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New Forms of
Anti-Semitism Denounced by 55 Nation Group
By Rachel
Pendergraft
A 55 nation group
of European and North American countries recently denounced "new forms and
expressions" of anti-Semitism and rejected any explanation that it may be
due to the inhumane treatment of Palestinians by Israel.
In a final
statement the governments unanimously condemned "all attacks motivated by
anti- Semitism or by any other forms of religious or racial hatred or
intolerance."
The conference
known as the Organization for Security and cooperation in Europe came at the
request of Jewish groups, about the alleged increases in any-Semitic incidents.
The delegates agreed that anti-Semitism "has assumed new forms and
expressions, which along with other forms of intolerance pose a threat to
democracy".
Secretary of State Colin Powell,
who himself is part Jewish and Israeli President Moshe Katzag urged attendees to
take a stand against criticism of Israeli leaders. Apparently criticizing the
political policies of the country of Israel is considered a hate crime.
Abe Foxman,
director of the anti-Christian Anti-Defamation League said "This is not a
political statement. This is anti- Semitism, "you need to have the guts to say
what it is."
German Foreign
Minister Joshua Fischer, hoping for an "atta boy" from Jewish leaders
vowed to take even more steps to teach children about the evils of anti-Semitism
and to promote remembrance of the Holocaust, in which 6 million Jews were
allegedly killed by the Germans.
Rep. Christopher
Smith, R-N.J., deputy head of the U.S. delegation to the German capital noted
that this is an historic Berlin conference. All 55 countries "are at long
last united in both acknowledging that anti-Semitism is a serious problem an
egregious violation of human rights and that this hate must be crushed. "
The overall theme of the
conference was of course once again, those evil white people.
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