Finland’s foreign minister compared Israeli policies toward the Palestinians to Nazi Germany’s anti-Jewish policies in the 1930s. The leader of Helsinki’s Jewish community said Erkki Tuomioja should resign after his remarks, which were made to a Finnish newspaper.
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