UK: "Modern anti-Semitism finds a home in far too many hearts"

Via The Telegraph:

Anti-Semitism is resurgent and Jews in Europe “live in fear” of being attacked in Europe, Michael Gove has warned.

The Justice Secretary cited figures showing recorded anti-Semitic attacks jumped by 84% in France in the first three months of last year.

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 Speaking at the Inter-parliamentary Coalition for Combating Anti-Semitism Conference in Berlin, Mr Gove said: "Modern anti-Semitism finds a home in far too many hearts.

"There are those on the radical left whose purported sympathy for Arab suffering never results in campaigning against Middle East autocrats, but always in opposition to Israel.

"There are those on the extreme right whose dark prejudices have never been extinguished and who now use opposition to globalisation to revive old anti-Semitic tropes.

"And there are Islamist extremists who want to undermine what they see as the Zionist-crusader state and rail against Jewish influence everywhere.

"There is a duty on all of us in public life to speak out. And to watch out for those with whom we might align ourselves."
Michael Gove

"We need to stand against them all - and any who might be persuaded by their arguments - in solidarity with the Jewish people - and in solidarity with their right to national self-determination."

He added: "There is a duty on all of us in public life to speak out. And to watch out for those with whom we might align ourselves."

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