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WARSAW, Poland -- A committee of Polish journalists has condemned a broadcast by an ultra-Roman Catholic radio station for making "very nasty, anti-Semitic" remarks accusing Jews of making a business of Holocaust reparation payments.

The Media Ethics Council, a non-governmental watchdog, on April 4 lambasted remarks made by Stanislaw Michalkiewicz, a commentator for the Catholic station Radio Maryja, who on March 27 condemned international Jewish groups.
Michalkiewicz accused Jews of "trying to force our government to pay extortion money disguised as 'compensation payments"' for property lost during and after World War II, according to a report in the daily Gazeta Wyborcza.

He referred to such restitution attempts by Jewish groups as the "Holocaust business," the newspaper reported.

"For a station that constantly calls itself Catholic, it is a sin against one's neighbor," said Magdalenda Bajer, head of the Media Ethics Council. "It was very nasty, anti-Semitic language, and anti-Semitism is an evil."

A woman who answered the phone at Radio Maryja said nobody at the station could comment on the issue.

Radio Maryja is controversial among the wider public for its strict Catholic views, and has been accused of pandering to anti-Semitic sentiment. It has also been criticized in recent years by Polish church authorities.

It has gained more attention since the election of the conservative party, Law and Justice, whose leaders -- including Prime Minster Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz and party chairman Jaroslaw Kaczynski -- appear frequently on its programs.

The council has no power to fine or punish Radio Maryja, but can draw attention to media reports and journalistic ethics.

Poland's Chief Rabbi Michael Schudrich said such broadcasts work against Poland's reputation.

"The airing of inflammatory, racist speeches is never going to help build a democratic, pluralistic civil society," Schudrich told The Associated Press. "Any condemnation of such airing is positive."

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