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Last update - 10:16 19/02/2007
Polish EU legislator's anti-Semitic booklet sparks outrage
By Reuters

An anti-Semitic booklet published by a far-right Polish deputy to the European Parliament has sparked outrage among European Union officials and Jewish organizations.

The 32-page brochure "Civilizations at war in Europe" by Maciej Giertych, says Jews "create their own ghettos" because they like to separate themselves from others.

"I am deeply troubled by ... the content of the brochure published by ... European deputy Giertych," European Parliament President Hans-Gert Poettering said, adding that he would investigate publication of the booklet, which bears the parliament's logo, but wasn't funded by the Strasbourg-based assembly.

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Giertych, a 71-year-old biology professor, is a member of the ultra-Catholic League of Polish Families, a junior partner in Poland's right-wing coalition government, and father of Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Education Minister Roman Giertych.

The remarks were condemned by the European Jewish Congress, which said: "The EJC ... reserves the right to bring to court the author of this anti-Semitic text, which reeks of medieval hate and 19th-century racial stereotyping."

Giertych was not available for comment.

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  1.   The Pope must condemn these extremist Polish Catholics 01:41  |  Joe 19/02/07
  2.   Mistake of Jewish Orgs. of Law Suit Threats... 01:58  |  Tom 19/02/07
  3.   Polish Catholic Antisemitism 02:02  |  Carlo 19/02/07
  4.   He is not completely wrong 02:34  |  stu 19/02/07
  5.   tom 04:01  |  David 19/02/07
  6.   Do not expect the analysis. 04:02  |  Mike 19/02/07
  7.   Why should we smear many other Polish people? 04:13  |  s 19/02/07
  8.   where`s the rest of the pamphlet? 04:53  |  CHAD 19/02/07
  9.   Jews in a gentile world 05:23  |  Rick 19/02/07
  10.   Why is it anti-semitic? 05:55  |  Gene 19/02/07
  11.   Re #7 "why should we smear...` 07:03  |  Colin Wright 19/02/07
  12.   faceless Europe 07:29  |  arab 19/02/07
  13.   sad and tragic 07:33  |  arab 19/02/07
  14.   how about Jewish racism against Catholics...how about 07:42  |  Khalid 19/02/07
  15.   Here`s what he said: 07:47  |  Justine 19/02/07
  16.   The booklet is stupid, but EJC misses the point 08:20  |  Justine 19/02/07
  17.   Khalid 08:22  |  JG 19/02/07
  18.   About Mr. Giertych 08:29  |  Justine 19/02/07
  19.   15: Yes, Justine, they are bad 08:33  |  David Teich 19/02/07
  20.   To Carlo - you are so wrong 08:42  |  Justine 19/02/07
  21.   re: why is it anti-semitic? 09:02  |  Gene 19/02/07
  22.   Stupid Pamphlet 09:32  |  Simon Gutenberg 19/02/07
  23.   Jewish racism against Catholics 09:33  |  DB 19/02/07
  24.   It is only human! 09:33  |  EhadHaAm 19/02/07
  25.   coming from this guy 09:50  |  Dror 19/02/07
  26.   Yes, Khalid 09:56  |  Dror 19/02/07
  27.   less than 1% support 10:04  |  rraleighh 19/02/07
  28.   #19, David Teich - not quite right 10:07  |  Fritz 19/02/07
  29.   To David 10:07  |  Justine 19/02/07
  30.   re: #16 why is it anti-semitic? 10:20  |  Alan 19/02/07
  31.   A MEMEBER OF THE RELIGION THAT HAS PERSECUTED JEWS THROUGH THE CE 10:32  |  paul harris 19/02/07
