Despite the fact that the Hungarian diplomat asked Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the United States ambassador to the UN, to speak against anti-Semitism after her speech against anti-Semitism, after the diplomat mistakenly declared an incident that happened in Hungary, which actually happened in Sweden, she was not given the opportunity to do so. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, it is incomprehensible that if it is a mistake resulting from lack of preparation and not an intentional slip, then why the representation does not issue a statement in order to settle the situation - Magyar Nemzet examined the Index. Meanwhile, according to a recent survey, 41 percent of Jews living in the United States feel less safe than a year earlier, and almost 90 percent say anti-Semitism is a problem in the country.
“Last week a swastika was painted on a Jewish grave in Australia. A Holocaust memorial was vandalized in Hungary. A Russian missile hit a Ukrainian synagogue. Linda Thomas-Greenfield , the US ambassador to the UN, began her speech last week on the fight against anti-Semitism Index drew attention to the case
The paper underlined that American diplomacy later corrected the transcript of the speech and removed the part about Hungary - since the incident did not take place in our country, but in Sweden, where a statue depicting Raul Wallenberg was vandalized - but the Hungarians were not given the opportunity at the UN delegation to "correct" the incorrectly quoted information, which could have given the delegations of the countries present a wrong impression.
As they write:
The Hungarian delegation attended the meeting in vain, the American host did not give them the opportunity to speak, so the Hungarian ambassador had to act personally after the meeting due to the baseless allegations.
According to Index, the American embassy admitted behind closed doors that they had made a mistake, and according to information, the speechwriter of the American ambassador may have been mistaken.
According to the paper, the Hungarian embassy unsuccessfully requested a public correction from the United States representation, but they were not willing to do so, and in fact, it seems, they consider the matter closed.
If it is really just a mistake resulting from lack of preparation and not an intentional slip, it is incomprehensible why the representation does not issue a statement in order to resolve the situation.
Máté Paczolay, spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, told Index.
"According to the foreign affairs spokesman, the fact that untruths can be stated about a country in the presence of the entire diplomatic corps without any consequences at a meeting of high importance dealing with anti-Semitism calls into question the possibility of taking the whole event seriously." – emphasized the Index .
Máté Paczolay emphasized that there is zero tolerance for anti-Semitism in Hungary, and that every person who openly declares himself to be Jewish can feel safe in the country, in contrast to some large Western European cities.
Nine out of ten Jews say anti-Semitism is a problem in the US
Based on the annual public opinion poll conducted by the Jewish advocacy organization among American Jews, 41 percent of community members feel less safe than a year ago, while 55 percent say their situation has not changed. 89 percent of those surveyed said that anti-Semitism is a problem in the United States, and 82 percent said that in the last five years, hostility towards Jews has increased in the country.
Source: civilek.info / Index / MTI
Cover photo: Linda Thomas-Greenfield, US Ambassador to the UN - Photo: AFPALFREDO ZUNIGA / AFP
