PRAGUE — Czech Jewish groups have issued a joint statement calling on President Vaclav Klaus to disassociate himself from incendiary anti-Semitic commentator Adam Bartos

In response to Bartos’ online commentary, the European Shoah Legacy Institute has banded together with Jewish organizations such as the Federation of Jewish Communities in the Czech Republic, the Terezin Initiative and Prague’s Jewish Museum, to publish a joint statement asking right-wing Czech politicians to distance themselves from Bartos’ anti-Semitic statements.

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Bartos has written numerous blog posts on the nefarious role of Jews in history and present-day society. His latest conspiracy theory is that the Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg has promised that the country will accept up to one million Israeli refugees in the event of an Israeli-Iran war.

On his website Bartos has photographs of himself with his “friends” and political right-wing allies, including photos with Klaus and his Vice- Chancellor Petr Hajek among others.

The joint statement points out that even though Bartos is already facing criminal charges in the Czech Republic the politicians pictures with him on his site have shown an implicit acceptance of his views by remaining silent on the charges.