UN CONDEMNS ANTI-SEMITISM DESPITE ARAB OPPOSITION

UN resolution condemns anti-Semitism
In a break from tradition, the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution Monday condemning anti-Semitism as part of a broader resolution against religious intolerance. Israeli officials said the inclusion of a reference to anti-Semitism in what has become an annual U.N. resolution on religious intolerance constitutes a historic breakthrough.

The resolution passed Monday despite efforts by Arab countries to omit any references to anti-Jewish bigotry amid references to Islamophobia and Christianophobia. In years past, theresolution made no mention of anti-Semitism.

In the resolution, the Third Committee of the U.N.General Assembly said it "recognizes with deep concern the overall rise in instances of intolerance and violence directed against members of many religious communities in various parts of the world, including cases motivated by Islamophobia, anti-Semitism and Christianophobia."