quenelle

[Jonathan Lighter]

http://news.yahoo.com/spurs-39-parker-apologizes-39-quenelle-39-gesture-193301163--spt.html
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The photograph shows Parker and a French comedian making a gesture known in
France as a "quenelle," which critics describe as inverted [sic] Nazi
salute. Parker said in a statement released through the Spurs that the
photograph was taken three years ago.

Said to be "anti-Semitic."

JL
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