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History is repeating itself. Remember 30November. Don’t Be A Statistic!

Here’s why you should come to Israel


Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-12November2024-Here’s why you should come to Israel
If a person’s only motivation to come to Israel is refuge from anti-Semitism, he or she won’t be happy. On a material level, it’s far from comfort zone here. But for the soul, the Land of Israel is paradise. Miracles are natural in the Land of Emuna. Here’s why you should come:

Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-12November2024-Here's why you should come to Israel

Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-12November2024-Here’s why you should come to Israel

 

 

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10November2024 Preparations to harm Israelis in major cities in the UK, and several European cities.


Natalie Lisbona-tweet-10November2024-preparations to harm Israelis in UK European cities
BREAKING NEWS:
Note from the Israeli National security council says they have uncovered preparations to harm Israelis in major cities in the UK, and several European cities.
“In the past few days, there have been calls among pro-Palestinian/terrorist-supporter groups to harm Israelis and Jews, under the pretense of demonstrations and protests, taking advantage of mass gatherings (sports and cultural events) to maximize the damage and the media coverage”

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Natalie Lisbona-tweet-10November2024-preparations to harm Israelis in UK European cities

 

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Jews are attacked by violent mobs in Europe, America and beyond who scream “Free Palestine!”


Caroline Glick-tweet-8November2024-Jews are attacked by violent mobs who scream Free Palestine
Every day, Jews are attacked by violent mobs in Europe, America and beyond who scream “Free Palestine!”
“Free Palestine,” is the current way of saying “Death to the Jews.”
Everyone knows it. But in our world of lies, bigots in suits get away with insisting that “anti-Zionism” isn’t Jew hatred, thus proving two things:
1. They hate Jews and want to see us harmed.
2. Israel is the only place where Jews are defended. That is, Zionism remains not only the national liberation movement of the Jewish people, but that without Israel, there would be no Jewish people.

Caroline Glick-tweet-8November2024-Jews are attacked by violent mobs who scream Free Palestine

Caroline Glick-tweet-8November2024-Jews are attacked by violent mobs who scream Free Palestine

 

 

Visit Holland. Feel like 1941 again.


Caroline Glick-tweet-8November2024-The Palestinian flag is today’s swastika
Let’s remember that today, in Holland, anti-Semites are trying Israel for genocide in one kangaroo court, and deliberating over whether to issue arrest warrants against our leaders in another kangaroo court.
The “Palestinian” flag is today’s swastika.
The Mossad: Satirical and Awesome-tweet-8November2024-Visit Holland. Feel like 1941 again.
Visit Holland. Feel like 1941 again.

Caroline Glick-tweet-8November2024-The Palestinian flag is today's swastika

Caroline Glick-tweet-8November2024-The Palestinian flag is today’s swastika

 

 

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The cult of death vs the nation of life


Cheryl E-tweet-28November2024-The cult of death vs the nation of life
The red triangle 🔺 on the Palestine 🇵🇸 flag represents the tip of a sword stained with blood. It represents death.

The Star of David ✡️ on the Israel 🇮🇱 flag is the Shield of David… it protects life and represents the sanctity of life.

That is the difference.

This entire war is the cult of death vs the nation of life.

Cheryl E-tweet-28November2024-The cult of death vs the nation of life

Cheryl E-tweet-28November2024-The cult of death vs the nation of life

 

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Riots have broken out again in Amsterdam tonight

11November2024


Hen Mazzig-tweet-11November2024-Riots have broken out again in Amsterdam tonight
Riots have broken out again in Amsterdam tonight. Rioters are damaging property and shouting “Kankerjoden,” which means “Cancer Jews.”

To Amsterdam’s Jews, please stay safe. Don’t go outside.

To the rest of the world, look at what you’ve done.

You can deny it all you want, but as these horrible attacks continue to happen, know it is your fault. You have enabled it, you have defended it, and, deep down, you were probably hoping it would happen again.

Hen Mazzig-tweet-11November2024-Riots have broken out again in Amsterdam tonight

Hen Mazzig-tweet-11November2024-Riots have broken out again in Amsterdam tonight

 

 

 

13November2024-After all the Israelis and Jews left Amsterdam


Dr. Maalouf-tweet-13November2024-After all the Israelis and Jews left Amsterdam
⚠️After all the Israelis and Jews left Amsterdam, the Islamist rioters are now attacking native Dutch citizens.

