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Leading Hungarian journalist says Gypsies are ‘animals’ and should be ‘cast out of society’

Zsolt Bayer, a founding member of Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party, has said most members of the country’s Roma minority were animals that needed to be stamped out. READ MORE »

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Car explodes in Tel Aviv’s old north, at least four people wounded – Haaretz

10 Jan 2013 Police believe explosion was a criminally motivated assassination attempt; bomb appears to have been detonated by a motorcylist nearby. READ MORE »

European leader pays visit to Amsterdam synagogue

10 Jan 2013 During a visit to the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said European Jews “exemplify cultural integration.”  READ MORE »

Saudi man arrested after ‘seeking Jewish wife’ – Jewish Chronicle

10 Jan 2013 A man was arrested in Mecca after police discovered documents that unveiled his determination to find a Jewish bride.  READ MORE »

‘All Jewish people have money’: Music promoter, 53, launched anti-semitic attack on Labour MP at star-studded ceremony – Daily Mail, UK

10 Jan 2013 A well-known music promoter has admitted making anti-Semitic comments towards a Jewish parliamentarian in Britain, during a drunken tirade at a star-studded awards ceremony.  READ MORE »

OPINION – Richard Mather: Football and fascism in contemporary Europe – Arutz Sheva

09 Jan 2013 Fining Lazio is not enough. Suspending the club from European soccer, however, would be a minor but symbolic strike against anti-Semitism. READ MORE »