Europe given anti-Semitism warning
Jamie | 21.06.2003 22:34
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3004408.stm Europe must do more to tackle a resurgence of anti-Semitism around the world.
The United States has said Europe must do more to tackle a resurgence of anti-Semitism around the world.
The plea was made by former New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani, representing the US at a conference in the Austrian capital, Vienna.
"Words do not suffice to turn the tide of anti-Semitism that is once again growing in Europe and other parts of the world," he said.
About 400 officials from the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) have gathered for the unprecedented two-day meeting following a rash of anti-Jewish incidents in Europe in recent years.
The European Union told the conference it was taking action against anti-Jewish hatred but denied there had been a distinctive rise in anti-Semitism.
Mr Giuliani told delegates to take concrete steps to stamp out violence against Jews, including keeping statistics on hate crimes, identifying problems early on and comparing performances between countries.
In a message read to the conference, US President George W Bush urged countries to "ensure that anti-Semitism is excluded from school text books, official statements, official television programming and official publications".
Last month, the Los Angeles-based Simon Wiesenthal Centre said attacks on Jews had reached the highest level since World War II.
As well as physical attacks on Jews, many countries have reported vandalism of synagogues and Jewish cemeteries,
French representative Michel Voisin, whose country has experienced a six-fold increase in anti-Semitic incidents in the space of a year, said France viewed anti-Semitism as a "particularly odious form of racism".
The Polish delegate, former Polish Foreign Minister Wladyslaw Bartoszewski, warned that anti-Semitism had "mutated" in Poland since the Holocaust, which wiped out nearly all of Poland's pre-war Jewish population.
Several delegates pointed to the problem of the Internet being used to spread hate messages [u listening IMC?], while Dutch OSCE ambassador Daan Everts highlighted "[racist] music [and] racist slogans in football stadiums".
Israeli chief representative Avraham Toledo called on conference delegates to make anti-Semitism a criminal offence.
"It will not do to classify assaults on Jews, synagogues or Jewish communal institutions as mere hooliganism and vandalism," he said.
The conference opened a day after the Romanian Government retracted an earlier claim that "there was no Holocaust" on Romanian soil.
The plea was made by former New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani, representing the US at a conference in the Austrian capital, Vienna.
"Words do not suffice to turn the tide of anti-Semitism that is once again growing in Europe and other parts of the world," he said.
About 400 officials from the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) have gathered for the unprecedented two-day meeting following a rash of anti-Jewish incidents in Europe in recent years.
The European Union told the conference it was taking action against anti-Jewish hatred but denied there had been a distinctive rise in anti-Semitism.
Mr Giuliani told delegates to take concrete steps to stamp out violence against Jews, including keeping statistics on hate crimes, identifying problems early on and comparing performances between countries.
In a message read to the conference, US President George W Bush urged countries to "ensure that anti-Semitism is excluded from school text books, official statements, official television programming and official publications".
Last month, the Los Angeles-based Simon Wiesenthal Centre said attacks on Jews had reached the highest level since World War II.
As well as physical attacks on Jews, many countries have reported vandalism of synagogues and Jewish cemeteries,
French representative Michel Voisin, whose country has experienced a six-fold increase in anti-Semitic incidents in the space of a year, said France viewed anti-Semitism as a "particularly odious form of racism".
The Polish delegate, former Polish Foreign Minister Wladyslaw Bartoszewski, warned that anti-Semitism had "mutated" in Poland since the Holocaust, which wiped out nearly all of Poland's pre-war Jewish population.
Several delegates pointed to the problem of the Internet being used to spread hate messages [u listening IMC?], while Dutch OSCE ambassador Daan Everts highlighted "[racist] music [and] racist slogans in football stadiums".
Israeli chief representative Avraham Toledo called on conference delegates to make anti-Semitism a criminal offence.
"It will not do to classify assaults on Jews, synagogues or Jewish communal institutions as mere hooliganism and vandalism," he said.
The conference opened a day after the Romanian Government retracted an earlier claim that "there was no Holocaust" on Romanian soil.
Jamie
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It is unfortunate....
22.06.2003 02:13
If the atrocities in palestine were being committed by, say, the swiss state, then we could expect (though not of course approve) growing animosity in other countries towards swiss citizens, and swiss institutions.
Imagine that the Swiss state was based on a particular religion, which was followed almost entirely by people who claimed to be of Swiss descent, even if not currently Swiss citizens. Imagine that this religion had communities and churches all round europe, and that part of the justification for the palestian persecutions lay in the actual teachings of that religion.
Do you not think that the disgust and abhorrence and anger many, many people would feel at the actions of the swiss government would likely attach itself (unfairly) to the religion itself, its worshippers, and its churches ?
