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‘Legitimizing an Antisemitic Party’: Israeli Envoy Meeting With Romanian Far Right Triggers Outrage

An official source in Bucharest called the Israeli ambassador’s meeting with the far-right AUR a ‘blunder.’ Jewish groups have criticized Israel for weakening the fight against antisemitism and causing harm to Jewish communities in Europe

Samuel Sokol is a freelance journalist based in Jerusalem. He was previously a correspondent at the Jerusalem Post and has reported for the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, the Israel Broadcasting Authority and the Times of Israel. He is the author of Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews.
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Samuel Sokol is a freelance journalist based in Jerusalem. He was previously a correspondent at the Jerusalem Post and has reported for the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, the Israel Broadcasting Authority and the Times of Israel. He is the author of Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews.
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Israel’s decision to send its envoy to meet with the leaders of an ultra-nationalist Romanian political party was a “blunder” that has “raised eyebrows” in diplomatic circles, an official source in Bucharest told Haaretz on Tuesday.

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