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ROMANIAN ENVOY TO ARMENIA RECALLED OVER JOKE DEEMED ANTI-SEMITIC
12/10/2014 04:19
(JTA) - Romania's ambassador to Armenia was recalled to Bucharest for
consultations after he expressed what critics said were anti-Semitic
and homophobic statements.
Sorin Vasile made the controversial statements last month during
a speech at the American University of Armenia, according to MCA
Romania, the Center for Monitoring and Combating Anti-Semitism. He
was recalled Friday, according to a report on romaniatv.net.
"He dismissed the Armenian genocide by a phrase, adopted homophobic
attitudes and made jokes about Jews being greedy" and "ready to break
any law in order to make a profit, a clear anti-Semitic stereotype,"
MCA Romania founders Maximillian Marco Katz and Marius Draghici wrote
in a statement Friday.
Vasile apologized for making the remarks, according to romaniatv.net.
http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Romanian-envoy-to-Armenia-recalled-over-joke-deemed-anti-Semitic-384193
12/10/2014 04:19
(JTA) - Romania's ambassador to Armenia was recalled to Bucharest for
consultations after he expressed what critics said were anti-Semitic
and homophobic statements.
Sorin Vasile made the controversial statements last month during
a speech at the American University of Armenia, according to MCA
Romania, the Center for Monitoring and Combating Anti-Semitism. He
was recalled Friday, according to a report on romaniatv.net.
"He dismissed the Armenian genocide by a phrase, adopted homophobic
attitudes and made jokes about Jews being greedy" and "ready to break
any law in order to make a profit, a clear anti-Semitic stereotype,"
MCA Romania founders Maximillian Marco Katz and Marius Draghici wrote
in a statement Friday.
Vasile apologized for making the remarks, according to romaniatv.net.
http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Romanian-envoy-to-Armenia-recalled-over-joke-deemed-anti-Semitic-384193