Israel Demands Anti-Semitic Professor Be Barred From Ukrainian Elections - NEWS - MOSNEWS.COM

Israel is demanding that Ukraine bar the parliamentary candidacy of Prof. Georgy Tchokin, president of Ukraine’s largest private university and considered the country’s most influential disseminator of anti-Semitic propaganda, the Haaretz daily reports. Israeli Ambassador to Ukraine Naomi Ben-Ami and senior Foreign Ministry officials warned the Ukrainian side that if they do not take harsh measures against Tchokin, it would cloud Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko’s planned official visit to Israel, due to be held in two months to boost cooperation with the U.S. ally. Israel’s protests against anti-Semitism in Ukraine took on new force after last week’s attack by skinheads on two yeshiva students in Kiev. One of the victims was flown to Israel this week and remains unconscious. Following the attack, Tchokin’s university claimed that it had been the act of “Jewish Nazi hooligans.” After the July 7 terrorist attack in London, Tchokin’s party newsletter claimed it was part of a Zionist plot to take over the world. The party issued a statement that the London attack “demonstrates the presence in global politics of clandestine Zionist organizations.”