(ANSA-AFP) - BRUSSELS, JAN 26 - Israel's President Isaac
Herzog on Wednesday urged Europe to fight anti-Semitism "at all
costs", in the face of a worrying increase in hatred being
spread notably online. "The picture is very deeply troubling,
anti- Semitic discourse festers not only within dark regimes but
within the heartland of the free democratic West," Herzog said
in a speech to the European Parliament to mark Holocaust
Remembrance Day. "Jew-hatred still exists. Anti-Semitism still
exists. Holocaust denial still exists." Herzog pointed to
reports showing rising incidents of anti-Semitism, especially
online where it was "spreading at a record pace at the click of
a button". "I call on you, elected officials of Europe: do not
stand by, you must read the warning signs, detect the symptoms
of the pandemic of anti-Semitism and fight it at all costs," he
said. (ANSA-AFP).
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