Top US Jewish leader warns: ‘Pandemic’ of anti-Semitism taking shape worldwide, even threatens America.

Top US Jewish leader warns: ‘Pandemic’ of anti-Semitism taking shape worldwide, even threatens America. (ToI).

Anti-Semitism is taking on potentially “pandemic” dimensions globally, even in the US, and if left unchecked could grow into an immensely serious threat, one of American Jewry’s most senior leaders said this week, calling on world leaders to convene a global summit to forcefully denounce the phenomenon.

“I think we’re seeing a pandemic in formation,” said Malcolm Hoenlein, who heads the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. “I don’t think it’s here. I think America’s situation is different from Europe. But the potential is there.”

“We saw anti-Semitism in Britain, we saw it in France, and now we see it’s spreading everywhere,” Hoenlein told The Times of Israel in its Jerusalem office on Sunday. “Look at the numbers of incidents in Germany, Scandinavia and other parts of the world. And now we see in America swastikas being painted, other expressions [such as phoned-in] threats or aggression against kids on campuses. So it spreads. It’s not isolated to one geographic locale. It’s like a virus that spreads. And you have to declare it for what it is.”

However, he is more troubled by “what happens on campuses and the greater acceptance of charges against Israel.” Many Americans accept the claim that Israel is an apartheid regime. For the last decade or two, it was okay for Americans to say that they are anti-Israel. “Today it is accepted to say I am anti-Jewish,” Hoenlein said. This, he suggested, is partly to due to the anti-Israel Boycott, Divest and Sanctions (BDS) movement, which, he said, provided a “cover for anti-Semitism.”

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“But what makes this new era of anti-Semitic violence in Europe different from previous ones is that traditional Western patterns of anti-Semitic thought have now merged with a potent strain of Muslim Judeophobia. Violence against Jews in Western Europe today, according to those who track it, appears to come mainly from Muslims” Read the full story here.

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WaPo Ignores Islamic/Muslim Anti-Semitism.

WaPo Ignores Islamic/Muslim Antisemitism. (DailyWire). By :Robert Kraychik.

In an article ostensibly conducting a broad analysis of contemporary anti-Semitism, Yair Rosenberg essentially ignores its overlaps with Muslims and Islam.

Published at The Washington Post - a left-wing and Democrat-aligned news outlet that postures as objective and non-partisan - on Friday, Rosenberg's take is entitled, "Five myths about anti-Semitism."

Rosenberg describes today's dark situation for European Jewry with respect to anti-Semitism across the continent.

His analysis of contemporary anti-Semitism in the Old World, however, almost entirely ignores its relationship with rapid growth of the continent's Muslim population in recent decades via immigration and reproduction. Read the full story here.

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Germany - Muslim students of Arab and Turkish origins protested participation in an International Holocaust remembrance.

Germany - Muslim students of Arab and Turkish origins protested participation in an International Holocaust remembrance. (JPost).

Muslim students with Arab and Turkish origins protested participation in an International Holocaust remembrance event for the liberation of the German extermination camp Auschwitz on January, 27­ while the school management showed understanding for their criticism of Israel.

“Some Muslims students said they would not participate in the action,” said Florian Beer, a teacher at the school in the city of Gelsenkirchen in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, reported the paper Der Westen on Thursday.

The Holocaust Remembrance event is part of a global commemoration action to take selfie photographs with a sign saying “I Remember“ or “We Remember.“ A remembrance plaque at the school was desecrated with the sentence: “F*** Israel, free Palestine.” The school was not able to identify the perpetrator or perpetrators. 

Dr. Efraim Zuroff, the head of the Jerusalem office of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, told The Jerusalem Post on Friday, “First, Muslims students are greatest in need of Holocaust education, so it would be unfortunate if they were excused from those activities.”

Zuroff, who is the Wiesenthal’s chief Nazi-hunter, added “Given that Holocaust consciousness is a central idea of civic identity in the Federal Republic, it [Holocaust remembrance] is doubly important for families that come from countries with deep antisemitic traditions and no knowledge of the Holocaust and the destruction of European Jewry.”

The Weiterbildungskolleg Emscher-Lippe school, where the protest unfolded, has 500 students, 40% of whom have a migrant background. The school director Günter Jahn told Der Westen said he finds it good that there was student opposition to the remembrance event. “It is important that there is criticism. That is the basis for a discussion.“ He added that in certain communities, criticism of Israel is demanded.    Hmmm......Imported Antisemitic values. Read the full story here.

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CoE Human rights chief Muiznieks: Europe is getting ‘nastier’ for Jews.

Muiznieks: Europe is getting far ‘nastier’ for Jews. (DW).

Anti-Semitism is on the rise in Europe, with public figures trying to “brush over” past crimes against Jews, CoE human rights chief Nils Muiznieks told DW. The official also urged teaching European values to migrants.