In my opinion 80% of what is happening is unrelated to Jewishness as such. It would happen just the same to the Swiss. The remaining 20% may come from people who are genuinely racially prejudiced, probably against many more people than the jews. They feel the genuine anger too, but bend it to fit their prejudice, and happily join in, and even exaggerate the trend.
Although I have no racial feelings or opinions involved, I am outraged at the actions of the Israeli government, I operate my own careful boycott (Israel, not Jew, related), and would be involved in demonstrations if younger.
I would think and act exactly the same way if it was the Swiss.
If I refrained to do so, treating the situation differently because jews are involved, then I would in fact be exhibiting racial bias, and would be a racist.
Anyone who in effect says "you can't criticise them - they're jews" is a racist of the worst type. Totally blind to their own condition.
The natural rise in anti-Israeli feeling, which is now unfortunately (but predictably) spilling over into anti-jewish feeling, is a direct and predictable consequence of the apalling policies of the Israeli government. The way to stop and reverse this growth is by removing its cause. Correct the policies.
John m.
Total Fiction from an agents of globalisation
22.06.2003 08:31
1) The article has been kicking around for a good few days . since last thursday ..
2) Indymedia is open publishing site they accept your, anti muslim comment the same as they accept anti Zionist comments under the certain (published) guide lines .
If you have a complaint to make about a certain article why don't you specify which it is and complain, but that wouldn't serve your cause and besides your not interesting in facts you just want to collectively dis indymedi the same as you collectively punish the palestinians.
3) OCSE is part of the OECD based in paris, I see they now have a TV station OECD TV, saw their logo on some of the coverage of the big demo /strike last week and the arrest of the Iranian activists. (from Paris)
4) last year OCSE came to my neck of the woods, Provice of Siena and declared it the model for Sustainable developement in a rural area. thats nice house prices are the highest in italy and the place is awash with mafia monies. A million euro's buys a nice ruin which will cost you another 2 million to re build. A biotech science park is almost complete
just outside Siena where with Bayer (Biological) and Chiron (vaccines) present.
OCSE / OECD I would give them a very similar rating to the World Bank / EMF.
So depressed areas like Cornwall look out for large investments from organized crime,
and the whole county becomes a disney park.
total and absolute bullshit !!!
4) the comments from AYC carries the usual racist reference to Arabs, Muslim Nazis indeed ?
It seems that racism is something that is exclusive to Jews these days.
Utter contempt for Arabs is not counted as they are no better than dogs, or so it would appear.
5) I see no statistix just unco rroberated statements, from extremely dodgy persons
Rudy Guiliani, also a Knight of the realm if i am not mistaken ..
Certainly anti Israel sentiments are running at an all time high. This must be very worrying for the axis of evil. Here in Italy jew ish thugs attacked the Rfc offices in rome and various demo's, because they support the Palestinians.
But I didn't hear about any attacks on jewish communities and none are cited in the article. Just like the intelligence regarding WMD in Iraq it seems th at just "inserting"
a story into the media is enough to make it true, wasn't that Hitlers standard propaganda approach "keep repeating the lie and it becomes the truth"
6) With control of the media and it seems the OCED / OCSE I'm sure that this little lie will make the grade but the truth is out and the anti Israeli feelings are nothing compared to the anti american feeling running throughout the world.
7) there's been a lot of talk in the middle east about "other peoples" WMD but not surprisingly n ext to no talk about Israels stock pile of Nukes. An EU vs U.S.A war is not too far away and guess who's side israel is going to be on. Israel will become the EU's Cuba with Nukes pointed at every European capital. I wonder what the European Jewish com munites will do about that ?
No doubt the Israeli hardware is the latest spec just like the conventional stuff F16's and the like, maybe their nukes only vapourise non jews or wot ?
Time to wake up to the facts these people mean business and just like i n WW2 they are preoared to sacrifice even their own people.
8) I'm british (WASP) although I have no religion and follow no political line I am way past the divide and rule LEFT or RIGHT bullshit I would support any form of government that
respects thhe people ad does what they want. I am convinced that there are two countries that are going to seriously fuck up an already fucked up world. USA and ISRAEL
and it will be happening with in the next five or ten years ..
I will take my share of responsibility for the (WASP) faction in the NWO and promise to do all I can to stop them, will you jewish people do the same regarding the jewish /Zionist faction that way we can fight them together ... perhaps confirm a few Conspiracy theories
NOCSE
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the biggest antisemite:busharon
22.06.2003 15:30
ask yourselves why sharon never targets hamas head yassin.
just like bush never targets osama or saddam etc.
because withpout these "enemies" that they themselves created the profitable war on terror crap would have to come to an end.
for more on sharon=hamas:
http//la.indymedia.org/news/2003/06/63688_comment.php
the biggest antisemite:busharon