microrobert
04-05-2012, 05:08 AM
Hungarian lawmaker urged to quit over anti-Semitic speech
Zsolt Barath criticizes the verdict in a well-known, 19th-century court case that had found several Jews innocent of murdering a Hungarian peasant girl.
A far-right Hungarian lawmaker was urged to resign Wednesday after making a speech in Parliament that was widely criticized as anti-Semitic.
In his speech, Zsolt Barath criticized the verdict in a well-known, 19th-century court case that had found several Jews innocent of murdering a Hungarian peasant girl. That verdict stoked anti-Semitism in Hungary at the time and led to disturbances in cities across the country.
http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/hungarian-lawmaker-urged-to-quit-over-anti-semitic-speech-1.422709
Zsolt Barath criticizes the verdict in a well-known, 19th-century court case that had found several Jews innocent of murdering a Hungarian peasant girl.
A far-right Hungarian lawmaker was urged to resign Wednesday after making a speech in Parliament that was widely criticized as anti-Semitic.
In his speech, Zsolt Barath criticized the verdict in a well-known, 19th-century court case that had found several Jews innocent of murdering a Hungarian peasant girl. That verdict stoked anti-Semitism in Hungary at the time and led to disturbances in cities across the country.
http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/hungarian-lawmaker-urged-to-quit-over-anti-semitic-speech-1.422709