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Global Anti-Semitism Review Act of 2004 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Global Anti-Semitism Review Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-332, 118 Stat. 1282) was enacted on October 16, 2004. It orders the U.S. State Department to monitor global antisemitism, reporting annual...
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The U.S. Government is committed to monitoring and combating anti-Semitism throughout the world as an important human rights and religious freedom issue. As President Bush said when he signed the Global Anti-Semitism Review Act on October 16, 2004, "Defending freedom also means disrupting the evil of anti-Semitism."
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This Act may be cited as the `Global Anti -Semitism Review Act of 2004'. ... (7) The OSCE convened a conference again on April 28-29, 2004, in Berlin, to address the problem of anti -Semitism with the United States delegation led by former Mayor of New York City, Ed Koch.
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According to the State Department, anti-Semitism occurs when a swastika is portrayed in a cartoon decrying the behavior of a past or present Zionist leader.
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Monday, October 18, 2004 ; Global Anti-Semitism Review Act of 2004 ; 9:08 AM ET; Signed into law by President Bush October 16, 2004 [creating an Anti-Semitism office within the State Department and mandating an annual review and report on anti-Semitism around the world].
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The Global Anti-Semitism Review Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-332, 118 Stat. 1282-1286) expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the United States Government should continue to support efforts to combat anti-Semitism worldwide through bilateral relationships and interaction with international organizations;
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The expressed purpose and effect of The Global Anti-Semitism Review Act of 2004 is to intimidate would be critics of the Jews and Judaism, and thereby chill any and all critical discussion of the Jewish faith and the Jewish fifth column that is subverting our nation, thereby destroying through the power and resources...
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This Act may be cited as the `Global Anti-Semitism Review Act of 2004'. ... (7) The OSCE will again convene a conference dedicated to addressing the problem of anti-Semitism on April 28-29, 2004, in Berlin, with the United States delegation to be led by former Mayor of New York City Ed Koch.
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At a Congressional hearing held at the beginning of this month, Senator Voinovich introduced the Global Anti-Semitism Review Act of 2004, S.2292, a bill that urges the United States to continue to strongly support efforts to highlight anti-Semitism through its relationships with other countries and international bodies.
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"Today, I signed the Global Anti-Semitism Review Act of 2004. This law commits the government to keep a record of anti-Semitic acts throughout the world, and also a record of responses to those acts," he said.
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