The new anti-semitism....

An opinion piece by Irwin Cotler in today's National Post...

Reflecting on the contemporary surge in anti-Semitism, Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel has stated, "I have not felt the way I feel now since 1945. I feel there are reasons for us to be concerned, even afraid ... Now is the time to mobilize the efforts of all of humanity." This sentiment is what brings together parliamentarians from around the world, for the first conference of the International Parliamentary Coalition to Combat Anti-Semitism.

What we are witnessing today is a new sophisticated, virulent and even lethal anti-Semitism, reminiscent of the atmospherics of the 1930s, and without parallel since the end of the Second World War. This new anti-Jewishness found early juridical expression in the United Nations' "Zionism is Racism" resolution, but has gone beyond that. Traditional anti-Semitism is the discrimination against, denial of or assault upon the rights of Jews to live as equal members of whatever host society they inhabit. The new anti-Semitism involves discrimination against the right of the Jewish people to live as an equal member of the family of nations -- the denial of, and assault upon, the Jewish people's right even to live -- with Israel as the "collective Jew among the nations."

There's a plethora of stories around the web about the 'new anti-semitism'. I'm glad that people are writing about it, but the only way to stop it is to have strong leaders who will come out and condemn the Israel-bashing. How about some leaders pay some attention to the genocidal maniacs of Hamas and their anti-semitic charter??? I could go on and on - but I'm almost getting tired of the hand-wringing over anti-semitism, but doing nothing about the bashing of Israel.