A Swiss governmental committee voted not to prosecute an extremist politician for calling in July for a Swiss boycott of Jewish and American products. Swiss Jewish leaders, saying that several Jewish businesses are already suffering from the boycott, criticized the decision not to prosecute Rudolf Keller.
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