  32.   #14 KHALID SQUARES UP FOR CHRISTIANS 10:34  |  paul harris 19/02/07
  33.   giertych and others 10:37  |  Nick 19/02/07
  34.   KHALID.Jews do not harm Catholics nor want a European Caliphate 10:39  |  PETER SM 19/02/07
  35.   To Nick 11:07  |  Justine 19/02/07
  36.   Dror @ 25 11:25  |  Chris 19/02/07
  37.   Sorry for this relict of Middle Ages 11:56  |  Piotrek 19/02/07
  38.   I don`t need your correction chris 12:10  |  Dror 19/02/07
  39.   to Justine, #29 12:16  |  Marcelo 19/02/07
  40.   MIND YOUR WORDS BUT NOT MY MURDER 12:20  |  Dave Y 19/02/07
  41.   #38 BOYS POLLACK IS WELL KNOWN TERM FOR POLE 12:25  |  paul harris 19/02/07
  42.   polish proffessor 12:35  |  alonitzafoni 19/02/07
  43.   Piotrek.Thank you 12:36  |  Peter S .M. 19/02/07
  44.   khalid 12:38  |  alonitzafoni 19/02/07
  45.   You need as much correction as you can get Dror 12:48  |  Justine 19/02/07
  46.   28: Fritz, if so, prove it 13:01  |  David Teich 19/02/07
  47.   What`s all the wailing about? 13:05  |  Psalm 19/02/07
  48.   #38 Paul Harris - Scots 13:06  |  Dani Reiss 19/02/07
  49.   28: Justine, really think about what you`re saying 13:06  |  David Teich 19/02/07
  50.   PAUL HARRIS 13:08  |  Psalm 19/02/07
  51.   To Marcelo 13:10  |  Justine 19/02/07
  52.   Justine 13:24  |  mb 19/02/07
  53.   maciej giertych 13:51  |  Iza 19/02/07
  54.   To mb - thank you :) 14:16  |  Justine 19/02/07
  55.   Polish Anti Semitism 14:24  |  Naim S. Mahlab 19/02/07
  56.   like most catholics 14:33  |  Frederique 19/02/07
  57.   Far Right Polish Fool 14:39  |  CHGODMK 19/02/07
  58.   ¤20,Justine :"Fame" of your Catholic Radio Mary has reached Swede 14:49  |  Absolute Sweden 19/02/07
  59.   Worse than Hitler? 14:56  |  Dani Reiss 19/02/07
  60.   Other Polish Catholics 15:08  |  Dani Reiss 19/02/07
  61.   Other Polish Catholics 15:08  |  Dani Reiss 19/02/07
  62.   Hysterical 15:10  |  Tilford Bartman 19/02/07
  63.   To absolute Sweden 15:21  |  Justine 19/02/07
  64.   to justine 15:22  |  nick 19/02/07
  65.   To the humanitarian, Justine 15:27  |  Dror 19/02/07
  66.   Justine`s Justifications 15:36  |  Carlo 19/02/07
  67.   Nothing New!!!! 15:38  |  Charlie Benlolo 19/02/07
  68.   Dani Reiss, thanks for this info #60 15:38  |  Yaakov Sullivan 19/02/07
  69.   ANTI-SEMETIC POLISH POLITICIAN 15:41  |  DENNIS 19/02/07
  70.   The more things change, the nore they stay the same... 15:42  |  bat yam 19/02/07
  71.   #46, Davis Teich 15:44  |  Fritz 19/02/07
  72.   "NO JEWS ALLOWED" 15:45  |  Avrum 19/02/07
  73.   All Poles are ultra-anti-Semites, Jews should never go to Poland. 15:49  |  TT 19/02/07
  74.   A balance sheet 15:51  |  Carlo 19/02/07
  75.   Jewish Histeria 16:00  |  Psalm 19/02/07
  76.   The Return of Psalm, or The Frog Croaks 16:12  |  CHGODMK 19/02/07
  77.   #46, David Teich 16:13  |  Fritz 19/02/07
  78.   Post 72 Pslam 16:15  |  Amused 19/02/07
  79.   i am going to vomit! 16:17  |  Lebanese 19/02/07
  80.   SEPARATION VS. HATE AND DESTRUCTION OF OTHER 16:26  |  B 19/02/07
  81.   Criticism of Polish Anti-Semitism is Not Just Jewish 16:26  |  Carlo 19/02/07
  82.   AMUSED: how silly of you! 16:30  |  Psalm 19/02/07
  83.   79Lebanese& vomit. Jews, God and Fairness. 16:31  |  curious 19/02/07
  84.   Mr Giertych, Jews, Darwin and me. 16:34  |  Raf 19/02/07
  85.   #79, Lebanese 16:35  |  JB 19/02/07
  86.   COMMENTS TO CARLO #3 16:37  |  ARI 19/02/07
