Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Terrorists aim at Israeli and Jewish targets
The Times of Israel
http://www.timesofisrael.com/terror-groups-aiming-to-hit-israeli-jewish-targets-worldwide-in-coming-weeks/
"Israelis ordered out of Sinai, told to avoid Jordan
In addition, it ordered Israelis not to travel to Sudan, Somalia, Algeria, Djibouti, Mauritania, Libya and Tunisia, and to leave these countries immediately if they were there, because of a similarly “very high” terror threat. Where Tunisia was concerned, it underlined what it said were the “threats to carry out attacks on Israeli and Jewish targets.”
http://www.timesofisrael.com/terror-groups-aiming-to-hit-israeli-jewish-targets-worldwide-in-coming-weeks/
"Israelis ordered out of Sinai, told to avoid Jordan
Terrorists ‘aim to hit Israeli, Jewish targets worldwide’ in coming weeks
Counter-Terror Bureau issues strident warning, citing ‘concrete, very high’ threats in numerous countries
August 19, 2013
Israeli and Jewish targets all over the world are likely to be sought
out by terrorist organizations in the coming weeks, the Israeli
government’s Counter-Terrorism Bureau warned in strikingly strident
tones on Monday, listing dozens of countries where it said it had
“concrete” indications of a terrorist threat.
It cited concerns about terrorist acts
timed to coincide with the forthcoming Rosh Hashana (New Year), Yom
Kippur and Succot festivals, and also said that the anniversary of the
9/11 terrorist attacks in the US was likely to be “a favored period” for
al-Qaeda and other global jihadist groups to attempt to carry out acts
of terrorism.
Iran and Hezbollah, it warned, were continuing their “global terror
campaign” against Israeli and Jewish targets. It noted that Iran
remained bent on avenging alleged Israeli responsibility for the killing
of Hezbollah terror chief Imad Mughniyeh in a Damascus car-bombing in 2008, and the deaths of three Iranian nuclear scientists.
It said its information indicated that Israeli
businessmen and ex-government officials were prime potential targets
for assassination and/or kidnapping.
With all that
in mind, the bureau reconfirmed that Israelis are barred altogether
from travel to Iran, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Yemen, where
the “concrete” terror threat was “very high.”
In addition, it ordered Israelis not to travel to Sudan, Somalia, Algeria, Djibouti, Mauritania, Libya and Tunisia, and to leave these countries immediately if they were there, because of a similarly “very high” terror threat. Where Tunisia was concerned, it underlined what it said were the “threats to carry out attacks on Israeli and Jewish targets.”
The unusually shrill and widespread alert
included an order to Israelis not to travel to the Sinai Peninsula,
because of the chaotic situation in Egypt. The Sinai’s Red Sea resorts
are a traditionally popular holiday destination for Israelis, especially
at this time of year. The advisory noted that Sinai was off limits not
only because of the general Egyptian disorder and a series of recent
attacks in the Sinai, however, but also because of “information on the
intention to carry out further attacks.”
Using only slightly less urgent language, the bureau, part of the National
Security Council under the authority of the Prime Minister’s Office,
ordered Israelis to “avoid visiting” the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain,
Jordan, Kuwait, Egypt and Qatar, where it cited what it called a “basic”
terrorist threat. Israel maintains peace agreements with both Jordan
and Egypt, and the warning underlines what the bureau called “the
complex security realities” in nations adjacent to Israel.
The bureau also told Israelis to postpone
nonessential visits to Turkey, Oman and Morocco, because of “ongoing
potential threats.”
Slightly further afield, it cited “very high”
terror threats in Afghanistan, parts of southern Thailand, parts of the
southern Philippines, east Senegal, India’s Kashmir province, northern
Nigeria, parts of Kenya, and Chechnya. Israel were not to travel to any
of those areas, and to leave immediately if they were there, it ordered.
The advisory also specified a “high” terror
threat in Indonesia, Burkina-Faso, Ivory Coast, Togo, Mali, Malaysia and
Pakistan, telling Israelis not to go there and urging them to leave as
soon as possible if they were there now.
The bureau’s
warning also specified concerns about terror threats to Israeli
“business targets” worldwide, and especially in Africa, “in the wake of
the exposure of a terrorist infrastructure in Nigeria over the past
year.”
Generally, it
urged Israelis traveling worldwide to take extra precautions, such as
avoiding unexpected meetings or out of the way places, and to change
regular travel routes.
The full report was made available on the National Security Council website (Hebrew only). [PDF, 6 pages]."
