BUDAPEST – Israel and a European human rights official criticized Hungary on Monday for presenting an award to a television journalist they accuse of anti-Semitism.
A dozen former recipients of the Tancsics prize for journalistic excellence handed their awards back in protest against it being given this year to Ferenc Szaniszlo, a journalist at privately-owned channel Echo TV.
Israel’s ambassador accused Szaniszlo of “spreading anti-Semitic conspiracy theories against Israel.” The journalist denies he had made anti-Semitic comments.