  87.   Radio Maryja itd... 16:39  |  Nick 19/02/07
  88.   CHGODMK burps can`t be taken seriously... 16:40  |  Psalm 19/02/07
  89.   About Giertrych 16:41  |  Michael 19/02/07
  90.   Radio Maryja itd... 16:45  |  Nick 19/02/07
  91.   to No. 85 16:47  |  Lebanese 19/02/07
  92.   77: Fritz, those urls support my point 16:51  |  David Teich 19/02/07
  93.   Po 16:53  |  Elias 19/02/07
  94.   polish eu legislation 16:54  |  joe esterovitch 19/02/07
  95.   polish EU........ 16:55  |  Stan 19/02/07
  96.   #91, Lebanese 16:59  |  JB 19/02/07
  97.   What would call the.. 17:01  |  Maurice Amzelleg 19/02/07
  98.   Raf #84--An Exemplary Pole 17:01  |  Carlo 19/02/07
  99.   Thank you Justine! 17:08  |  Alicia 19/02/07
  100.   #1 17:32  |  Barbara 19/02/07
  101.   Carlo #3 17:34  |  Barbara 19/02/07
  102.   dror and Catholic hatred 17:41  |  Barbara 19/02/07
  103.   Psalm 17:46  |  Itsik 19/02/07
  104.   Understanding the Tragedy of Polish Anti-Semitism 17:49  |  Carlo 19/02/07
  105.   ONLY For the Ungrateful Ones 17:49  |  Chaval 19/02/07
  106.   ONLY For the Ungrateful Ones 17:50  |  Chaval 19/02/07
  107.   Correction to my post #104 17:56  |  Carlo 19/02/07
  108.   Barbara 18:03  |  Dror 19/02/07
  109.   Dror #108--The Da Vinci Code is a Discredited Historical Fantasy 18:21  |  Carlo 19/02/07
  110.   Dessent Jews and nonJews, Please, do not 18:23  |  TOMY 19/02/07
  111.   108 18:24  |  Barbara 19/02/07
  112.   Stop singeling out Poland, how about 18:30  |  TOMY 19/02/07
  113.   #50 PSALM EARLY" CHRISTIANS "WERE JEWS 18:33  |  paul harris 19/02/07
  114.   Itsik 18:39  |  Psalm 19/02/07
  115.   To Carlo #1 18:53  |  Justine 19/02/07
  116.   #109 CARLO , IS UGGEST APROPER STUDY OF THE EARLY CHURCH 18:55  |  paul harris 19/02/07
  117.   PAUL HARRIS again 18:55  |  Psalm 19/02/07
  118.   To Carlo #2 18:56  |  Justine 19/02/07
  119.   To Carlo #3 18:58  |  Justine 19/02/07
  120.   DROR #108 19:06  |  Psalm 19/02/07
  121.   You are cool with me Carlo 19:23  |  Dror 19/02/07
  122.   Justine`s Rebuttals 19:24  |  Carlo 19/02/07
  123.   PAUL HARRIS in Tel Aviv??? 19:28  |  EC 19/02/07
  124.   Ultra-Orthodox Jews DO create their own ghettos 19:29  |  Paul Henzen 19/02/07
  125.   Psalm #88: Your Burps Cannot Help You Here 19:39  |  CHGODMK 19/02/07
  126.   Psalm`s Problem 19:48  |  CHGODMK 19/02/07
  127.   Polish antisemite 19:51  |  Hilda 19/02/07
  128.   Psalm, I won`t dissapoint you 19:55  |  Dror 19/02/07
  129.   Psalm: CHGODMK is Right 20:04  |  Reformed Christian 19/02/07
  130.   Guess what? 20:39  |  Freud 19/02/07
  131.   Lebanese 20:45  |  Tamtam 19/02/07
  132.   128 - There were Righteous Gentiles who Saved Jews during Holocau 20:53  |  Bruriah Sarah 19/02/07
  133.   But Paul, morality is not based on what the other would do #124 21:05  |  Yaakov Sullivan 19/02/07
  134.   Polish Antisemitism 21:11  |  Dave 19/02/07
  135.   Obviously, many catholics 21:12  |  Jean 19/02/07
  136.   CHGODMNK 21:13  |  Dror 19/02/07
  137.   111barbars.Some things never change. 21:22  |  common sense 19/02/07
  138.   The Palestinians also create their ghettos 21:28  |  Clickfool 19/02/07
  139.   Paul Henzen 21:44  |  krystal 19/02/07
  140.   DROR #136 22:06  |  CHGODMK 19/02/07
  141.   # 133 Yaakov Sullivan 22:33  |  Paul Henzen 19/02/07
  142.   Poland is going downhill, fast 22:35  |  Boris 19/02/07
