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Irish Jews "Dismayed" by Parliamentary Attacks on Their Community
(Irish Times) Tim O'Brien - Maurice Cohen, chairman of the Jewish Representative Council of Ireland, was asked by the UN Human Rights Council to comment on Ireland's human rights record. In a two-minute video presented to the Geneva-based body, Cohen said Jews have been "dismayed by the use of anti-Semitic tropes by some members of the Irish parliament," and that Ireland has failed to deal with an upsurge in anti-Semitism fueled by online abuse. Ireland has failed to appoint a coordinator to combat anti-Semitism, as agreed by EU states, he said, and the council also had concerns about limitations to the Irish government's proposed hate crime legislation, which does not adequately address anti-Semitic hate speech and incitement to hatred. Cohen said a member of the Jewish community, Alan Shatter, was "wrongly forced" to resign as minister for justice and defense "as a result of a variety of false allegations," and should receive "a complete public apology" from the Dail.