congress ( CJC ) and Bnai Brith Canada of " putting pressure on my university to fire me " and that his words were " mis-represented to the public exactly as the CJC wished " . He also stated that " a Toronto Jewish businessman had threatened to withdraw his financial support for a chair of Jewish studies . " He also criticized the 2004 bombings of hotels in Taba , Egypt on the grounds that some of the victims there were not Israelis . These remarks prompted harshly-worded responses from representatives of the Canadian Jewish Congress and several prominent Canadian Muslims . At first , Elmasry defended his remarks by insisting that he was merely sharing the standard Palestinian point of view . This led to further charges from his critics , who accused him of using the Palestinians as a scapegoat . In a letter to the '' Toronto Star '' , he denied having said what he was reported to have said
2004 bombings of hotels
2004 Sinai bombings
Mohamed Elmasry