The British Government is considering the enactment of new legislation to prohibit anti-Semitic activities, Home Secretary John Chuter Ede declared today in answer to a question in the House of Commons.
He maintained that “the matter is difficult because a very large number of people of Semitic descent would object to a law specifically aiming for their protection and no one else.” Ede also said that certain types of anti-Semitic excesses are already punishable by law.
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