andrea baker thank you very much for being with us today so we'll start with a question do you think is anti-semitism rising or is it falling well it's sort of hard to give a simple answer except i would say a decade ago we imagined anti-semitism was. diminishing and we had hoped it would be more of the historical issue than a contemporary one unfortunately i think over these last ten years we've seen something very different we have seen a resurgence of. in countries where we wouldn't have expected it in western europe we've seen it nevertheless persisting in many other parts of the world so i think

we've given more attention to it during these last two years it's still with us unfortunately what do you think some of the factors driving to increase. well again i think it varies from country to country clearly one aspect that has emerged more recently has been events in the middle east the state of israel essentially triggering anti-semitic incidents in various places particularly in the west but we've also seen what some people would call a new form of advice elitism and that's where the state of israel itself is the is brought into question is the clear to races state essentially where that itself becomes a new form of anti-semitism so you do think that the ongoing stalemate in the middle east is affecting. really well at the very least we can certainly demonstrate that conflicts in the middle east may trigger anti-semitic events elsewhere and particularly in europe western. europe when you have growing arab and

muslim communities they have become a source of anti-semitic incidents at least elements of those communities so that's clearly one aspect but then i think even in public discourse there is something about the state of israel that has engendered very paganistic reactions that cross over from a point of being mere criticism and to become something else when i think israel continues settlement building people around the world actually south dislikes sometimes i mean because of that you know i wish it were so simple as saying the issue is only settlements no advocate of settlements but i think we're the middle east conflict has sparked a. spike in anti-semitism it off in rages people who have no love for the state of israel in any for so to blame settlements to blame israel itself is almost akin to what had been

a more traditional notion of blaming jews for it i said this sort of jews behave in this fashion in this fashion don't play people would say bring it on themselves of course we know it's anti semites that be a responsibility for anti-semitism not jews and in the same way israel is not a response so it's holding jews collectively responsible for the actions of israel is considered anti-semitism why does israel want to sanctify a character at the state well i think from the very beginning the notion of the israel was to be a jewish state to be a jewish state but also a democratic state with full rights for all of its citizens to which were no one jewish i think in all of the world to have one state that there isn't a jewish tradition and by the spirit of judaism is feeling it appropriate i mean many countries have a stablish state church is. be

a good church that the. descended in great britain but no one would suggest that. in the u.k. there is not. freedom and democracy. rights for all but citizens recently for foreign ministers put off the decision to recognize palestine how does this set back your mission well i think personally i would say my view shared by many others is that palestinian state should come out of direct negotiations between the palestinian authority in the state of israel and i hope that happens at some point soon but i think that's the way the state of palestine should emerge not by. recognition or decree from outside. recently a place c.n.n. interior ministry officials deny the holocaust and they call their legend and this sort of case is what impact protecting the holocaust have. i think you mean laws

that would prohibit the holocaust denial and it's something that we're all concerned about in the case of lithuania in fact shortly after this official wrote this article was published. he lost his job in the interior ministry and then with the way he had a very strong statement about this i think that's important that we never decide to deny or question of the holocaust emerges there should be a quick and swift response in some cases some countries have laws they can be employed sometimes they work many times they take a very long time before they are implemented or before a prosecution leads to a conviction so it's all the more reason that political leaders need to speak quickly and strongly also not see commemorations were allowed to baltic countries

over the past year. these are the countries who are members of the european union have made. this organization want to do more to fight anti-semitism in their membership but you know you you point to a very i think a very serious issue and a problem that really began in the early ninety's after the openness freedom reestablishment of democracy in these countries you did have in latin for example former walk for the s.s. veterans parading in their uniforms and in those early years government officials perceive that and i think this has been very much part of the discussions even as these countries we see membership in nato before in a new expression and i think it has been much progress i don't think in any case is the progress always complete but these groups do continue to march but they're not received by by governments they're not really condemning they mean they say they're not for or against it they don't come out condemning it well you know i don't i

don't think that's really entirely so i think you need to look more carefully we had many. discussions for example with president lee to freiburg or during her term terms in office and i think she became a very strong voice both in recognizing the holocaust that took place in latvia the importance of commemorating it and of making sure that these kinds of groups yes they do more actually. but. they're not received. commended by the government leadership they do they do criticize them but let's be honest too there's a segment in the society where this still remains and this kind of populism that plays on that fascist era pass not only in the baltic states it's present in slovakia and remaining in other countries that had a difficult history during the nazi era this is something we need to keep working but you do believe as of today politicians are showing enough. leadership on such

