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Read Replies (1) | Respond to zzBrumar opens his mouth and has his own foot for lunch.en.wikipedia.org All-Ukrainian Union "Svoboda" of open Nazi sympathies and being antisemitic. [25] In May 2013 the World Jewish Congress listed the party as neo-Nazi . [26] "Svoboda" itself has denied being antisemitic. [27] In the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary elections "Svoboda" won its first seats in the Ukrainian Parliament , [28] garnering 10.44% of the popular vote and the 4th most seats among national political parties. [29] In the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary elections the party got 6 parliamentary seats (it won 4.71% of the popular vote in this election). [30] In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election other parties joined Svoboda to form a united party list, these were the Governmental Initiative of Yarosh , Right Sector and National Corps . [31] But in the election this combination won 2.15% of the votes, less than half of the 5% election threshold, and thus no parliamentary seats via the national party list. [32] Svoboda itself did win one constituency seat, in Ivano-Frankivsk . [32] [33] Euro-Asian Jewish Congress Jews supported the 2013–2014 Euromaidan revolution which ousted Viktor Yanukovych from the presidency of Ukraine. The organisation claims few antisemitic incidents were recorded during this period. [34] [35] According to Eduard Dolinsky, executive director of the Kyiv-based Ukrainian Jewish Committee , Ukrainian Jews overwhelmly supported the 2014 Euromaidan, however, its aftermath led to the raise of anti-semitism and social acceptance of previously marginal far-right groups, together with government's policy of historical negationism in regard to the WWII ethnic cleansing committed by the Ukrainian nationalist movement against the country's minorities. [36] [37] After the revolution Ukrainian Jews making aliyah from Ukraine reached 142% higher during the first four months of 2014 compared to the previous year. [38] 800 people arrived in Israel over January–April, and over 200 signed up for May 2014. [38] Also at least 100 Jews left the country and went to Israel assisted by the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews . [39]
