25.02.2013                      15.Adar. 5773                      Schuschan Purim

Jüdische Welt:

Belgium records 30% rise in anti-Semitism complaints

Government agency reportedly says number of anti-Semitic complaints represents ‘tip of the iceberg’ of real number of incidents; figures correspond with rise in France.

Belgium saw a 30 percent increase in the number of anti-Semitic complaints filed in 2012, according to a government agency.

Edouard Delruelle, president of the Centre for Equal Opportunities and Opposition to Racism, a Belgian government agency, said his organization documented 88 complaints of anti-Semitism in 2012, compared to 62 the previous year and 57 the year before that….