(Algemeiner) David Daoud - In a new Israeli initiative, Alan Baker, Israel's former ambassador to Canada and legal adviser to the Foreign Ministry, wants antisemitism to be treated as an international crime. Baker has drafted an international convention calling for the "Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Antisemitism." The Convention will allow countries to cooperate and exchange information in order to extradite those suspected of acts that meet the definition of antisemitism, Israel's NRG reported on Wednesday. "Everyone knows to condemn antisemitism, but they are not doing what is necessary in order to fight against it on an international legal level," Baker said.
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