Austria far right leader hurt by "new Jews" comment

6 February 2012, 4:25 am

VIENNA (Reuters) - The leader of Austria's far-right Freedom Party is taking a public relations beating after refusing to apologize for likening anti-fascist protesters to a Nazi mob and his supporters to Jews. Heinz-Christian Strache's comment that "We are the new Jews" to an undercover journalist at a Vienna ball that critics say draws right-wing extremists has caused uproar and triggered at ...... Read More »

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