{"id":48950,"date":"2016-12-17T17:00:10","date_gmt":"2016-12-17T15:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=48950"},"modified":"2016-12-14T21:26:20","modified_gmt":"2016-12-14T19:26:20","slug":"17-00-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=48950","title":{"rendered":"UK adopts official anti-Semitism definition as attacks rise"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.sky.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sky-component-header__logo-image alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/news.sky.com\/images\/sky-news-logo.png\" alt=\"Sky News logo\" width=\"40%\" \/><\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/pm-wants-official-definition-of-anti-semitism160to-tackle-rise-in-attacks-10693029?dcmp=snt-sf-twitter\" target=\"_blank\">UK adopts official anti-Semitism definition as attacks rise<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong> Jason Farrell,\u00a0 Senior Political Correspondent<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr style=\"background: #d0e6fa; width: 710px; height: 15px;\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Culprits are getting away with anti-Semitic behaviour &#8220;because the term is ill defined&#8221;, says the Prime Minister.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sdc-image__media aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/16\/12\/992x558\/5a188cd3fdcee8204c5eff26dd27c165b5a9513e09200d6c4ecfc24c2808ca14_3850882.jpg\" alt=\"Jewish men walk along the street in the Stamford Hill area of London\" width=\"100%\" \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>The PM says it is &#8216;disgusting&#8217; that ant-Semitic views were found in British politics \/ Jewish men walk along the street in the Stamford Hill area of London<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Theresa May has said the UK is adopting an international formal definition of anti-Semitism in an effort to tackle hatred against Jewish people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The Prime Minster said culprits were getting away with anti-Semitic behaviour or language &#8220;because the term is ill defined&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Mrs May, speaking in London at an event held by the Conservative Friends of Israel, described the move as a &#8220;ground-breaking step&#8221; in the fight to tackle rising anti-Jewish attacks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The Prime Minister said: &#8220;It is unacceptable that there is anti-Semitism in this country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">&#8220;It is even worse that incidents are reportedly on the rise. As a Government we are making a real difference and adopting this measure is a ground-breaking step.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">&#8220;It means there will be one definition of anti-Semitism &#8211; in essence, language or behaviour that displays hatred towards Jews because they are Jews and anyone guilty of that will be called out on it.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The Government is adopting a charity&#8217;s analysis of what constitutes abuse.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance&#8217;s (IHRA) is an intergovernmental organisation backed by 31 countries. It agreed a definition earlier this year and it hopes will become widely adopted globally.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/16\/12\/750x563\/0013f4c5b1f6940dbd792b730b7006640d571fd1a8eafbcddad21e1eb1000701_3846729.jpg\" alt=\"Prime Minister Theresa May\" width=\"50%\" \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>Prime Minister Theresa May \/ Mrs May says anyone guilty of anti-Semitism will be &#8216;called out&#8217;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">It states: &#8220;Anti-Semitism is a certain perception of Jews, which may be expressed as hatred toward Jews. Rhetorical and physical manifestations of anti-Semitism are directed toward Jewish or non-Jewish individuals and\/or their property, toward Jewish community institutions and religious facilities.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Mrs May also praised Israel for guaranteeing the rights of &#8220;people of all religions, races and sexualities&#8221; and said the Jewish state wanted to &#8220;enable everyone to flourish&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The Labour Party has also been hit by accusations it has failed to tackle anti-Semitism within its ranks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">A spokesman for the Labour leader said he agreed with the IHRA definition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">He said: &#8220;Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour party share the view that language or behaviour that displays hatred towards Jews is anti-Semitism, and is as repugnant and unacceptable as any other form of racism.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">He added: &#8220;Jeremy has consistently spoken out against all forms of anti-Semitism and condemned all anti-Semitic abuse, and set up the Charkrabarti inquiry into anti-Semitism and other forms of racism.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<hr style=\"background: #d0e6fa; width: 710px; height: 15px;\" \/>\n<div id=\"content\" class=\" content-alignment&lt;br \/&gt;&lt;br \/&gt; \">\n<div id=\"watch-description\" class=\"yt-uix-button-panel\">\n<div id=\"watch-description-text\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"> twoje uwagi, linki, wlasne artykuly, lub wiadomosci przeslij do: <span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"mailto:webmaster@reunion68.com\">webmaster@reunion68.com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 710px;\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UK adopts official anti-Semitism definition as attacks rise Jason Farrell,\u00a0 Senior Political Correspondent Culprits are getting away with anti-Semitic behaviour &#8220;because the term is ill defined&#8221;, says the Prime Minister. 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