JTA - 12.02.03

 

Jewish Telegraphic Agency

BREAKING NEWS
Report: Balts fighting anti-Semitism

Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia are focusing more on fighting anti-Semitism, a new report said. The three Baltic countries also are promoting a more balanced approach toward the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as they prepare to join the European Union, according to a report on the former Soviet Union prepared by NCSJ: Advocates on Behalf of Jews in Russia, Ukraine, the Baltic States & Eurasia. The report says the Russian government is fighting anti-Semitism but grass-roots antipathy to Jews continues. It also highlighted the lack of religious freedom and problems with anti-Semitism in Belarus.