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Natan Sharansky: "Anti-Semitism Is Not Just a Jewish Problem"
(Jerusalem Post) Steve Linde - Former Soviet dissident and Jewish Agency chairman Natan Sharansky told the Jerusalem Post: "If I were a European leader, I would spend day and night asking myself how come that Europe was so quick to get rid in such a cruel way of its Jews who played such an important role in the creation and development of modern liberal European society, and how is it possible that today, just one generation after Holocaust, more and more European Jews believe that neither they nor their children have a future in Europe?" "The ease with which these communities were destroyed and killed shows how thin the layer of culture and humanity is in liberal Europe....At a very minimum, every European leader should expect from each citizen of his or her country, including new citizens, to accept the fundamental principles of human rights, such as freedom and equality, that are basic for modern European culture." "We should have zero tolerance for those who claim they love Jews and yet demonize Israel, or claim they love Israel and yet demonize Jews."