Tag Archive for anti-Semitism

| June 2, 2013
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Muslims Openly Attack Jews on the Streets of Lyon

Two Jews were suddenly attacked on the streets as they walked to their synagogue on Saturday.

By Arutz Sheva Staff

 

Anti-Semitism continues to plague France. According to local media outlets in Lyon, two Jewish residents of the city were attacked Saturday as they walked to a local synagogue.

Attack on Hassidim (illustrative) - Screenshot

Attack on Hassidim (illustrative) – Screenshot

The two were attacked by three men of Arab origin in an unprovoked, sudden assault.

The two Jews shouted for help. Neighbors began to arrive at the scene, and the attackers fled.

Police arrived as well, and began to investigate. They discovered that the attack had been captured on film by security cameras at a nearby store. Continue Reading »

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| May 30, 2013
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Norwegian daily prints Anti-Semitic cartoon of gory circumcision

‘Cartoon crossed all lines of decency & is dripping with hate & anti-Semitism’ says President of the European Jewish Congress

 

A leading Norwegian daily  published a caricature depicting what some construed to be Jews torturing a baby during a circumcision.

The anti-Semitic cartoon published in Norway’s Dagbladet, Tuesday - Photo screenshot, Dagbladet.no

Anti-Semitic cartoon published in Norway’s Dagbladet, Tuesday – Photo: screenshot, Dagbladet.no

The caricature that appeared Tuesday in the Dagbladet newspaper –- the country’s third largest in terms of circulation — showed police officers looking on as a bearded man wearing a black hat and black coat sticks a three-tooth pitchfork into the head of a blood-soaked baby while holding a book.

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| May 29, 2013
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4th Time in Month Synagogue Defaced

Synagogue established & frequented by Holocaust survivors is defaced with crosses, sending one member into shock.

By Maayana Miskin

 

 

Jews who came to pray at the Haohel synagogue in Bat Yam on Wednesday morning were shocked and appalled to find that it had been defaced for the fourth time in a month.

Vandalism at Haohel synagogue, Bat Yam - Photo Moetza Datit Bat Yam

Vandalism at Haohel synagogue, Bat Yam – Photo: Moetza Datit Bat Yam

This time, vandals spray-painted two large crosses on the building, one on either side of the main entrance.

The gabbai, who is tasked with helping to run the synagogue, was one of the first on the scene. Continue Reading »

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| May 29, 2013
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Switzerland refuses entry to Saudi cleric for anti-Semitic rhetoric

‘Gulfnews’ wrote that the Swiss gov’t refused radical Saudi cleric Muhammad al-Arefe because of his misogynist & antisemitic ideologies.

By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL, JERUSALEM POST CORRESPONDENT

 

 

BERLIN – The Swiss government extended its ban of the radical Saudi Islamist scholar Muhammad al-Arefe because of his anti-Semitic and misogynist ideologies.

Mohammed Al-Arefe - Photo Courtesy Wikimedia Commons

Mohammed Al-Arefe – Photo Courtesy Wikimedia Commons

The website GulfNews.com reported on his denial of entry into Switzerland on Monday.

The Swiss government initially barred al-Arefe from entering the country in December to attend the second annual conference of the Swiss Central Islamic Council.

Germany permitted al-Arefe to deliver talks in April and last year at an Islamic center that houses a kindergarten in the city of Mainz.

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| May 28, 2013
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Saudi push ‘Peace Plan’ but their books teach amputation and killing

Saudi school textbooks teaches children how to chop off the hands & feet of thieves and that Jews need to be exterminated.

By Leon Watson

 

 

Barbaric textbooks handed out in Saudi Arabian schools teach children how to cut off a thief’s hands and feet under Sharia law, it has emerged.