Europeans ignore anti-Semitism “at their peril,” according to Muiznieks, who serves as Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe. The rights’ advocate urged nations to stand up to bigots and  Holocaust deniers in a Tuesday statement, warning that the “hate that begins with Jews never ends with Jews.”

Speaking to DW, the American-Latvian official points to fear and insecurity in Europe and dangerous links between words and violence.

Deutsche Welle: What prompted you to issue your appeal and urge European countries to take a stand against anti-Semitism?

Nils Muiznieks: In the last two years, I have systematically visited Jewish communities when I am on country visits. They expressed a number of concerns – one is about their security, about being targeted by terrorists, by right-wing extremists and others, but another was how this issue plays out, about trends in revisionism making a comeback in a number of places in Europe.

You are talking about politicians and public figures trying to diminish genocide, to make it appear smaller than it was?

Yes, and also to brush over some of the nasty aspect of the past, which were particularly targeting Jews as victims. In a number of places you have this competition of who can be the bigger victim and sometimes it takes on an anti-Semitic tone because people belittle the suffering of Jews.


It’s belittling, it’s relativizing, and sometimes it’s outright denial, although the outright denial you get more from the extremists than mainstream politicians.

Can you elaborate on these measures you think countries should taketo fight hate speech and anti-Semitism?

I think there is a whole package of tools – you have criminal law, which can be used to punish people, you have educational tools, teaching the Holocaust, commemorating the Holocaust, and the Council of Europe, the OSCE, the EU all have good tools in that regard.


Regarding the Internet, it's clear that you need cooperation between governments, private internet companies and civil society in order to move forward. But I think politicians bear a huge responsibility here as well.

Another thing, of course, is on integration, to make sure that new arrivals into Europe understand our history and values, and don't contribute to indigenous anti-Semitism and intolerance. But it's a two-way street, there is a lot of ingenuous intolerance that needs to be addressed as well as that among new arrivals.

This applies to immigrants, mostly of Muslim faith, arriving to Europe?


I don't want to stigmatize all people arriving into Europe, and we have plenty of our own indigenous anti-Semites. But, one concern I sense among Jewish communities is about the integration of the new arrivals. They said: Listen, it's important that we help the new arrivals find their way in society and that they learn about European history, human rights' values, because very often they come from places where this is a very foreign concept, so we have to help them. Read the full interview here.

Three 'Asylum seeking' men in Germany arrested for suspected ISIS links.

Three 'Asylum seeking' men in Germany arrested for suspected ISIS links.(Rudaw).

German police on Tuesday arrested three men allegedly linked to the Islamic State (ISIS), following raids on the homes of asylum seekers in the states of Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein.

Media reports said that mobile phones and computer hard drives and documents also were seized in the early morning raids, made by police and an anti-terror unit.

The arrested men are Syrian asylum seekers who are allegedly linked to ISIS.

Reports said the men had been under police surveillance for weeks.

In July, three asylum seekers carried out week-long attacks in southern Germany in which one person was killed and dozens injured.

In June, German police arrested three Syrian men on suspicion of planning a terrorist attack in the city of Dusseldorf.


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Russian FM Lavrov says migrants' behavior in Europe provokes Islamophobia.

Russian FM Lavrov says migrants' behavior in Europe provokes Islamophobia. (Tass).

The behavior of migrants that lost their moral and spiritual values provokes growing Islamophobia in Europe, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Friday.

"As soon as you forget about your origin, moral and spiritual values, you immediately become indifferent to others’ values," Lavrov told the National Educational Youth Forum "Territory of Meanings on the Klyazma."

This is why Europe currently witnesses growing Islamophobia, he noted.

"Migrants are accused of unacceptable behavior, and these accusations are confirmed by facts. However, they are also trying to sweep this problem ‘under the carpet’," the foreign minister continued.

Migrants "are doing what they want because their moral values are lost and they do not want to revive them. They get Islamophobic reactions in response," Lavrov concluded.

Mother and three daughters knifed by alleged Moroccan in French holiday resort for being 'scantily dressed'

Mother and three daughters knifed by alleged Moroccan in French holiday resort for being 'scantily dressed' (Mirror).

The 46-year-old woman and her three daughters - aged 14, 12 and eight - are said to have been targeted while holidaying near Laragne in Hautes-Alpes in southern France.

An eight-year-old girl is fighting for her life after a mum and her three daughters were reportedly stabbed in a French holiday resort for being 'scantily dressed'.

The French family are said to have been targeted while holidaying in Garda-Colombe in the Hautes-Alpes near Montpellier in southern France.

The 46-year-old woman and the girls - aged eight, 12 and 14 - were all attacked before the knifeman fled the scene - according to police.


