That's Clearly Not True
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Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko denied that anti-Semitism was a problem in his ex-Soviet nation, but promised nevertheless to treat the issue with the utmost seriousness, his office said Sunday... "There is no such problem as anti-Semitism or other manifestations of xenophobia in Ukraine," Yushchenko's office quoted him as telling reporters in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he was awarded the 2005 Philadelphia Liberty Medal.
Three days ago:
A Ukrainian rabbi and his 14-year-old son were beaten in Kiev in the latest anti-Semitic attack in this ex-Soviet republic, a Jewish leader said yesterday. Eight skinheads attacked the two during a beer festival on Sunday.
In retrospect though, the Ukrainian police investigated the whole thing, and it turns out that the skinheads weren't being anti-Semitic at all - they were just having a little rowdy fun. Nonetheless, the police went ahead and arrested two of them for "hooliganism" anyway, just to send a message to the kids that rough play will not be tolerated. Because the Ukraine is a nation of law and order, where anti-Semitism is the furthest thing from anyone's mind. There does seem to be a bit of a problem with clearly non-anti-Semitic hooliganism...
Last month, skinheads severely beat a Jewish student in Kiev who was later handed over in coma to a Tel Aviv hospital to undergo a brain surgery. Yushchenko condemned the attack and ordered top officials to take charge of the case. Three people have been arrested on charges of hooliganism. In Philadelphia, Yushchenko also said that the recent attacks were not ethnically motivated.
... but we have no doubt that the Ukrainian police will get that hooliganism problem under control in no time.
The best part of this article?
"Ukraine is a European country and takes a European approach to any problems that emerge in society," he said.
This much is true.
[Cross-posted at IsraPundit]
Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko denied that anti-Semitism was a problem in his ex-Soviet nation, but promised nevertheless to treat the issue with the utmost seriousness, his office said Sunday... "There is no such problem as anti-Semitism or other manifestations of xenophobia in Ukraine," Yushchenko's office quoted him as telling reporters in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he was awarded the 2005 Philadelphia Liberty Medal.
Three days ago:
A Ukrainian rabbi and his 14-year-old son were beaten in Kiev in the latest anti-Semitic attack in this ex-Soviet republic, a Jewish leader said yesterday. Eight skinheads attacked the two during a beer festival on Sunday.
In retrospect though, the Ukrainian police investigated the whole thing, and it turns out that the skinheads weren't being anti-Semitic at all - they were just having a little rowdy fun. Nonetheless, the police went ahead and arrested two of them for "hooliganism" anyway, just to send a message to the kids that rough play will not be tolerated. Because the Ukraine is a nation of law and order, where anti-Semitism is the furthest thing from anyone's mind. There does seem to be a bit of a problem with clearly non-anti-Semitic hooliganism...
Last month, skinheads severely beat a Jewish student in Kiev who was later handed over in coma to a Tel Aviv hospital to undergo a brain surgery. Yushchenko condemned the attack and ordered top officials to take charge of the case. Three people have been arrested on charges of hooliganism. In Philadelphia, Yushchenko also said that the recent attacks were not ethnically motivated.
... but we have no doubt that the Ukrainian police will get that hooliganism problem under control in no time.
The best part of this article?
"Ukraine is a European country and takes a European approach to any problems that emerge in society," he said.
This much is true.
[Cross-posted at IsraPundit]