Labels: Anti-Israel, anti-Jewish, Anti-Semitic acts, Anti-Semitism, Anti-Zionism, Antisemitism
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Palestinians depicting Jews as enemies
Cartoon film on Nakba describes Jews as 'enemies of homeland'
By Reuters
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/982336.html
Tue., May 13, 2008 Iyyar 8, 5768
Jewish fighters are shown shooting Palestinians and bombing their villages in an animated film by Gaza-based women marking 60 years since Israel was founded and hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were displaced.
"The Tale of a Key" describes the Jews as "enemies of the religion and enemies of the homeland" and is meant to highlight what the illustrators called the "holy" right of dispossessed Palestinians to return to land that is now part of Israel.
The women behind the film, who run a production company in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, say they are not politically aligned but want to teach Palestinian children and adults about the events that drove them from their homeland.
"It tells of the suffering, the killing and displacement," said Moamena Abu Hamda, director of the JohaToon company in Gaza City. "It shows that the Palestinian people did not leave their land by their own will but they were forced to do it."
Hamas's Al-Aqsa Television drew Israeli and international censure last year for using cartoons and puppet-shows featuring Mickey Mouse and Lion King lookalikes to illustrate the Islamist movement's battle against Israel, which it does not recognise.
JohaToon plans to screen the 32-minute film, which it says is for adults as well as children, in Gaza this month and hopes to market it in other Arab countries and further afield.
Some 700,000 Palestinians fled or were expelled from their homes in the war that led to the founding of Israel in 1948.
About 4.5 million refugees and their descendents now live in squalid camps in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
Most of the Gaza Strip's 1.5 million residents are either refugees or their descendants and live in eight densely populated camps and four cities.
Refugees cling to a "right of return" and their fate is one of the thorniest issues facing negotiators who are trying to reach a deal this year to create a Palestinian state in Gaza and the West Bank -- land Israel occupied in 1967 Middle East war.
While Israel celebrates its 60th birthday with fireworks, parties and military display this month, Palestinians hold rallies to mourn the "Nakba", or "catastrophe" of displacement and to highlight the refugee problem.
Abu Hamda insisted "The Tale of the Key" - which refers to the keys many Palestinians carry as symbols of their lost homes - was not meant to incite violence against Israelis but to recount stories passed down from previous generations.
"We have laid down facts as we heard them from our grandfathers and grandmothers," Abu Hamda told Reuters. "We told the tale as we heard and as people saw it."
By Reuters
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/982336.html
Tue., May 13, 2008 Iyyar 8, 5768
Jewish fighters are shown shooting Palestinians and bombing their villages in an animated film by Gaza-based women marking 60 years since Israel was founded and hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were displaced.
"The Tale of a Key" describes the Jews as "enemies of the religion and enemies of the homeland" and is meant to highlight what the illustrators called the "holy" right of dispossessed Palestinians to return to land that is now part of Israel.
The women behind the film, who run a production company in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, say they are not politically aligned but want to teach Palestinian children and adults about the events that drove them from their homeland.
"It tells of the suffering, the killing and displacement," said Moamena Abu Hamda, director of the JohaToon company in Gaza City. "It shows that the Palestinian people did not leave their land by their own will but they were forced to do it."
Hamas's Al-Aqsa Television drew Israeli and international censure last year for using cartoons and puppet-shows featuring Mickey Mouse and Lion King lookalikes to illustrate the Islamist movement's battle against Israel, which it does not recognise.
JohaToon plans to screen the 32-minute film, which it says is for adults as well as children, in Gaza this month and hopes to market it in other Arab countries and further afield.
Some 700,000 Palestinians fled or were expelled from their homes in the war that led to the founding of Israel in 1948.
About 4.5 million refugees and their descendents now live in squalid camps in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
Most of the Gaza Strip's 1.5 million residents are either refugees or their descendants and live in eight densely populated camps and four cities.
Refugees cling to a "right of return" and their fate is one of the thorniest issues facing negotiators who are trying to reach a deal this year to create a Palestinian state in Gaza and the West Bank -- land Israel occupied in 1967 Middle East war.
While Israel celebrates its 60th birthday with fireworks, parties and military display this month, Palestinians hold rallies to mourn the "Nakba", or "catastrophe" of displacement and to highlight the refugee problem.
Abu Hamda insisted "The Tale of the Key" - which refers to the keys many Palestinians carry as symbols of their lost homes - was not meant to incite violence against Israelis but to recount stories passed down from previous generations.
"We have laid down facts as we heard them from our grandfathers and grandmothers," Abu Hamda told Reuters. "We told the tale as we heard and as people saw it."
