J’lem slams award to ‘anti-Semitic’ Hungary reporter

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.

The Jerusalem Post

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