Two Croatian Jewish communities recently received letters calling on Jews to leave the country or be “cleansed.” The letters sent to the communities of Zagreb and Osijek read, “You Jews should know that as Zionists and CIA spies you are not welcome in Croatia, so you should leave.”
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