The eight-year-old was airlifted to hospital in nearby Grenoble with a punctured lung and is in a critical condition.

The 37-year-old man, who is said to be of Moroccan origin, has since been arrested following the incident at around 10am local time (9am UK time) this morning. 

Police say the motive for the attack remains 'vague' but local media reports state the attacker had made references to the females being 'too lightly dressed'.

Eye-witnesses said the mum and her daughters had been having breakfast when they were attacked.

Local prosecutor Raphael Balland told the AFP news agency: "The motive of the attack is very blurred." Read the full story here.

Video - Belgium - 100 asylum seekers start riot in center, for Syrian woman not wearing a headscarf.

Video - Belgium - Group of asylum seekers start riot, for Syrian woman not wearing a headscarf.

Eleven asylum seekers "removed" after brawl over veil.(HLN)[GoogleTranslated].

Eleven people were arrested Friday afternoon after a brawl with a hundred people involved in the asylum center of Leopoldsburg have since been "removed." This confirms An Luyten, the spokeswoman for the Red Cross. "The four that were part of the core portion are transferred to a detention center. The seven others are individually housed and distributed in the other reception centers in Flanders," said An Luyten.

"The four, who moved to the detention center, started the fight. The discussion was about a young woman of Syrian origin who had to wear a headscarf in accordance with the Afghans. Which is Weird because there are several women without headscarves around. Why just this Syrian was targetted, is not clear. the Syrians sided with the young woman, while the Afghans and Iraqis were on the other side. With the removal of the eleven fighters we want to give a clear signal, "says An Luyten.

The Red Cross has decided not to remove 11 but 30 asylum seekers from the shelter in Leopoldsburg. 29 of them have been transferred to another center, one man is excluded. The asylum seekers were on Friday involved in a large-scale battle, because a Syrian girl was not wearing a headscarf. The girl with her family also left from the shelter in Leopoldsburg, they did not want to stay there any longer. They stay with relatives until there is a new place for them.

Secretary of State for asylum and Migration Theo Francken (N-VA) has responded to the brawl in the asylum center of Leopoldsburg.

"I find it totally unacceptable that some young Afghans find it necessary to tell them to wear a headscarf and that they should not dress according to western fashion," he says. "They come here, they are a guests here. We are not guests with them. They have to adapt to our rules." "They need to adapt to our rules"

"If they think they can import their wars and conflicts , then they're wrong . The next few days I will discuss with the government if we can extend the sanctions for misbehaving asylum seekers so that they may lose their permanent asylum. This way we should not have to pay for them, " Francken said.

Terrorist Teen who committed Stabbing attack hailed as hero by Toronto children at the Palestine House.

Teen Stabbing attack terrorist hailed as hero by Toronto children at the Palestine House. (CIJnews).

The Toronto-based Palestine House has recently celebrated the 14^th birthday of the Palestinian child terrorist Ahmed Manasrah and called for his immediate release from the Israeli jail.

The event was held on Friday, January 19, at the Palestine House offices in Mississauga, Ontario with the attendance of Chairman of the Palestine House, Fadlo Mechael, the Vice Chairman, Nazih Khataba, other board members, parents and children.

A birthday cake was baked in honour of Ahmad Manasrah and decorated with the following message written on it: “Happy Birthday. Freedom. Ahmad Manasrah, 13 years old boy, shot and caged by Israel.”

Children are seen holding colourful balloons and posters that read in Arabic: “Palestine House Canada [flags of Palestine and Canada], Free Ahmad Manasrah, Solidarity campaign with the child prisoner.”

A little girl greeted Manasrah on his birthday by reading the following message in French and English:

“Hi everyone, I’m Maryam Muhanad. We are Canadians Palestinians children came today to celebrate the 14^th birth of Palestinian prisoner hero Ahamd Manasrah. We ask all the nations in the world for freedom to Ahmad Manasrah. Free, Free Ahmad Manasrah. Free, Free Ahmad Manasrah.” To watch the video click here. To see more pictures of the event click here.

Armed with kitchen knives, Ahmaed Manasrah, 13, went on October 12, 2015 with his cousin Hassan Manasra, 15, to Jerusalem’s Pisgat Zeev neighborhood to attack Jews. 

The two Palestinian teenagers stabbed two Israelis, a 13-year-old, who was critically injured; and a 25-year-old, who was moderately injured. Hassan Manasra was shot dead by security forces after charging at police with a knife and Ahmaed Manasrah, was hit by a car, recovered after being treated in an Israeli hospital and is facing charges of attempted murder.

The Palestinian al-Quds Intifada, also dubbed the Knife Intifada, is supported and directed by the Palestinian leadership in Ramallah (the Palestinian Authority-PLO-Fatah) and Gaza (Hamas). Read the full story here.

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