Another story from The Jerusalem Post:
The [State] Department's first-ever Report on Global Anti-Semitism, mandated by a new congressional law signed by President Bush in October, documents anti-Semitic acts around the world between July 2003 and December 2004.
The State Department already reports on anti-Semitism in its International Religious Freedom Report and its Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. But legislators, led by Rep. Tom Lantos (D-California), the only Holocaust survivor elected to Congress, found such reporting inadequate and pushed for the legislation requiring the separate annual report, and also the appointment of a new US special envoy on anti-Semitism. That position has not yet been filled.
"The increasing frequency and severity of anti-Semitic incidents since the start of the 21st century, particularly in Europe, has compelled the international community to focus on anti-Semitism with renewed vigor," the report says.
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