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The NEW Anti-Semitism
...an End Time Factor?
Perben tells US
Jews France ‘determined’ in anti-Semitism fight
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PARIS, Sept 9 (AFP) - French Justice Minister Dominique Perben on
Thursday reassured a delegation of American Jews that Paris was doing
everything possible to fight anti-Semitism and punish those behind
anti-Jewish attacks.
Perben "reiterated the French government's determination to pursue and
severely punish the perpetrators of anti-Semitic acts" during talks with
members of the American Jewish Committee, his ministry said in a
statement.
The minister also told the delegation, led by AJC president E. Robert
Goodkind, that punishments for racist and anti-Semitic crimes had
recently been strengthened, and that he had asked prosecutors to apply
the law without mercy.
French justice ministry figures released last month showed that 298
anti-Semitic acts had been reported to court authorities between January
1 and August 20, most of which remain unsolved.
Also last month, French Interior Minister Dominique de Villepin said
that 160 violent anti-Semitic acts had been committed in the first seven
months of the year, as compared with 75 such acts during the same period
last year.
France is home to Europe's largest Jewish community, estimated at
600,000.
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