UN to Hold Meeting Jan. 22 on Growth of Anti-Semitism
The U.N. General Assembly will hold an informal meeting on the growth of anti-Semitism on Jan. 22 in response to a request from dozens of nations, including Israel, the United States and all European Union members.
The 37 countries sent a letter to assembly President Sam Kutesa on Oct. 1 calling for a meeting in response to "an alarming outbreak of anti-Semitism worldwide." That was well before last week's attack on a kosher supermarket in Paris.
Israel's U.N. Ambassador Ron Prosor said Monday: "We have a great deal of work to do to move this issue from the headlines to the history books."
The killing of four French Jews in last week's hostage standoff at the Paris kosher market was just the latest to raise fears among European Jews. It follows killings at a Belgian Jewish Museum and a Jewish school in southwestern France.
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