  143.   Justine 22:35  |  Connie 19/02/07
  144.   Justine (continued) 22:37  |  Connie 19/02/07
  145.   DROR thanks for not disappointing 00:17  |  Psalm 20/02/07
  146.   Reformed Christian 00:31  |  Psalm 20/02/07
  147.   PAUL HENZEN...what a chuckle! 00:48  |  Psalm 20/02/07
  148.   clickfool 138 # - oh, how moving 01:04  |  tuemi 20/02/07
  149.   Poles 01:29  |  Salty 20/02/07
  150.   #132 You are Right About Indiiduals 01:55  |  Tobia 20/02/07
  151.   #1124 Think Again 02:01  |  TOBIA 20/02/07
  152.   give it up psalm 02:12  |  Dror 20/02/07
  153.   a wee bit sensitive, are we? 02:13  |  margaret 20/02/07
  154.   ARAB USE THE RIGHT WORD 02:22  |  TOBIA 20/02/07
  155.   Contact Information 02:26  |  Naftali 20/02/07
  156.   Dror #121--Let`s Respect Each Other`s Ancestors 02:49  |  Carlo 20/02/07
  157.   POLES 03:16  |  JOJO 20/02/07
  158.   Psalm: You are living a lie 03:47  |  Reformed Christian 20/02/07
  159.   Naftali #155 03:55  |  Leo 20/02/07
  160.   DROR: well well... 03:56  |  Psalm 20/02/07
  161.   Jews, Scapegoats and Girard`s "Mimetic Desire" 04:05  |  Carlo 20/02/07
  162.   It sounds about right. 06:01  |  Deborah 20/02/07
  163.   To Connie #143 - Not quite so 07:31  |  Justine 20/02/07
  164.   To Connie #143 - continued 07:33  |  Justine 20/02/07
  165.   Carlo of Montreal 07:57  |  JOJO 20/02/07
  166.   The only good Pollak is a dead Pollak 08:01  |  Joseph 20/02/07
  167.   Imagine a Theory of Society Based on the Scapegoat 08:54  |  Carlo 20/02/07
  168.   Joseph from Canada wrote flying shit. 08:56  |  Esther Thomas 20/02/07
  169.   JOSEPH who are you talking for?Worlds morons 09:14  |  PETER SM 20/02/07
  170.   Carlo, be amused 09:52  |  Dror 20/02/07
  171.   #167, Carlo 10:36  |  JB 20/02/07
  172.   Dear Jews, whoever of you made pilgrimage to capital of the world 11:21  |  zmogus 20/02/07
  173.   Carlo #167 11:26  |  Justine 20/02/07
  174.   Dave @ 134 14:31  |  Chris 20/02/07
  175.   Pope must condemn 15:07  |  Inge Detlefsen 20/02/07
  176.   start scream and cry - right here, right now 16:30  |  Bund 20/02/07
  177.   Reformed Christian #158: it`s not about the `closest` but `TRUTH` 17:09  |  Psalm 20/02/07
  178.   Margaret 19:24  |  sweis Melbourne 20/02/07
  179.   Spending too much time 19:40  |  T A Sheppard 20/02/07
  180.   Dror #170--The Jewish People`s Survial--Past and Present 05:55  |  Carlo 21/02/07
  181.   JB #171--Understanding Anti-Semitism--1 06:04  |  Carlo 21/02/07
  182.   JB #167--Understanding Anti-Semitism--2 06:13  |  Carlo 21/02/07
  183.   JB #171--Understanding Anti-Semitism--3 06:23  |  Carlo 21/02/07
  184.   JB #171--Understanding Anti-Semitism--4 06:35  |  Carlo 21/02/07
  185.   Justine #171--Joining the Elect of Israel for a One-Way Trip 06:57  |  Carlo 21/02/07
  186.   Carlo 09:56  |  sweis Melbourne 21/02/07
  187.   Carlo, thanx for the thoughts. Here are some more 09:56  |  David Teich 21/02/07
  188.   To Carlo 06:01  |  Justine 22/02/07
  189.   #149 sALTY, i LIVED IN POLAND UNTIL 1956 AND EXPERIENCED 14:49  |  Max Zinger,P.Chimist 22/02/07
  190.   To Carlo 08:27  |  Justine 23/02/07
  191.   To Carlo 08:27  |  Justine 23/02/07
  192.   To Carlo 08:29  |  Justine 23/02/07
  193.   To Carlo 08:30  |  Justine 23/02/07
  194.   About Giertych` booklet and Jews 15:32  |  Peter Asevich 27/02/07
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