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| By: Israel Insider staff |
| Published: October 18, 2007 |
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Israel recalled its ambassador to Minsk for advisement on Thursday following an anti-Semitic remark made by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko last week.
"This is a Jewish town, and Jews do not look after the cities in which they live. Take Israel for example, I was there and I saw it myself," the Belarusian leader said. He said that the city's condition improved only after the Jews left, while simultaneously calling on the "Jews who have money" to return to Bobruisk.
Minister Tzipi Livni condemned Lukashenko for his remarks, saying "it is the responsibility of world leaders to battle anti-Semitism, which rears its ugly head in various places around the world, not promote it. Anti-Semitism reflects first and foremost on the community in which it appears, and on its leaders."
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