 

 

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“Not one German was involved in rounding up and deporting Holland’s Jews; it was Dutch police and Austrians”


Herb Glatter-tweet-8November2024-Not one German was involved in rounding up and deporting Holland’s Jews
A plaque on the wall of the anne frank house museum in Amsterdam reads:
“Not one German was involved in rounding up and deporting Holland’s Jews; it was Dutch police and Austrians”

Herb Glatter-tweet-8November2024-Not one German was involved in rounding up and deporting Holland's Jews

Herb Glatter-tweet-8November2024-Not one German was involved in rounding up and deporting Holland’s Jews

 

The law is not a moral compass. The people who hid Anne Frank were breaking the law. The people who killed her were following it. The next time someone screams Israel is violating “International Law”, show them this meme and ask, “What did your group or country do to actively save the Jews from the Holocaust, Pogrom or Terrorist Attack?” The list of Jew haters will be very, very long. For the US Democrats, let’s start with FDR closing the gates to Jewish immigration to the US in the 1930s and 1940s and not bombing the Death Camps. The British closed the gates to Eretz Israel. Germany, France and the rest of Europe along with the Arabs; aiding and abetting the Nazis in murdering 6 Million Jew along with Arab Pogroms against the Jews because they were Jews.

The law is not a moral compass. The people who hid Anne Frank were breaking the law. The people who killed her were following it. The next time someone screams Israel is violating “International Law”, show them this meme and ask, “What did your group or country do to actively save the Jews from the Holocaust, Pogrom or Terrorist Attack?” The list of Jew haters will be very, very long. For the US Democrats, let’s start with FDR closing the gates to Jewish immigration to the US in the 1930s and 1940s and not bombing the Death Camps. The British closed the gates to Eretz Israel. Germany, France and the rest of Europe along with the Arabs; aiding and abetting the Nazis in murdering 6 Million Jew along with Arab Pogroms against the Jews because they were Jews.

 

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A cheering crowd fills the streets over terror against Jews


Im Tirtzu-tweet-8November2024-A cheering crowd fills the streets over terror against Jews
A day after a pogrom, a cheering crowd fills the streets over terror against Jews.
You don’t understand one thing, you blonde, European, useful idiots.
#thewestisnext

Im Tirtzu-tweet-8November2024-A cheering crowd fills the streets over terror against Jews

Im Tirtzu-tweet-8November2024-A cheering crowd fills the streets over terror against Jews

 

 

 

You hypocritical terrorist supporters


Yoseph Haddad-tweet-8November2024-You hypocritical terrorist supporters

תזכרו שאתם הבאים בתור ועוד קצת זמן החיוכים שלכם יתחלפו בבכי כשאתם תהפכו למטרה של אותם המחבלים מהמזרח התיכון יא אהבלים תומכי טרור צבועים! הסרטון הזה שרץ ברשת הוא מסתבר לא מהיום אחרי הפרוגרום אלא מלפני כמה שבועות- אבל לא תראו את אותם תומכי טרור מגנים או מתנערים מהפרוגרום אלא שמחים ומברכים עליו. והמסר הוא אותו מסר- מי שתומך בטרור של אותם מחבלים שהיגרו מהמזרח התיכון יהיה מי שיבכה כשיהפוך למטרה הבאה שלהם!

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Remember that you are next in line and in a little while your smiles will turn to tears when you become the target of those terrorists from the Middle East, you hypocritical terrorist supporters! This video that is running on the net is apparently not from the day after the program but from a few weeks ago – but you will not see those supporters of terrorism condemning or rejecting the program but rather happy and congratulating it. And the message is the same message – whoever supports the terrorism of those terrorists who immigrated from the Middle East will be the one who will cry when he becomes their next

Yoseph Haddad-tweet-8November2024-You hypocritical terrorist supporters

Yoseph Haddad-tweet-8November2024-You hypocritical terrorist supporters

 

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Every time in history, The excuses change; the hate persists.


The Mossad: Satirical and Awesome-tweet-9November2024-Every time in history
Every time in history there’s been an antisemitic attack, people have found ways to defend the attackers and justify the violence.

Remember Amsterdam? Jews were mobbed because “Israelis were rowdy.”

October 7? Because Jews have a country.

The Tree of Life massacre? Because Jews “helped migrants.”

The Har Nof massacre? Because Jews “threatened al Aqsa.”

The Farhud? Jews “sided with the British.”

The Holocaust? Jews were “racially inferior.”

The Dreyfus Affair? Jews were “treasonous.”

The Russian pogroms? Jews “caused poverty.”

The Chmielnicki Massacres? Jews “colluded with Polish nobility.”

