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Wednesday, January 22, 2020
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Wednesday, January 22, 2020
Gantz tells Macron anti-Semitism threatens ‘democratic fabric’ of Europe
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleBlue and White leader MK Benny Gantz tells French President Emmanuel Macron that anti-Semitism threatens the “democratic fabric” of Europe.
The two meet in Jerusalem on the sidelines of the fifth World Holocaust Forum hosted by Yad Vashem.
“I shared my concerns with [Macron] about the recent rise in anti-Semitism in Europe and thanked him for his determined leadership in fighting this concerning trend in France. Anti-Semitism is a threat not only to the local Jewish communities of Europe but to the democratic fabric of European society as well,” Gantz says in a statement to the press.
The two discussed “various regional issues, foremost among them the challenge posed by Iran,” the statement says.
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