Likud Chairman Netanyahu Expresses Outrage over Recent Spike in Anti-Semitism
Wednesday, January 28th, 2009
Speaking at the Plenum of the World Jewish Congress currently taking place in Jerusalem, Likud party chairman Benjamin Netanyahu addressed a growing scourge of anti-Semitism which many analysts have seen a considerable spike in the wake of Israel’s recent campaign against Hamas.
Describing Jew hatred as a plague, the former Prime Minister said “In this battle against anti-Semitism we must form alliances with others who are being attacked. Evil acts such as these begin with the Jews but can quickly spread to a far greater conflagration of hatred. If unopposed, it will spread and consume the entire world.”
With leaders of Jewish communities from across the globe in attendance, Mr. Netanyahu said that in the spirit of Theodor Herzl, “when Jews are faced with anti-Semitism the response should be to turned to the place of the Jewish people.”
