Rudy takes a swipe at the European attitude toward anti-semitism:

Mr Giuliani told delegates to take concrete steps to stamp out violence against Jews, including keeping statistics on hate crimes, identifying problems early on and comparing performances between countries.

In a message read to the conference, US President George W Bush urged countries to "ensure that anti-Semitism is excluded from school text books, official statements, official television programming and official publications".

Last month, the Los Angeles-based Simon Wiesenthal Centre said attacks on Jews had reached the highest level since World War II.

As well as physical attacks on Jews, many countries have reported vandalism of synagogues and Jewish cemeteries,


It's about friggin' time. The only way to stamp out continental European anti-semitism is to expose it to the world and shame the hell out of the various governments that turn a blind eye.