The trial of a Canadian aboriginal leader charged with hate for comments defaming Jews began again Monday. The trial of David Ahenakew, who in 2002 called Jews a “disease” and praised Hitler’s efforts to “clean up the world” by “frying 6 million of those guys,” is expected to last one week.
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