Thousands of Hungarians protest against compiling lists of Jews posing security risk (VIDEO, PHOTOS) 03 December, 2012, 12:13 Hungarian citizens take part in a demonstration in front of the parliament building in Budapest on December 2 , 2012 against anti-Semitism in Hungary. (AFP Photo/Attila Kisbenedek) Over 10,000 have come out to an anti-Nazi rally in Budapest to demonstrate against a proposal of a far-right leader to draft lists of Hungarian Jews who may represent a security risk. The government and opposition parties both joined the protest. It all started when Marton Gyongyosi of the of the Hungarian Movement for a Better Hungary (Jobbik), the country's largest far-right party, stated that it was time to determine how many people of Jewish origin there are here, especially in the Hungarian parliament and the Hungarian government, who represent a certain national security risk. Gyongyosi argued that this was needed because of the tensions after an eight-day attack on Gaza. He also said that Hungary's Foreign Ministry had "rushed to make an oath of allegiance to Israel." After the statement, Gyongyosi issued an apology, but still reaffirmed that Hungary needs to be cautious of Zionist Israel and those serving it also from here. The comments outraged much of the Hungarian population and led to the rally, organized by Jewish and civic groups. Over 10,000 attended the protest outside the parliament building and crowds chanted Jobbik go away! according to Hungarian media. Other protesters were seen holding billboard-size portraits of Gyongyosi with a Hitler mustache and Heil Marci wording underneath, referring to WWII-era German greeting. The rally was led by politicians from both the government and opposition parties. Parliamentary faction leader of the governing Fidesz party Antal Rogan addressed the crowd. I came because in this situation I cannot stay quiet, Rogan said. Hungary defends its citizens. Rogan said he is planning to take his two sons to the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland, where it is estimated that one-third of the Nazis victims were Hungarian. He added that genocide is always preceded by lists, arguing that it was unacceptable that people should fail to learn the lessons of the past 100 years. The Israeli and American ambassadors also attended the rally. The US embassy said in a statement BosNewsLife pointing out that these were not the first anti-Semitic comments that came out from the Hungarian parliament. "The recurrence of anti-Semitic and other racist statements in the Hungarian parliament demonstrates the need to further empower voices of tolerance and peaceful coexistence in Hungary," the statement reads. Reportedly, Jewish people have been attacked or threatened during the past few months and several Holocaust monuments and Jewish grave yards were vandalized in Hungary. Moreover, there were accounts of Jobbik-linked groups marching through Budapest in uniforms and carrying flags used in Hungarys Nazi-regime. Jobbik party president Gabor Vona responded by saying that the rally was an artificial campaign of lies and was designed to take attention away from countrys economic problems. Currently, the Jewish population in Hungary is estimated at about 100,000. Hungarian citizens hold up a placard reading 'They devastated together the country' 'Once it was already enough' 'We don't forget it' during a demonstration in front of the parliament building in Budapest on December 2 , 2012 against anti-Semitism in Hungary. (AFP Photo/Attila Kisbenedek) Hungarian citizens take part in a demonstartion in front of the parliament building in Budapest on December 2 , 2012 against anti-Semitism in Hungary. (AFP Photo/Attila Kisbenedek) http://rt.com/news/hungary-anti-nazi-protest-113/ More Europeans saying no to nazis. This is how Europeans really feel about the nazis!
Far, far more Europeans are saying NO ! to Zionism. People must be educated to understand that Judaism and Zionism are NOT synonymous. Jews in Hungary, for example, should not be blamed for the fascist activities of Zionist Israelis.
Indeed. The recent violent attacks against Tottenham football fans in a Rome bar by the notorious fascist group the Ultras, is another example of the poisonous consequences of Zionism.This extremist ideology is no more representative of Judaism or Jews as Islam is representative of Wahibism.
10.000 ? in a city as big as Budapest 10k are not a demonstration but a party . Hungarians happily exterminated their Jewry after nazi request and no they were no obliged to do so, Bulgaria simply told Hitler "no".
Fascism is on the rise in Hungary. I have family living out there in a city called Pesc about 300k from Budapest and they are getting pretty concerned.
Hurrah hurrah, it is okay to murder non Jewish kids and pregnant women, but AS LONG AS SOME HUNGARIANS ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO' ANTI SEMITISM.'..that is the main thing...
Sounds fair enough, why should they not be aware of subversion, double agents, etc, when we know Israel + that are bedfellows? Yeah, sounds like a fair point dressed up as a Nazi story.
Yeah, well, you reap what you sow, albeit sometimes others get hurt too, of course. Let's be honest, call them Zionists if we wish, but even so, Zionists are not made out of cardboard, are they? No. They breathe and live, therefore, they have been and are real people, I think sometimes using the term Zionist often let's one be disgusted, but they can do it in a sort of abstract and anon way, by saying 'Zionists'. It is technically correct, but what I mean is we need to personalise it more, because saying 'Zionism' over and over, and listing all of it's evils, is almost akin to thinking of every single depravity that you can, and putting it on...to 'Satan', if you see what I mean. It depersonalises it, and it psychologically takes responsibility away from it being actual people (who we call 'Zionists'), who have conspired to systematically ensure the occupation, the blockade, the WP attacks, the child prisoners, the abuse of them, all of that...it is NOT 'Zionism' that does that, per se, is it, Zionism was merely the doctrine, Der Judenstat and all of that, Hertzl, strange man - A Jew, certainly, but people have cited that he often hated Jews(?), and that he even wished for them to convert to RC. A doctrine or book is merely that. A series of thoughts and ideas. They can be anything, but they cannot DO anything. It is people that take it on, and bring it to life, and make it what it is. Let's not give them a free pass, by sort of being abstract over it. Zionism is not some eight foot golem that wakes up in the morning, and bulldozes homes, before popping off to supervise a Hebron hate tour, before ending with abusing children. It is people that do that, day in, day out, for 45 YEARS now, and we probably only know part of what they have really do, I assure you. And the people that do that are deployed by those in the Knesset, who have the support of the people, who are well aware of what they are supporting. Israel did not fall under single person dictatorship 45 yrs ago, and since then, their people have been fighting AGAINST the evil. They have supported it.
