Israel is condemning the Vatican for planning to accept a visit later this month by an Austrian extremist politician. The Vatican should reject the Dec. 16 visit by Jorg Haider to present a Christmas tree because of the Vatican’s commitment to “struggle against anti-Semitism” and the “worrying resurgence of anti-Semitic incidents in Europe.”
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