U.S. envoy: Anti-Semitism in Europe nearly as bad as in 1930s

[drdon326]

http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/393804.html

The U.S. envoy to the European Union said on Thursday that anti-Semitism in Europe was nearly as bad as it was in the 1930s, a decade which saw the rise of German Nazism and led to the extermination of six millions Jews.

The remarks by Ambassador Rockwell Schnabel are likely to rekindle controversy over charges that anti-Semitism is on the rise in Europe, which prompted the European Union's executive to schedule a major seminar on the issue next week.

Speaking at a dinner given by the American Jewish Committee to launch a Transatlantic Institute in Brussels, Schnabel said relations between Europe and the United States had improved since last year's acrimony over the U.S.-led war in Iraq.

"There is one issue that we can work on together," he said. "It is to overcome the issue of anti-Semitism which...is indeed - as I understand it and read - getting to a point where it is as bad as it was in the 30s."

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Synagogues and Jewish schools in France have been attacked repeatedly in recent years, violence authorities link to poor Muslim youths enraged by Israel's tough policies against Palestinian unrest. The country is home to both the largest Jewish and largest Muslim minorities in western Europe.

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"those who forget the past......"

[bluesoul]

1. Aha sure

:crazy: :crazy:

[Flagg]

2. if that were true there'd be a massive exodus of French Jewish out of the

country

why would they wanna stay in a country so anti semitic ?

[Muddleoftheroad]

7. As you recall

No one believed it would happen last time. You can bet no one would believe something could happen again.

I only pray they are right.

[drdon326]

3. Bluesoul....

that was clearly your best rebuttal I've ever had the
pleasure of reading. Excellent insight.

[bluesoul]

4. This doesn't need a rebuttal

It's so biased, absurd and unreal it hurts. Talking about propaganda and demonizing an entire continent (without no substantial evidence to back it up) only but someones words (who might have a certain bias considering where he comes from) this is just junk. Not worth more words..

[_Jumper_]

5. Dupe

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=124&topic_id=53173

[The Backlash Cometh]

6. I don't know why it didn't become obvious that the nazi soldiers'

atrocities were a reflection of the anti-Jewish feeling that was prevalent in the country. We were always taught that the soldiers' inhuman behavior was the result of military discipline and obedience, but I always suspected there was far more to it. Read "Painted Bird" to understand how out of kilter things can be in Europe.

That said, they need to get to the source of the anti-semitism. What is driving it?

[Lithos]

8. Locking

Dupe -

Please continue here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=124&topic_id=53173