a fundamental issue i don't think i could ever say they're showing enough leadership because i think there's always more that political leadership can do and unfortunately it's the nature of politics that in too many cases leaders are calculating what they say or do based on voting or support in their localities. calculations in their countries i think what we do find more and more is that leaders know the difference between what is right and what is wrong and the importance is to get them to speak clearly about what they already know so your concerns for the rise of online anti-semitism have been heard recorded quite a thing is to blame the media is it is it the media that's irresponsible or the legislators failed to protect the society you know this is a real challenge everywhere i think the last thing we want is to say somehow governments need to control media need to somehow prohibit wholesale this kind of

expression but there really need needs to be concerted efforts to figure out how to control this kind of hatred that is spreading as you've identified particularly on the internet these days and that means engaging internet providers that means developing good practices that means of course working with media so they recognize the responsibilities they have here the fact that what is reported what is misreported can often have real consequences but i think the goal is to engage media the goal is to engage the companies that provide internet services to try and get them to be more responsible i think governments legislators need to do what they can to enforce it least where there are clear violations of existing laws but it's something that everyone needs to really be

a partner in to address. ultranationalist staged to violent rally just outside of kremlin recently what are your concerns for russia you know i think this was very troubling to to observe in fact and we've so even as i'm here in moscow and mail it here again i think it's a challenge for the government and for leadership these kinds of voices we see an openness of the room. the real test the real notion is how you dressed up in the short term obviously you've been false to call the police put in the long term and washy you see it in the sense for it looks like america is heterogeneous multi cultural diverse society. it seems we've got a lot of problems i think it also brings with it a lot of benefits it makes life much more i think enriching and full. and a society that can embrace its diversity with full rights for everyone and respect

for everyone is strengthened by to me this is a long term challenge that russia faces i hope certainly there are people i meet they give me reason to hope that it will measure up to read by baker thank you very much for this thank you very much. bringing you the latest in science and technology from the realms. we've got the future covered. it's the secret incursion into the country. it's the invasion by means of. tradition the language you tell

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just becoming boxing champion. that started the ice hockey they were russia have ended the china one cup in style that already secured the try if you pick three over the czechs yesterday beat the finns sixty this afternoon in moscow to keep one hundred percent record intact cannot be churchill scoring twice and dumping when the channel one cup is the ultimate leg of the hockey tool that we rushed today also increases their lead in that so it was country to play for sweden taking on the czechs in two days of the game at the tournament. leading to football now and european champions into milan have won the club world cup after three know when i would t.p. mazembe a from the democratic republic of congo into seem to call for openings that will and took the lead in the thirteenth minute of starting the ball high after being set up by samuel lefty and then four minutes later he was on the scoresheet

himself making the most of the speculative cross from yeah he has a neti to make it and that is how it stayed until half time but after the break into continued to see forward michael on going close after a silo run. for sitting in the woodwork and was wrapped up in the closing minutes jonathan by a bionic giving them an emphatic scream when it's the fourth consecutive time a european club has lifted the trophy in providing some rest but the man. rafael benitez he sighed like any disappointing seven position in syria from his m.b.a. were proud to be the first african team to reach the final but said they would complain to face about bias refereeing. a mentality which interation of the players they were really focused we were talking about how to play against a team that physically was very strong and we knew that we had to work together and stay compact because we were not in a physical or emotional level because there we had too many players coming back

from injuries so tactically it english one of the commitment of the player was really good and what years you wanted to also during the cup like everyone who prepared ourself. i think. the best and know what is making their most or lose this game was their forty's i think that if they can check i'm not a journalist this time i saw against muslim boys too much that really is not good for people i talked. to the president to say they have to check everybody's because they don't have to discourage young teams coming i think all these things is very important to be a good score in the congregation to ac milan and. you did our best but i have been playing well the third place match was won by brazilian side international to be ten man sad career seeing young side green sides and young for too i see the

thing is that you can score in the south american outfit off the court of an hour and alexandra added a second a few minutes later than the asian champions task was made even more difficult after sue kwan can was sent off just before half time international made the most of their extra man early in the second half and that is the sound will make it rain alexandra netted a second to make it for nothing but trying to stay on for but with two goals in the last ten minutes from one another but it was too little too late as international talk like this. with because i think that the main difference today was that we scored three goals and even more so that in the first game we were more solid technically the way we played and today with due respect to the korean team that made life easier for us i think it was a good game with good quality but our team is used to play with the rhythm and if we had had the luck to school during the last game then of course to do it we would be in another situation but life goes on and we have to be humble enough to realize

