US envoy: European laws - forced expulsion of Jews

Elan Carr, the US Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating anti-Semitism, defined the recent anti-Jewish legislation in Europe as a "forced expulsion" of Jews.

"We have these disgraceful pieces of legislation that ban 'shechita' and contemplating banning 'Brit Mila'... well let me tell you what this is, this is nothing other than a forced expulsion of the Jewish communities from the country that adopt this legislation, a forced expulsion - and that's intolerable," he said in his speech at the annual gathering of the Conference of European Rabbis in Antwerp.