Europe's Jews worried about far right anti-Semitic Golden Dawn party
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Europe's Jews worried about far right anti-Semitic Golden Dawn party
AAP
May 17, 2012 2:58PM
A MAJOR European Jewish organisation is urging European governments to tackle anti-Semitism and far-right extremism, including possibly banning a hardline Greek party that did unusually well in recent elections.
Moshe Kantor, president of the European Jewish Congress, was meeting Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas today to seek his support for "emergency measures" to protect the continent's Jewish communities from violent hate crimes.
Mr Kantor would not give details of the measures that his organisation would propose, but they could involve passing legislation, sharing intelligence and a public awareness campaign about anti-Semitic threats.
In particular, Mr Kantor expressed concern about Golden Dawn, a party that did well during Greece's May 6 election and whose leader claimed that Nazi concentration camps did not use ovens and gas chambers to kill prisoners during the Holocaust.
Golden Dawn rejects a neo-Nazi label but campaigned on an anti-immigration platform.
Although Greece's leading parties were unable to form a government and the country will head to the polls again next month, Mr Kantor said Golden Dawn's "political rise should have sent shock-waves through Europe".
He added "the visceral hatred propagated by the Golden Dawn is surely outside the boundaries of appropriate political discourse".
Mr Kantor plans to meet EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton and Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy. The congress consulted with Francois Hollande a few weeks before he was elected president of France.
Mr Kantor said the economic crisis creates ripe conditions for anti-Semitism. A recent report on anti-Semitism said the number of attacks in Europe declined in 2011, but were generally more violent than in previous years.
"It is a very dangerous trend," Mr Kantor said.
http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/world/europes-jews-worried-by-golden-dawn/story-e6frfkui-1226359020113
Europe's Jews worried about far right anti-Semitic Golden Dawn party
AAP
May 17, 2012 2:58PM
A MAJOR European Jewish organisation is urging European governments to tackle anti-Semitism and far-right extremism, including possibly banning a hardline Greek party that did unusually well in recent elections.
Moshe Kantor, president of the European Jewish Congress, was meeting Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas today to seek his support for "emergency measures" to protect the continent's Jewish communities from violent hate crimes.
Mr Kantor would not give details of the measures that his organisation would propose, but they could involve passing legislation, sharing intelligence and a public awareness campaign about anti-Semitic threats.
In particular, Mr Kantor expressed concern about Golden Dawn, a party that did well during Greece's May 6 election and whose leader claimed that Nazi concentration camps did not use ovens and gas chambers to kill prisoners during the Holocaust.
Golden Dawn rejects a neo-Nazi label but campaigned on an anti-immigration platform.
Although Greece's leading parties were unable to form a government and the country will head to the polls again next month, Mr Kantor said Golden Dawn's "political rise should have sent shock-waves through Europe".
He added "the visceral hatred propagated by the Golden Dawn is surely outside the boundaries of appropriate political discourse".
Mr Kantor plans to meet EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton and Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy. The congress consulted with Francois Hollande a few weeks before he was elected president of France.
Mr Kantor said the economic crisis creates ripe conditions for anti-Semitism. A recent report on anti-Semitism said the number of attacks in Europe declined in 2011, but were generally more violent than in previous years.
"It is a very dangerous trend," Mr Kantor said.
http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/world/europes-jews-worried-by-golden-dawn/story-e6frfkui-1226359020113
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