De Israelische militaire campagne in Gaza leidt tot een toename van het aantal antisemitische incidenten in Europa. Dit is NIET begrijpelijk vind ik: het aantal anti-Russische incidenten is tijdens de oorlog tegen Georgië bij mijn weten niet toegenomen (sterker nog, er bestaan volgens mij helemaal geen anti-Russische sentimenten), en Chinezen worden ook niet vijandelijk bejegend vanwege de onderdrukking in Tibet. We zijn normaliter heel goed in staat een onderscheid te maken tussen land en volk, ook als een groot deel van dat volk de acties van hun land steunen. Maar antisemitische incidenten in reactie op Israelisch geweld vinden velen, vooral ter linkerzijde, vaak heel begrijpelijk, en de schuld van Israel, dat zou doen alsof het namens alle Joden spreekt en ze daarmee allemaal een slechte naam zou bezorgen. De Joden zelf zijn het dus weer eens schuld. Ondertussen draagt juist links bij aan deze anti-Joodse stemming, met vaak extreme anti-Israel retoriek en door antisemitisme toe te staan en niet te veroordelen op demonstraties waar men aan deelneemt en zelfs mede-organisator van is.
Vrijdagmorgen is in Den Haag een solidariteitsmanifestatie voor Israel.
RP
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The Jerusalem Post
Jan 7, 2009 23:25 | Updated Jan 8, 2009 12:55
European Jews launch series of pro-Israel rallies
By HAVIV RETTIG GUR
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231167304381&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
European Jewish communities are planning a series of rallies in support of Israel as the Gaza fighting continues into its 13th day Thursday.
The rallies in France, Belgium, Holland, Italy, Britain and Germany are meant to highlight "our solidarity and support for Israel at this time," said European Jewish Congress president Moshe Kantor.
"Israel is on the frontlines of a battle that stretches all over the world," said Kantor, calling Hamas "part of a larger international terrorist network with links to Teheran."
The first rally was held in Paris on Sunday, followed by a rally Wednesday evening in front of the Iranian embassy in Brussels and another at the Amsterdam Jewish Community Center.
The next pro-Israel demonstration is expected to be held in Rome's Parco dei Principi on Saturday night, followed by Sunday rallies in London, Munich, Frankfurt and Berlin. The London rally will be held at Trafalgar Square and will be titled "End Hamas Terror: Peace for the People of Israel and Gaza." It will be followed by a gathering at Vienna's Judenplatz on Monday evening.
Additional events are being planned in the coming days in other cities, including Stockholm and Budapest.
In a statement, the EJC said it would also meet with European diplomats and political leaders in the coming days to explain Israel's position and "discuss the alarming rise of anti-Semitic incidents that are taking place in France, Sweden, the UK and elsewhere."
Anti-Semitic incidents appear to be escalating in Europe in the wake of the Gaza fighting.
In Britain, incidents included the burning of a London synagogue's door, an attack on a Jewish man in North London by three young Middle Eastern-looking men, anti-Semitic graffiti scrawled in Jewish neighborhoods and hate mail sent to synagogues.
In one case, a group of 15 to 20 young men who appeared to be of Middle Eastern descent ran riot along the main street of the Jewish neighborhood Golders Green in North West London, shouting anti-Semitic and anti-Israel slogans and entering Jewish restaurants along the street to harass diners.
In Belgium, a Molotov cocktail was thrown Monday at the Beth Hillel Liberal synagogue in Brussels only hours after the windows of the synagogue in Charleroi, about 50 km. south of the capital, were broken with rocks for the second time in a week.
In France, assailants rammed a burning car into the gates of a synagogue in Toulouse, in southwest France, on Monday night.
In Sweden, a Jewish congregation in Helsingborg was attacked Monday night by someone who "broke a window and threw in something that was burning," said police spokesman Leif Nilsson. Neighbors alerted rescue services before the fire took hold.
Jonny Paul, JTA and AP contributed to this report.
Jan 7, 2009 23:25 | Updated Jan 8, 2009 12:55
European Jews launch series of pro-Israel rallies
By HAVIV RETTIG GUR
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231167304381&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
European Jewish communities are planning a series of rallies in support of Israel as the Gaza fighting continues into its 13th day Thursday.
The rallies in France, Belgium, Holland, Italy, Britain and Germany are meant to highlight "our solidarity and support for Israel at this time," said European Jewish Congress president Moshe Kantor.
"Israel is on the frontlines of a battle that stretches all over the world," said Kantor, calling Hamas "part of a larger international terrorist network with links to Teheran."
The first rally was held in Paris on Sunday, followed by a rally Wednesday evening in front of the Iranian embassy in Brussels and another at the Amsterdam Jewish Community Center.
The next pro-Israel demonstration is expected to be held in Rome's Parco dei Principi on Saturday night, followed by Sunday rallies in London, Munich, Frankfurt and Berlin. The London rally will be held at Trafalgar Square and will be titled "End Hamas Terror: Peace for the People of Israel and Gaza." It will be followed by a gathering at Vienna's Judenplatz on Monday evening.
Additional events are being planned in the coming days in other cities, including Stockholm and Budapest.
In a statement, the EJC said it would also meet with European diplomats and political leaders in the coming days to explain Israel's position and "discuss the alarming rise of anti-Semitic incidents that are taking place in France, Sweden, the UK and elsewhere."
Anti-Semitic incidents appear to be escalating in Europe in the wake of the Gaza fighting.
In Britain, incidents included the burning of a London synagogue's door, an attack on a Jewish man in North London by three young Middle Eastern-looking men, anti-Semitic graffiti scrawled in Jewish neighborhoods and hate mail sent to synagogues.
In one case, a group of 15 to 20 young men who appeared to be of Middle Eastern descent ran riot along the main street of the Jewish neighborhood Golders Green in North West London, shouting anti-Semitic and anti-Israel slogans and entering Jewish restaurants along the street to harass diners.
In Belgium, a Molotov cocktail was thrown Monday at the Beth Hillel Liberal synagogue in Brussels only hours after the windows of the synagogue in Charleroi, about 50 km. south of the capital, were broken with rocks for the second time in a week.
In France, assailants rammed a burning car into the gates of a synagogue in Toulouse, in southwest France, on Monday night.
In Sweden, a Jewish congregation in Helsingborg was attacked Monday night by someone who "broke a window and threw in something that was burning," said police spokesman Leif Nilsson. Neighbors alerted rescue services before the fire took hold.
Jonny Paul, JTA and AP contributed to this report.
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