The chancellor of Austria is anti-Jewish, the leader of Austria’s Jewish community said. Ariel Muzicant said that Wolfgang Schussel’s comment this week that he would not pay for security for the country’s Jewish community was anti-Semitic, as was a disparaging reference to security guards as cut- rate Mossad agents.
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