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To: Machaon who wrote (6374)	4/29/2004 2:40:11 PM
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ADL Hails Berlin Declaration Against Anti-Semitism as an 'End Of European Denial' I wonder if Europe is finally waking up? adl.org "European leaders have made a positive commitment to look not only at the root causes of anti-Semitism and its manifestations, but to take concrete action against hate with education and anti-bias programs," said Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director and a Public Advisor to the U.S. delegation to the OSCE Conference. "This important declaration represents an end to European denial that a problem exists and recognition that the disease of anti-Semitism cannot be eradicated unless it is first diagnosed, and then treated." At the same time, ADL leaders stressed that European leaders must make clear that attacks against synagogues and other Jewish institutions are unacceptable, especially when the excuse for such attacks is anger over Israel's policy toward Palestinians. "An attack against a Jewish house of worship is not a political statement. This is anti-Semitism," said Mr. Foxman. "You need to have the guts to say what it is." The OSCE Conference on Anti-Semitism ended with the unveiling of the Berlin Declaration against anti-Semitism which spelled out a series of binding commitments for the 55 member states to take action through the collection of data on anti-Semitic incidents and the promotion of educational initiatives to counteract anti-Jewish sentiment, prejudice and bigotry. The statement addresses the issues by declaring "… unambiguously that international developments or political issues, including those in Israel or elsewhere in the Middle East, never justify anti-Semitism." The message was ratified by leading international figures at the conference, including U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, Holocaust survivor and Nobel Peace Laureate Elie Wiesel and German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer. In his address on "Contemporary Anti-Semitism" at the OSCE meeting, Mr. Foxman highlighted the critical challenges of the newest manifestations of the problem, including attempts to deny the problem exists or to categorize it.