More than a dozen British lawmakers signed a motion condemning anti-Semitism. The motion also demanded that the police and courts prosecute anti-Jewish hate crimes. Put forward by Liberal Democrat Patsy Calton, the motion comes in response to a report last week showing a 7 percent rise in anti-Semitic incidents in the U.K. in 2003 from the previous year.
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