Finland’s co-chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee asserted on national television Thursday that American Jєωs hold vast control over the wealth and media in the United States, thus impeding the U.S.  government from remaining neutral in its stance in the Middle East.

Pertti Salolainen, discussing the United Nations General Assembly vote to upgrade the Palestinian Authority to non-member observer state on the Finnish television program YLE Aamu TV, accused the U.S. of being unable to remain impartial on Mideast matters, “…because they have a large Jєωιѕн population who have a significant control of the money and the media. The U.S. for internal political reasons is afraid to become adequately involved. This is a sad truth about U.S. politics.”

The remarks sparked harsh criticism from the Simon Wiesenthal Center, one of the largest international Jєωιѕн human rights organizations, which said the comments “parroted the anti-Semitic canard that an evil cabal of Jєωs control the media and the US government….” . . .