WJC puts spotlight on Argentina

The World Jewish Congress has published a report analyzing the rise of anti-Semitism in Argentina since the 1994 terrorist attack against the AMIA Jewish center in Buenos Aires. The report, issued by the Institute of the World Jewish Congress, deals with recent anti-Semitic incidents in the country, which have ranged from vandalized Jewish property and cemeteries to verbal threats. Although politicians such as President Kirchner had been sympathetic to Jewish concerns, investigations into various incidents had made little progress to date, the WJC said in a press release. Its chairman Israel Singer called it "shameful that not a single perpetrator in the Buenos Aires attack has been convicted for this outrage against humanity." He added, however, that President Kirchner was committed to finding an answer. Singer went on to say: "I am optimistic that the government will intensify its efforts to work with us and the Latin American Jewish Community to achieve justice and greater security. We also look to the Organization of American States (OAS) to assist us in this work through creating mechanisms to monitor and highlight the dangers and remedies of anti-Semitism,” Singer concluded.