The law on combating anti-Semitism, adopted by the Verkhovna Rada in September last year, can now begin to act in full volume – the parliament has drawn a logical line by establishing criminal liability for manifestations of anti-Semitism, wrote Boris Lozhkin, JCU President, on Facebook.
I have repeatedly pointed out that only real punishments for committed hate crimes, against whomever hate may be directed, can eradicate this shameful phenomenon. They will keep those who until now considered physical or any other manifestations of anti-Semitism to be nothing more than hooliganism at least from rash acts.
I welcome the successful efforts of the Verkhovna Rada and President Volodymyr Zelensky to eradicate anti-Semitism, and I remind of the need to take a decisive step towards the civilized world by joining the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) as an official member.