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  Italy criticizes call for Jewish boycott over Gaza
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Last EditedNew York Democrat  Jan 09, 2009 04:13pm
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News DateFriday, January 9, 2009 10:00:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionItalian politicians from right and left joined Jewish groups Friday in condemning a trade union's call to boycott Jewish-owned shops in Rome in protest at the Israeli bombing offensive in the Gaza Strip.

While the union denied accusations of anti-Semitism, Rome's right-wing mayor Gianni Alemanno visited the city's ancient Jewish quarter known as the Ghetto and said the "criminal" proposal echoed the race laws under fascism in the 1930s.

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