we made mistakes in the first game and all of us could have created something different for to do you the cardboard can. stay with that because the weather has forced the cancellation of all the matches in the english premier league today the games at west brom blackpool and chelsea are all perspired and yesterday in two games by sunderland going six after one zero win over bolton danny welbeck scoring his goal in six games this thing brings his side remain unbeaten at home and struggling west hand three one one advantage of the stanislav netting the equaliser after ryan nelsen opened the scoring. but it doesn't mean the hammers will remain bottom of the table at christmas one thing about the couldn't stop their ceramics ferguson becoming manchester united's longest serving manager despite today's game against chelsea being called off he's passed the matt busby's record of twenty four years one month and fourteen days ferguson who is sixty eight has won twenty six major trait instance arriving at old trafford in november one thousand nine hundred eighty six we had two spells in charge of united between one hundred forty five and

sixty nine and one hundred seventy and seventy one and won the club's first european cup as well as five the title. tune into sports now russia's august has claimed her first biathlon medal of the season the she took bronze in the women's seven and a half kilometer sprint at the third stage of the world cup in slovenia the russian was flawless at both in stages in saturday and showed the place within sky's a macaroni the pair were seventeen seconds behind when the juniors magdalena knew that the back is an. to see excuse me not to silver but on the slopes olympic champion lindsey vonn i won her first downhill race of the season in the world cup event is that between now and lara he finished second and third respectively win also ensured close the gap on overall world cup. you started poorly and came home in twenty fourth place as for the men it took place in switzerland and still runs a big and won the men's world cup downhill he now replaces austria's markel for the

top of both the downhill and overall world cup standings but i was trained from a born man playing second place while running downhill champion. from sports and completed the podium. to warmer climes not good news though for england's cricketers astray or comfortably winning the third ashes test in perth to square the series ahead of the fourth test in melbourne the oldies only needed fifteen minutes to take england's last five wickets from the back to two hundred sixty seven when other tours had regime been eighty one for five meetings and unlike the three hundred ten runs for victory but ryan harris finished with a test best of six for forty seven is england will all die for one hundred twenty three levels the ashes series of one of pace after the first test was drawn and the players now had to melbourne for the next test beginning on december the twenty six . now bernard hopkins has just missed the chance to become the oldest boxer to hold a major world title the forty six year old's light heavyweight fight with pascal

was declared a draw hopkins seen here at the weigh in was knocked down by pascal in the first and third rounds but rallied after that to last the distance and although one judge ruled the veteran had edged his opponent one hundred fourteen points to one hundred twelve the other two judges said the pair were inseparable in the fight was declared a majority draw allowing a scout almost twenty is optimized to keep his w.b.i. and i can see belts. so far neither has been a memorable win for the l.a. clippers new n.b.a. after losing. last fifteen games away from home they beat the chicago bulls by a single point one hundred to ninety nine the final score in the windy city chicago have won their last seven matches and were obviously the favorites somewhere leading by three by the end of the first quarter after derek sank that basket but the clippers turned the tide for the twenty points to run at the start of the second blake griffin he scored twenty nine on the night with a slam dunk their stories side lead at the halfway mark and he was instrumental

after the break. three points at the end of the heat in the clip is in control. but in the fourth because i rallied and got within she points to thirty one seconds remaining thanks to callers blues. and when they were given to you for your prize for a fight in the dying seconds they had a perfect chance to tie the gang but the first missed the second given the clip is a hard hundred points to ninety nine green. time for a quick look elsewhere miami got the better of washington and another very close going philadelphia beat orlando ninety seven eighty seven cleveland edged the knicks they're also waiting on saturday not utah san antonio and denver for them to golden state also by a single point. so bring this to the end of the sports we've got the weather now.

this is a table from the u.s. embassy in colombo they talk about here an apparent june seventh incident of extrajudicial executions the military according to the press that on that day they killed nine guerrillas in the best edition. and they strongly suggest however that the nine were executed by the army and then dressed in military fatigues. explain how you know this kind of phenomenon where bodies are dressed up as guerrillas and presented as killed in action and the idea that you need to produce these actually encouraged paramilitary collaboration this is a cia document central intelligence agency they knew about these activities they knew they were happening they knew about links to paramilitary groups and. usaid

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