Rivlin: British left, European right part of chronic anti-Semitism

4 May 2016, 8:18 pm

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Rivlin goes on to say that anti-Semitism has not disappeared with the end of the Holocaust, mentioning the ongoing scandal in the British Labour Party and the rise of far-rightists in Europe.

“Anti-Semitism and the persecution of the Jews are not a fad, or one that can be taken lightly,” he says. “It is a difficult chronic disease that penetrates deep into the heart and history of nations. We find it today in the voices that can be heard in the heart of a different Europe – from the British left and the extreme right in Eastern Europe and in Europe as a whole, and in areas across of the Arab world.”