Anti-Semitism rising across West as result of 'populism and isolationism', Jewish leader to warn Pop

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Anti-Semitism rising across West as result of 'populism and isolationism', Jewish leader to warn Pope Francis

Jewish people in Europe are suffering from a virulent wave of anti-Semitism amid a rise in dangerous political extremism that is threatening to divide societies, a senior leader of the community will warn in a meeting with the Pope on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, The Independent has learned.

Ahead of his meeting with Pope Francis on Friday, Dr Moshe Kantor, the head of the European Jewish Congress, will also speak to the European Parliament about the “deep concern” being felt at rise of intolerant “populism and isolationism running through the democracies of the West”. He will urge that “all governments across Europe and the voters at home to stand-up to right-wing extremism and challenge the hatred...and eradicate this cancer.”

The call comes at a time when the EU is under huge pressure, with Brexit and the rise of parties, some openly racist, which were once on the fringes of politics. Elections due to be held in France, the Netherlands and Germany are likely to see gains made by hard-right parties who say they have been energised by the triumph of Donald Trump in the US following a campaign widely accused of pandering to bigotry and intolerance.

Dr Kantor said: “It is truly disturbing that in living memory of the Holocaust, today in Europe we have a situation where the far right in gaining popularity in every major country on the continent. It is once more becoming acceptable in polite circles to openly make anti-Semitic, xenophobic and bigoted remarks, all under the cloak of national patriotism.

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The bigger concern is if anyone gives a shit, of course, other than some Jews.