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| European Jewish Group Fears Israel-Iran Backlash |
| 2012-04-27 |
| Jewish Congress fears says Israelis strike on Iranian nuke facilities will lead to 'dramatic increase of anti-Semitic, very violent attacks against Jews' Moshe Kantor, president of the European Jewish Congress, said his group is expected to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday to discuss its concerns, but the chief responsibility for the safety of European Jews lay with their own governments. Â He spoke at Tel Aviv University after the presentation of an annual report on worldwide anti-Semitic attacks. The report was issued before Israel's yearly memorial day for the 6 million Jewish victims of the Nazi Holocaust of World War II. The commemoration was beginning at sundown Wednesday. Â The report said the number of attacks declined in 2011, but they were generally more violent than in previous years. The European Jewish Congress is an umbrella organization that says it represents some 2.5 million Jews in Europe. The largest communities are in La Belle France and Great Britannia. |
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