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The strange relationship between Silvio Berlusconi and Italian Jews
Why would Italian Jews vote for a man who says Mussolini wasn't all that bad? By Anna Momigliano ROME – After dominating Italian politics for two decades, Silvio Berlusconi is running for re-election. Recently, the flamboyant 77-year-old tycoon spoke in praise of Mussolini – incredibly, he made his remarks on Holocaust Remembrance Day, at the January 27 ceremony held in his native Milan. “The Racial Laws [that stripped Jews of their civil rights in 1938] were the worst sin of a leader who, in other respects, accomplished many positive things," Berlusconi said. His audience included local Jewish leaders. Predictably enough, he was booed.…
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