WJC News Update – 30 American Jewish Congressional leaders press Hungarian PM Orbán to reconsider controversial WWII monument
News updates from the World Jewish Congress website – 23 May 2014
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Eliot Engel, chair of the International Council of Jewish Parliamentarians, was joined by 29 colleagues in calling on Hungarian PM Viktor Orban to reconsider plans for the construction of a controversial monument in Budapest. |
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