resume settlement building and all t's popes who rabbi andrew baker who said no solution regarding a palestinian state can exclude israel and that and to semitism is on the rise. robert andrew baker thank you very much for being with us today so we'll start with a question what 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 an 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 over the last persisting in many other parts of the world so i think we've given more attention to it during the slyest years it's still with us unfortunately what do you think some of the factors start driving to increase. well again i think it varies from country to country clearly one aspect that has emerged more recently has been the vents in the middle east the state of israel essentially triggering semitic incidents in various places particularly in the west but we've also seen what some people would call a new form of. the state of israel itself is the is brought into question is the clear to racist state essentially where that itself becomes a new form of anti-semitism so you do think that they ongoing stalemates in the

middle east is affecting globally 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 for dislike sometimes even hate because of that you know i wish it were so simple as saying the issue is only settlements i know 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 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 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 jewish word no one jewish i think in all of the world to have one state that isn't free like 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 in church. descended in great britain but no one would suggest that. in the u.k. there is not. freedom and democracy. rights for all of its citizens recently. foreign ministers put off their 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 i mean interior ministry officials

deny the holocaust and calder legend and this sort of cases what impact callous protecting the holocaust have. i think you mean laws that would prohibit 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 they mean theory of ministry. and with the way they had a very strong statement about this i think that's important that when they were described of denial 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 in countries over the past year. these are the countries where members of the european union have made what is markets are going to zation want 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 the former wall for the s.s. veterans parading in their uniforms and in those early years government officials received there and i think this has been very much part of the discussions even as these countries we seek in membership in nato before any new extension and i think there has been much progress i don't think in many cases the progress always complete but these groups do continue to march but they're not received by by

governments they don't really condemn and they mean they say they're not for or against 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 friedberger 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. they're commanded by the government leadership they do they do criticize them but let's be honest too there's a segment in the society where there's still remains 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'd 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 their rise. online anti-semitism have been heard and never recorded 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 they really need it 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 at 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 violent rallies 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 so even as i'm here in moscow mail. here again i think it's a challenge for the government and for leadership these kinds of voices we see hopeless are the ruling. the real test the only measure is how you dress them in the short term obviously in faults people police put in the long term in washington is there in the sense for it looks like america every 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 that give me reason to hope that it will measure up to read by baker thank you very much for this thank you very much. it's the secret incursion into the country. it's the invasion by means of. tradition the language you know you suggested bestie copied the beat.

and culture. the thing is that the had the germans are still unaware of what's going on in their minds still asking why do you. like. i don't know anything about the last leg arranged. on our chief.

the latest headlines on the week's top stories here in our c opposition demonstrations turn violent and batteries with clashes at the parliament buildings as thousands take to the streets in protest against an apparent landslide victory for incumbent president an exam the. camera from the home been injured as a riot police tackled crowds while to opposition presidential candidates have also been. ethnic tension between russian nationalists and groups from the corpuses it's also small school authorities to take preventive security measures to avoid a new wave of clashes hundreds of been detained over the last twenty four i was taking the total to more than three thousand in a week as a result of isolated clashes in various parts of the city. no topic was off limits

from minister vladimir putin to the seat of his annual q. and a session with the public nationalism and justice were among the issues that came up in the four hour long discussion of assumptions covered included social security police are full and property prices. european and speak out against their governments and under the methods used to deal with the volatile economies the single currency is increasingly being seen as the reach of the problem on the scale as leaders agreed to set up a permanent fund to rescue fading the euro zone economy. next is the latest sports news with kate. thank you for joining me for the sports update and here's what we have coming up ice and easy channel one cup winners russia russia and sixteen to end the tournament undy. well so whether rafa under pressure needs his claims

his fast to fit into milan take it to themas on day two with the club world cup. and so near that yet so far fighting veteran bernard hopkins just misses out on becoming the champion up saying. with us lucky there where russia have ended the china one cup in style that's just love because ben secured the trophy with a victory over the czechs on saturday and finished the tournament by beating the finns sixteen to keep their one hundred percent record intact robots that onion reports. the found celebrate as the toll free comes back home the title was secure in surly when russia claimed their second victory winning the general one cup a game early although the hosts still had some unfinished business on sunday last year's tournament winners finland recently proved to be one of the toughest opponents just love big of man but the stunned it turned out to be

a different story ten minutes in an alexander a dual score the opener to send them back in a good sport arena wild. and mussar peace was to blame again and again. the visitors needed late fall back and their furious british was soon awarded a beautiful feeling at home in front of russia's goal and levelling matters one one . however the who site soon restore their lead on a pole play team russia's first line making it to one early in the second period and that's when the show started the red machine geared up to entertain the home crowd with a variety of ghosts. of finishing his teammates efforts with american restocked three one soon if there were a dual and sergei mazak an easily down these two in one chance in two go for one

and the gulf has continued to mumbai hosts six one by the second intermission. finally managed to get on the scoresheet in the final period but to no will ail is russia rolled out six two winners. of this in the first two games but as with already fulfilled our main task of taking the title we just loosened up so today we could just produce the best game especially after we scored the first two goals. the first period was a bit tough for us as the game had started prerelease so we needed some time to wake up although in the second period we had the age and scored five goals i'm sure the spectators enjoyed the way we played after their olympic bruce was sure in the disappointment of the world championships this triumph of home ice was a nice near present for the russian fans. or to mask.

