WASHINGTON (AP) β A Jewish leader says recent tensions between the U.S. and Israel have contributed to a rise in global anti-Semitism.
Friction between President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has grown over policy differences about the creation of a Palestinian state and the U.S.-led international nuclear talks with Iran.
The president of the World Jewish Congress, Ronald Lauder, told a congressional committee Tuesday that when people around the world see “even the best friend of Israel is having problems with them,” it provokes negative attitudes toward Jews.
Lauder said Jews in Europe are increasingly the targets of radical Islamic terrorism like the recent deadly attacks in Paris and Copenhagen.
He warned that unless the U.S. acts decisively to defeat Islamic terrorists in the Middle East and Africa, “the flame of radical Islam could stretch across all of Europe as well.”
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