Bulletin of Jew Hatred May 6 2009

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Summaries:

North America

March 18, 2009
Ottawa, Canada
The federal government is reviewing all public service grants to remove support from groups that advocate hatred or express support for terrorism as part of a “zero tolerance approach towards anti-Semitism.

March 27, 2009
New York, US
Columnist James Kirchick points out the hypocrisy of Israel’s critics by pointing to unfair demands and blatant anti-Semitism.

April 9, 2009
New York, US
American Thinker columnist writes “We are all Anti-Semites Now” highlights the increase of accepted anti-Semitism around the country sometimes masquerading as Anti-Israel policy. He calls it 1930’s redux.

April 13, 2009
Washington, DC
President Obama deems it “important to the national security interests of the United States to waive 1980s-era laws banning (the) presence” of the Palestinian Liberation Organization.

May, 2009
New York, US
A new book, The Germans and the Final Solution by Ian Kershaw, reveals that from the very onset of the war, it was impossible not to know the Jews’ fate. Soldiers and officers wrote home of mass shootings (one letter details the murder of 30,000 Jews) and, when they returned on leave, the soldiers spoke of the murders in private and in public. News of Auschwitz reached Victor Klemperer in March 1942 and he described it as a “swift-working slaughter house” by October.

South America

May 4, 2009
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Brazilians demonstrated against the upcoming visit of Iran’s Ahmadinejad. Over 2000 people including secular and Orthodox Jews, Christians, gays, and Gypsies gathered in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro to protest. “The Iranian people feel suffocated and they need world support. The visit of Iran’s president to Brazil is a mistake in our country’s international relations. It’s unacceptable to receive someone who doesn’t respect human rights, freedom and democracy,” said Walter Feldman, Sao Paulo’s Municipal Sports Secretary.

May 4, 2009
Bolivia
Bolivian police have raided and forcibly closed a Chabad House. The Rabbi from Chabad told the Chabad info website that local police have not presented any official closure order nor have provided a reason for the raids.

Europe

April 6, 2009
Paris, France
For the first time, a student has been expelled from the Catholic Institute for Imam Instruction because of anti-Semitic remarks.

April 7, 2009
UK
An Israeli family living in Edgeware fear for their safety after antisemitc abuse. Their car has had its window smashed and children in the neighborhood scream anti-Semitic insults at them. The daughter of the family was told, “When the snow falls, Jews will die”.

April 12, 2009
Paris, France
The controversial French comedian, Dieudonne Mbala Mbala, will be prosecuted on charges of anti-Semitism. He is scheduled for trial May 5 for bestowing a prize on notorious Holocaust denier, Robert Faurisson. Sometimes the comedian dresses as a Jewish Nazi camp prisoner while bestowing the prizes. Jean-Marie Le Pen, who recently called the Nazi gas chambers a “historical detail” recently was a member of Mbala’s audience.

April 28, 2009
UK
A prospective counsillor was allegedly told she was “too white and too Jewish” to be selected. Elaina Cohen said that Labour councillor Mahmood Hussain said he would not support her application for an inner-city ward because “my Muslim members don’t want you because you are Jewish”. Cohen made an official complaint but Hussain has denied the remark.

April 29, 2009
Paris, France
The leader of a French kidnapping gang, Youssouf Fofana, has gone on trial in Paris for torturing Ilam Halimi, a Jewish man, for over three weeks and then murdering him. When Fofana entered the courtroom, he looked at Halimi’s family and yelled, “Allahu akbar” which means “Allah is Great”.

April 29, 2009
UK
Former London Mayor Ken Livingstone’s Cleric-friend says “Hitler Put Jews in Their Place” and praises Hitler’s anti-Semitism. Ken Livingstone once made an apology to the Sheikh by saying, “On behalf of the people of London, I would like to apologize for the outburst of xenophobia in sections of the media which demonstrated an underlying ignorance of Islam”.

Middle East

April 13, 2009
Egypt
An Israeli tourist vacationing in Egypt was stabbed by a Libyan at a resort in Nuweiba. Israeli officials had issued a warning of possible attacks.

April 16, 2009
Jerusalem, Israel
Hundreds of Muslims gathered to protest Jewish worship at the Temple Mount. Muslims gathered near the Al-Aqsa Mosque to prevent Jews from ascending the site. Police had been warned that Palestinians would protest the site and the Islamic Movement’s northern branch rented dozens of buses to bring the Muslim protestors to the area.

April 19, 2009
Israel
A Hamas cleric who was part of the “Imams and Rabbis for Peace” and who vowed to “condemn any negative representation” of each other’s religions has wholeheartedly espoused Hamas’ racist ideology on Hamas TV. “Who is it that is leading the world today in the vicious, all-encompassing war against Islam and Muslims? It is the Jews who today are leading the all-encompassing war against Muslims… We, the Muslims, know the nature of Jews the best, because the Holy Quran taught us. The prophetic traditions explained at length to Muslims the true nature of Jews… Their war and their hatred for Muhammad and Islam is in their souls, they are naturally disposed to it.” The sermon cited “Protocols of the Elders of Zion”, called to annihilate Jews, and compared Jews to dogs. Video here .

April 20, 2009
Israel
Worldwide anti-Semitic violence spiked to a dramatic high in January, according to a report released by the Stephen Roth Institute for the Study of Contemporary Anti-Semitism and Racism. It is estimated that in January alone, 1000 incidents occurred worldwide, with approximately 90 violent incidents that included the use of arms, assaults, and desecrations. This is three times more than reported incidents a year before. More here .

April 3, 2009
Bat Ayin, Israel
A 13 year old Jewish boy was murdered with a hatchet by an Islamist. The murderer also fractured the skull of a seven year old. Hamas released a statement saying that the murder was a “natural response to the occupation”.

April 17, 2009
Kharif, Yemen
One of the oldest Jewish communities in the Arab world is fighting for its survival. Yemeni Jews have been feeling sometimes violent pressure from Yemeni Muslims and face an ambivalent govenrment in a world where Islamic extremism and hostility to non-Muslims are on the rise. “There is hardly a mosque sermon that’s free of bigotry. The government’s own political rhetoric marginalizes the Jews, and civil society is too weak to protect them”, says Mansour Hayel, a Muslim and human rights activist who is considered an expert on Yemen’s Jewry. “The government’s policies are to blame for the suffering of the Jews”, he says.

April 23, 2009
Jerusalem, Israel
Hundreds of Jewish worshippers who arrived for a prayer service at Joseph’s Tomb found it vandalized. The tomb had been struck with a hard object and was full of boot prints. The headstone was smashed and swastikas were drawn on the walls.

April 29, 2009
Ramallah
The Palestinian Authority sentenced a Palestinian man to death by hanging after finding him guilty of selling land to Jews. The verdict came after the PA’s chief Islamic judge, Sheikh Tayseer Tamimi, issued another fatwa banning Muslims from selling land or houses to Jews.

United Nations

April 20, 2009
Geneva, Switzerland
European diplomats walked out of a session of the Durban II conference when Ahmadinejad called on the world to unite against Israel. “Under the pretext of Jewish suffering, they have helped bring to power the most oppressive racist regime in Palestine,” Ahmadinejad said.

April 22, 2009
Geneva, Switzerland
The United Nations pulled credentials from a number of Jewish activists who disrupted a speech by Iranian President Ahmadinejad at the Durban Review Conference. 46 badges were pulled and the vast majority were from individuals accredited through Jewish organization. 


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