Group of 55 countries denounces anti-Semitism

[JohnLocke]

Group of 55 countries denounces anti-Semitism
The Globe and Mail
Friday, April 30, 2004
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Berlin -- Fifty-five European and North American countries denounced "new forms and expressions" of anti-Semitism yesterday and rejected any attempt to justify them on the basis of strife in the Middle East.
In a final declaration, the governments unanimously condemned "all attacks motivated by anti-Semitism or by any other forms of religious or racial hatred or intolerance, including attacks against synagogues and other religious places, sites and shrines." German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer called the declaration the strongest condemnation yet of anti-Semitism by an international grouping of countries.
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[54anickel]

1. Is it maybe time to use the term religious intolerance vs anti-semitism

in instances such as this?

all attacks motivated by anti-Semitism or by any other forms of religious or racial hatred or intolerance

Sem·i·tism

1. A Semitic word or idiom.
2. Semitic traits, attributes, or customs.
3. A policy or predisposition in favor of Jews.


an·ti-Sem·i·tism

1. Hostility toward or prejudice against Jews or Judaism.
2. Discrimination against Jews.


If I am againt a policy in favor of a particular group, suddenly I am against that particular group? Makes no sense. :shrug:

[keithyboy]

2. Why is this just inclusive of Jews? Arabs are Semites too.

Here we go again.