Textbooks handed out in Saudi Arabian schools teach children how to cut off a thief's hands and feet under Sharia law - Photo Daily Mail

Textbooks handed out in Saudi Arabian schools teach children how to cut off a thief’s hands and feet under Sharia law – Photo Daily Mail

The shocking books, paid for and printed by the Saudi government, also tell teenagers that Jews need to be exterminated and homosexuals should be ‘put to death’. Continue Reading »

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| May 26, 2013
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At Beyonce show in Germany, locals call out: ‘Dirty Jews’

 

German members of the audience at the Beyonce concert attack a group of eight Israelis, including 2 soldiers on leave, who arrived early enough to situate themselves at the front row. They got shoved and were called,“dirty Jews.”

By Eran Suissa

 

Israelis attending a Beyonce concert in Berlin over the weekend were met with anti-Semitic chants from the audience.

German fans were not crazy in love with a group of Israelis who succeeded in seating themselves in the front row of a Beyonce show – Photo: AP

The incident took place when a group of eight Israelis, including two soldiers on leave, arrived at Germany’s O2 stadium for a Beyonce concert.

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| May 25, 2013
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A Jewish Family’s 21st Century Exodus from Egypt

Dina Ovadia, born in Egypt, didn’t know she was Jewish until she was 15 years old, when local Islamists forced her family to flee Egypt or die.

By Yossi Aloni

 

Dina Ovadia, today a soldier in the IDF Spokesperson Unit, was born in Egypt not knowing she was Jewish until the age of 15. In an emotional interview published on the IDF website, Ovadia spoke about her childhood in Alexandria, the earthshaking event that changed her life, the discovery of her Jewish identity, and her immigration to Israel and integration into local society.

A Jewish Family's Emotional and Harrowing Exodus from Egypt

Dina Ovadia, today a soldier in the IDF Spokesperson Unit – Photo courtesy: IDF Spokesperson Unit

 

Going by the name Roulin Abdullah throughout her childhood, Dina always felt that she belonged somewhere and to something else, but wasn’t quite sure what that was. Continue Reading »

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| May 21, 2013
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Gaza Students Advocate Genocide by Cleaning the World of Jews

The Muslim Arab student group posts cartoon with ‘Palestinian’ throwing ‘Symbol of Judaism’ in the trash.

By Maayana Miskin

 

The Hamas-affiliated student union in Gaza published a cartoon Tuesday in which a person whose body is made of a Palestinian Authority flag is seen throwing a Star of David – one of the best-known Jewish symbols – into a garbage can.

Hamas cartoon – Israel news photo screenshot

Hamas cartoon – Israel news photo screenshot

Text under the picture says, “Keep the world clean.”

The cartoon uses a Star of David rather than an explicitly Israeli symbol, indicating that it is meant to refer to Judaism or the Jewish nation as a whole and not the state of Israel alone. Continue Reading »

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| May 21, 2013
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Former PA intel officer ‘sentenced to death for selling home to a Jew’

Capital crime in what is to become Palestine: Former Palestinian Authority intelligence officer Muhammad Abu Shahala was sentenced to death for selling his home in Hebron to a Jew.

By Daily Mail Reporter

 

A former Palestinian intelligence officer has reportedly been sentenced to death after it was revealed he had sold his home to Jews.

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas - Photo Mark Israel Sellem

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas – Photo: Mark Israel Sellem

Muhammad Abu Shahala, who worked for the Palestinian Authority reportedly confessed under torture to selling his home in Hebron on the West Bank to a Jewish man.

Jewish officials are now calling for the international community to get involved to save Mr Abu Shahala’s life. Continue Reading »

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| May 21, 2013
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Once a haven, now hundreds protest anti-Semitism in Malmo, Sweden

Jews and non-Jews join to march in southern Swedish city, which has large immigrant Muslim community, to bring attention to the intolerance & violent anti-Semitic attacks in Malmo. – Watch Video

By jn1.tv

“I think that it is a small minority that harasses Jews in Malmo,” said Willy Silberstein of the Swedish Committee against Anti-Semitism. “The big majority is here with us, but still the enemies are strong enough to be a big problem. That’s why marched in the southern Swedish city of Malmo over the weekend to bring attention to intolerance and anti-Semitic attacks in the Nordic country. The city has a large immigrant Muslim community and attacks on Jews have spiked in recent years. Continue Reading »

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| May 15, 2013
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Venezuelan President declares his grandparents were Jewish

Claiming Jewish heritage, President Maduro claims his gov’t isn’t antisemitic, saying he differentiated between Israel & the Jewish people.

