And right on cue - The Jewish Representative Council of Ireland has made calls for Holocaust denial to be made a criminal offence as it is in Canada, Germany and Austria..... There is confusion here about how anti-semitism should be reported, an area the Jewish Representative Council of Ireland is working on with the Gardaí, NGOs, European Commission and “through our own institutions.” “Most people are not aware of what constitutes anti-semitism and that even a seemingly small act can grow to make this form of racism acceptable,” he added. Mr Cohen said “we do not have the means in law in most cases to successfully prosecute such acts” and are “not sure” if proposed new hate speech laws will help.“It must also be remembered that much of anti-semitism today is based around online rhetoric and in most cases from unknown sources''
And right on cue - The Jewish Representative Council of Ireland has made calls for Holocaust denial to be made a criminal offence as it is in Canada, Germany and Austria..... There is confusion here about how anti-semitism should be reported, an area the Jewish Representative Council of Ireland is working on with the Gardaí, NGOs, European Commission and “through our own institutions.”
“Most people are not aware of what constitutes anti-semitism and that even a seemingly small act can grow to make this form of racism acceptable,” he added.
Mr Cohen said “we do not have the means in law in most cases to successfully prosecute such acts” and are “not sure” if proposed new hate speech laws will help.“It must also be remembered that much of anti-semitism today is based around online rhetoric and in most cases from unknown sources''
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