The Simon Wiesenthal Center protested Iceland’s decision to offer citizenship to former chess champion Bobby Fischer, who continues spouting anti-Semitic and anti-American rhetoric. After being freed from prison in Japan for passport violation charges, Fischer arrived Friday in Reykjavik, Iceland’s capital.
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