By JTA

 

Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro, denying that his government has an anti-Semitic bent, said his grandparents were of Sephardic Jewish descent.

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro - REUTERS Ueslei Marcelino

Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro – REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

“My grandparents were Jewish, so many of the Maduros, same as the Moors [Muslims], converted to Catholicism in Venezuela,” Maduro told Apporea, a pro-government media outlet, last week. “The mother of the Minister of Communication and Information Ernesto Villegas is of the same tradition.”

During the interview, Maduro rejected allegations he attributed to Claudio Epelman, executive director of the Latin American Jewish Congress, that his government was anti-Semitic.

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| May 14, 2013
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UK Muslim MP resigns before charges of anti-Semitism

Lord Nazir Ahmed quits Labor party just a day ahead of a hearing called because of his ‘Jewish conspiracy theory’ slurs.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

 

British politician Lord Nazir Ahmed resigned on Tuesday, a day ahead of a scheduled hearing over accusations that he blamed his dangerous driving jail term on a Jewish conspiracy.

Britain's Lord Nazir Ahmed

Britain’s Lord Nazir Ahmed – Photo: Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah / Reuters

The Labor MP was suspended in March after The Times of London quoted him as saying that his prison sentence was a result of pressure applied on the court by Jews “who own newspapers and television channels.”

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| May 10, 2013
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Hungarian Court convicts 3 men of anti-Semitic behavior at World Jewish Congress

Prosecution spokeswoman says all 3 men around 20 years old, shouted slogans such as “Sieg Heil” & gave the Nazi salute at WJC participants.

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Hungarian authorities say three men have been convicted of shouting anti-Semitic slogans and making Nazi salutes at Jews attending an international meeting in Budapest.

The World Jewish Congress. – Photo by ReutersHaaretz Archive

The World Jewish Congress. – Photo by Reuters/Haaretz Archive

The Budapest Chief Prosecutor’s office said Friday that two of the men were given suspended two-year prison terms. The third man, who earlier had been given a suspended sentence for a separate crime, was sentenced to three years in prison but has appealed the decision. Continue Reading »

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| May 10, 2013
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Church of Scotland back-peddles on denial of Jewish right to Israel

‘Guardian’ reports: After uproar, the Church of Scotland agrees to reword paper rejecting Jewish claims to Israel.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

After meeting with senior Jewish leaders in Britain on Thursday, the Church of Scotland has agreed to change the wording of a controversial paper which denies Jews any special claim to the land of Israel, the Guardian reported.

The General Assembly Hall of the Church of Scotland, Edinburgh.

The General Assembly Hall of the Church of Scotland, Edinburgh. – Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Green Lane

The paper, entitled “The Inheritance of Abraham,” rejects “claims that scripture offers any peoples a privileged claim for possession of a particular territory.” The paper further states that “reconciliation can only be possible if the Israeli military occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem and the blockade of Gaza are ended.”

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| May 6, 2013
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Does Facebook employ an antisemitic to enforce Facebook ‘hate-content’ policy?

Facebook to Jews: Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Was Wrong. According to Facebook’s PR agency,  removing Anti-Semitic content will cause “harm to the people who use our service.”

By Boycott Watch

 

While many consider Facebook is the undisputed leader in social networking, its vast reach surely makes it an easy place to spread hate. Anyone can create a Facebook group at any time on any subject, and it is both impossible and impractical to monitor all posts. When improper posts are made, Facebook makes people jump through hoops to complain then you can wait 24-48 hours for a response. Continue Reading »

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