Courtesy The Jerusalem Post:
What was originally meant as a Purim spiel in a Hungarian Jewish newspaper has set off a commotion in diplomatic circles and the Israeli and Hungarian media, focusing attention on anti-Semitic threats to the local Jewish population ahead of that country's March 15 national holiday.
The original piece in the Ujelet's newspaper's Purim edition quoted Hungarian Jewish community president Peter Feldmejer as saying that Hungarian Jews should flee the country before March 15, for fear of anti-Semitic violence.
That article led to Ma'ariv running a story on the matter, stressing the threat and warning to Hungarian Jews, which stirred concern here for their safety. The Jewish Telegraphic Agency, reacting to the Ma'ariv piece, then ran its own story, under the headline: "Hungarian Jews urged to leave for Passover."
However, Feldmejer told The Jerusalem Post in a phone interview from Budapest Thursday that his warning was "a joke, but we have had violence on this day before."
The joke gets better:
The prime minister noted that Fidesz (Far-Right Hungarian party) recently staged a demonstration in the parliament square in which the names of "alleged Jewish politicians" were read out, in what was seen as an effort to detract support from Gyurcsany's Socialist government.
Talk about reality imitating a joke, or is it a joke that mirrors reality? Eh, either way…
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