World Jewish News

Jewish Committee in appeal to new German government

Political foundations and the American Jewish Committee (AJC) joined in Berlin Wednesday in an appeal for the next German government to keep up efforts to prevent anti-Semitism.
Deirdre Berger, who heads the AJC German office in Berlin, said such a vital issue ought to be mentioned in the policy agreement drafted by chancellor designate Angela Merkel's CDU/CSU alliance and outgoing Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's Social Democrats.
The recommendation, which was backed by foundations associated with those parties as well as with the Free Democrats and Greens, said the next coalition government should copy the exemplary international role of the outgoing government on the issue.
It also recommended an annual debate in Germany's federal and 16 state parliaments on anti-Semitism.
Berger said Germany should aggressively publish data on the rate at which anti-Semitic crimes are being committed.

Источник: cjp.org