Natan Sharansky urged the top U.S. human rights monitoring group to link improvements in trade relations with efforts against anti-Semitism. Sharansky, an Israeli Cabinet minister and former Soviet dissident, told the Helsinki Commission on Wednesday that such linkages will marginalize extremists and discourage those who support anti-Semitism.
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