and in the later game the czech republic came back to beat sweden for one in the final match of the china one cup that victory means the czechs finished second at the top with five points from three games four points behind winners russia and the swedes with thirty three points i think they took only one and ended in a disappointing fourth. then on to football and european champions into milan have won the club world cup after three nil when over t.p. mazembe a from the democratic republic of congo into same to openings that will took the late in the thirteenth minute goran pandev starting the ball home after being set up by some letter. and then four minutes later it was on the scoresheet himself making the most of a speculative crossword puzzle is an essay to make it so you know. and that's how it stays to half time and after the break in to continue to surge forward maicon going close after a solo run. but it was wrapped up in the

closing minutes jonathan beer bionic giving them an emphatic three no when it's the fourth consecutive time of european clubs. to betray faith and to provide some respite from manager rafael benitez who sideline a disappointing seven zero on muslim they were proud to be the first african team to reach the final though they said they complained to face the about biased referee. here let me tell it if the christian tradition 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 physical at the national level because we had too many players coming back from injuries. tactically getting which were then i think the commitment of the player was really good and what we. wanted to also do in the cup play everyone who prepared ourself. and i think they tried their best and know what is making their most or lose this game was their

forty's and i think that everybody if they can check or not they do not is 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 we cause they don't have to discourage young teams coming i think all these thing is very important you are good. going about it a shame to ac milan and. pick up and you did our best to i've been playing and you know meanwhile the third place match was won by brazilian side internacional the ten and south korean side china for two. open for the south american assets after a quarter of an hour and aleksandr out of the second just a few minutes later then the asian champions task was made even more difficult after so one junk was sent off just before half time in us in our mates the most of their extra man early in the second half and those that a summer made it three no alexandro netted his second magic formula with twenty

minutes left john did fight back with two goals in the last ten minutes modesty on . but it was too little too late last year now sealed third place. we cannot go i think that the main difference today was that we scored the goals and even more so i think that in the first game masala 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 playing with the rhythm and if we had had the luck to score during the last game then of course today 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 today in the car broadcast. staying with football as the winter weather has forced the postponement of all three matches shadowed for this sunday in the english premier league those famous has included black against this place

taught them middle and darby of west brom versus second bottom walls and the big match a stanford bridge between chelsea and leaders manchester united well one thing the weather couldn't stop worsts around expects and becoming manchester united's longest serving manager despite the game of chelsea being called off a sixty eight year old scott has passed some record of twenty four years one month and fourteen days ferguson has won twenty six major trophies since arriving at old trafford in november nine hundred eighty six we had two spells in charge of united between one hundred forty five and one nine hundred sixty nine and one hundred seventy and one hundred seventy one and won the club's first european cup as well as five titles. one saturday and to gain survived sunderland went six after a one zero win over bolton danny welbeck scored the first half when i steve brushed aside remained unbeaten at home while struggling west ham two one one it manager as blackburn junior sternness last netting equaliser after rhinos rovers however the

point still leaves the hammers bottom of the table at christmas and the eighteen clubs have been bottom of the crime late on december the twenty. if there's only one has avoided relegation that was west brom in two thousand and five. thousand after the aspirants over the weekend third place not just the city have the chance to go top of the table christmas for the first time since one thousand nine hundred twenty nine if their home match on monday does go ahead and sleep as it is everton . now in winter sports american lindsey vonn has taken her second straight world cup victory by winning the super combined race of valdez there in france the olympic champion put together a great performance in the super g. and an assured slalom run to win by just under half a second to austrians is about to go gold and nicole haas in second and third respectively three time world cup champion also sees the overall lead from release of germany who finished fifth. wow over in italy ted ligety has extended

his domination of the world cup giant slalom by winning his third straight race to take the lead in the overall standings the american finished fourteenth hundreds of the second ahead of france's superior ryszard another frenchman from a span era completed the podium. now american bernard hopkins has just missed the chance to become the oldest boxer to hold a major world title after the forty six year old light heavyweight fight with a teacher john pascal was declared a draw hopkins seen here the way it is not done by pass well in the first and third rounds but he well it after that and went on 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 and the fight was detailed in the draw to draw a line passed out almost twenty two years hopkins junior to keep his double rio and i.d.c. bouts. and finally politicians artists and form a sportsman have been attending a goddess ceremony here in moscow to celebrate each event of

a charity called under the flag of good the organization raises money for children who need medical treatment while holding various sporting. bents is present that his assistant. explains. the sixth year of the shirts here and turned out to be very successful with finances and medical support to help two hundred children and over those six years more than a thousand children this is are more but i suppose very important contribution to developing churchy work in the country and of course the main result is the happy faces of the children who go on to live full and available lives and there are very grateful to everyone who took part in the event. and that's all the sports news for this bulletin.

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first arab muslims not sure can pinsky switzer told close knit hold bill to let me go it's going. to take a turn. opposition supporters clashed with riot police as thousands gather in the bella russian capital minsk to protest alexander lukashenko seemingly fourth consecutive victory . in holland and most kurds as over four hundred are arrested in an effort to prevent more clashes between russia and once we nationalists and ethnic minorities spawned by the death of a football fan almost two weeks ago. also all subjects will play a game as prime minister vladimir putin to behold seat by his annual q. and a session with the russian public nationalism the justice system were among the issues here dressed in the four hour session.

another week of protests in europe of a government austerity measures in several countries across the continent an economic crisis the stations say the latest european union bailout plan will not be enough to save the euro. hello and welcome to the program this is all we can interview i mean you know. thanks for joining us precious. over the presidential election have turned violent with two candidates among those had in clashes with police tens of thousands of people flocked to the central square of minsk demonstrating after an apparent landslide victory for the current president alexander look at and as i now reports and all she can work through have also been had in the rubble for.