UN envoy Danon urges European allies to step up fight against anti-Semitism

United Nations ambassador Danny Danon says Israel appreciates the support of its newfound allies in Eastern Europe but expects “stronger actions” when it comes to their stance against anti-Semitism.

Danon says that the former communist nations have played a key role in blocking anti-Israel measures in the European Union and other international forums. But he says they have to improve their approach toward Jews and accurately portray the memory of the Holocaust.

Danon is leading a delegation of fellow ambassadors to the UN in Israel.

Lithuania, Ukraine, Hungary and others are among those swept up in a wave of World War II-era revisionism that seeks to diminish their culpability in the Holocaust while making heroes out of anti-Soviet nationalists involved in the mass killing of Jews.

— with AP