Labels: Anti-Israel, anti-Jewish, Antisemitism, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Palestinian antisemitism
Sunday, September 30, 2007
Venezuela's Jewish community is becoming increasingly worried
Caracas Jews fear planned state curriculum will hurt religious school
By Anshel Pfeffer
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/908072.html
Mon., October 01, 2007.
Venezuela's Jewish community is becoming increasingly worried about President Hugo Chavez's plans to redraft the country's constitution and centralize the education system. Sources in the community say that since Chavez rose to power eight years ago, some 20 percent of Jews have left the country.
Over the past month, Chavez has advanced a raft of far-reaching amendments to the constitution, which he amended through a referendum shortly after he was elected to his first term as president in December 1998. Chavez aims to amend the constitution to remove the limitation on the number of times a president can run for reelection.
Chavez is also preparing a list of amendments making the Venezuelan economy more socialist and centralized, giving the government more control of certain sectors. Some of the amendments include nationalization.
Earlier this month, Chavez announced a new mandatory socialist schooling program. Schools that do not adhere to the government's curriculum would be closed and the pupils transferred to state-run institutions. This would affect private schools attended by children from affluent homes.
In recent media statements as well as in his weekly TV program, Chavez said that "private schools will have no choice but to comply." The ultimatum has worried the local Jewish community of some 12,000 people.
More than 90 percent of all Venezuelan Jews reside in the capital, Caracas. The two prominent Jewish institutions in the city are the community's club and a Jewish school, Ebraica, with some 1,300 pupils of all ages.
Changes to the schools' modus operandi could constitute a blow to Venezuela's Jewish community, prominent members say. "We don't think these plans are directed against Jews, but we could be affected by this general trend," a community activist told Haaretz.
"The school is an essential issue that unites all of the community around it," says another activist for an international Jewish organization who frequently visits Venezuela. "We expect Chavez's plan to make it more difficult to teach the school's specific Jewish subjects."
"Everything is blacker and whiter here," says one of the community's members. "You're either for Chavez or against him. And Jews are regarded as the opposition." The man, who requested anonymity, says that in Chavez's Venezuela Jews are also identified with Israel, which isn't on Chavez's list of favorite countries.
Until now, the local Jewish community has been able to weather the socialist storm. "Socialism and all, the community has never enjoyed such wealth before. The demand for imported goods is record high," the Jewish community member says.
But with thousands of Jews contemplating leaving for the United States, Israel and elsewhere, the community's stability under Chavez remains to be seen.
By Anshel Pfeffer
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/908072.html
Mon., October 01, 2007.
Venezuela's Jewish community is becoming increasingly worried about President Hugo Chavez's plans to redraft the country's constitution and centralize the education system. Sources in the community say that since Chavez rose to power eight years ago, some 20 percent of Jews have left the country.
Over the past month, Chavez has advanced a raft of far-reaching amendments to the constitution, which he amended through a referendum shortly after he was elected to his first term as president in December 1998. Chavez aims to amend the constitution to remove the limitation on the number of times a president can run for reelection.
Chavez is also preparing a list of amendments making the Venezuelan economy more socialist and centralized, giving the government more control of certain sectors. Some of the amendments include nationalization.
Earlier this month, Chavez announced a new mandatory socialist schooling program. Schools that do not adhere to the government's curriculum would be closed and the pupils transferred to state-run institutions. This would affect private schools attended by children from affluent homes.
In recent media statements as well as in his weekly TV program, Chavez said that "private schools will have no choice but to comply." The ultimatum has worried the local Jewish community of some 12,000 people.
More than 90 percent of all Venezuelan Jews reside in the capital, Caracas. The two prominent Jewish institutions in the city are the community's club and a Jewish school, Ebraica, with some 1,300 pupils of all ages.
Changes to the schools' modus operandi could constitute a blow to Venezuela's Jewish community, prominent members say. "We don't think these plans are directed against Jews, but we could be affected by this general trend," a community activist told Haaretz.
"The school is an essential issue that unites all of the community around it," says another activist for an international Jewish organization who frequently visits Venezuela. "We expect Chavez's plan to make it more difficult to teach the school's specific Jewish subjects."
"Everything is blacker and whiter here," says one of the community's members. "You're either for Chavez or against him. And Jews are regarded as the opposition." The man, who requested anonymity, says that in Chavez's Venezuela Jews are also identified with Israel, which isn't on Chavez's list of favorite countries.
Until now, the local Jewish community has been able to weather the socialist storm. "Socialism and all, the community has never enjoyed such wealth before. The demand for imported goods is record high," the Jewish community member says.
But with thousands of Jews contemplating leaving for the United States, Israel and elsewhere, the community's stability under Chavez remains to be seen.
Labels: anti-Jewish, South America, Venezuela