The Inquisitions? Jews were “undermining Christianity.”

The Black Death pogroms? Jews “poisoned the wells.”

The Expulsions? Jews were “heretics.”

The Second Temple’s destruction? Jews “defied Rome.”

The excuses change; the hate persists.

The Mossad: Satirical and Awesome-tweet-9November2024-Every time in history

The Mossad: Satirical and Awesome-tweet-9November2024-Every time in history

 

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Arutz Sheva http://www.israelnationalnews.com/

Israel to dispatch rescue flights following Amsterdam pogrom

Both civilian and military planes will be sent to bring Israeli emergency teams to Holland and bring Jews back to Israel.

Israel National News / 8November2024, 7:48 AM (GMT+2) http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/398825

 

Riots in Amsterdam

Riots in Amsterdam

 

The Ministry of Transportation has announced that in accordance with the directive of the Minister of Transportation, three additional flights have been added to rescue Israelis from Amsterdam by the three Israeli companies in addition to the three existing flights.

 

“In the wake of the lynching and pogrom against Israelis that took place in Amsterdam, the Minister of Transportation instructed the Civil Aviation Authority and the Airports Authority to contact the Israeli airlines in order to reinforce the flights from Amsterdam to Israel, in order to evacuate the Israelis from Amsterdam.”

 

It was further reported that “the Ministry of Transportation has been in constant contact since the beginning of the incident with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the National Security Council and is prepared in addition to the three existing flights to add three additional flights of Israair, Arkia and El Al in order to rescue the Israeli soccer fans who were attacked in Amsterdam.”

 

The Minister of Culture has instructed all the Ministry’s agencies to provide any possible assistance in order to rescue the Israelis and return them home.

 

Additionally, the IDF will send a contingent of Home Front Command rescue personnel in IAF cargo planes to assist in treating and evacuating the victims. The mission has been coordinated with the Dutch authorities.

 

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Arutz Sheva http://www.israelnationalnews.com/

Foreign Ministry guidelines for Israelis in Amsterdam

Israelis in Amsterdam advised to avoid displaying Jewish symbols, fly back to Israel as quickly as possible following antisemitic pogrom.

Israel National News / 8November2024, 9:18 AM (GMT+2)  http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/398831

 

The Israeli Foreign Ministry and National Security Council published new instructions at 9:05 a.m. Israeli time for Israelis staying in Amsterdam following the antisemitic pogrom committed in the city overnight.

1. The local security forces have been deployed in the area and those who wish to get from the hotel to the airport – this is possible and you can go out and use local transportation.

2. The local police must be informed immediately of any incident of threat or attack and the local Israeli consulate must be informed by phone 0031646312161. You can also call the situation center of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs 02-5303155.

 

In addition, you can call the following numbers:

 

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs:

025304358

025303287

025303644

025303401

0505074986

Embassy of Israel in the Netherlands:

+31703760570

+31642648282

+31648493297

3. One should avoid walking around the streets while wearing visible Israeli/Jewish symbols.

4. Those who can, should advance their flight back to Israel.

5. Israelis staying in Amsterdam are advised to install the Home Front Command application where targeted updates about the situation will be transmitted.

6. A number of Israeli planes are expected to arrive in Amsterdam in the coming hours, more details about flights back to Israel will be published later.

 

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Israel, MK Sharren Haskel (National Right Party) stated, “The antisemitic pogrom in Amsterdam is an unimaginable event. This incident is one of the extremes that have occurred recently and echoes the events of Kristallnacht, which took place exactly 80 years ago. I spoke with the ambassador and the embassy staff, and rescue and medical teams are on their way to the Netherlands.”

 

“Radical Islam is spreading terror and hatred everywhere. Europe is no longer safe for Jews, and if it will not wake up, it will soon no longer be safe for anyone,” Haskel said. She also urged any Israeli who requires assistance or guidance to call the above numbers

Readers Comments:

Rationilst Jew8November2024
Jews not living in Israel – Remember once strong and true statement

HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF. It is only a waiting game. America is no promised land -Try to see if you can Remember Crown Heights!

The only reason it is called the promised land – is the “promise” sooner or later it happen here again in larges scales. An economic breakdown leading to a strong depression and try to guess what happens? Don’t delude yourself you are safe!

 

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They just reinforced the case for the State of Israel’s existence. Weren’t no planes coming to rescue Jews after Kristallnacht

 

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El Al announces Shabbat rescue flights from Amsterdam

Israeli airline announces it will run free last-minute flights to bring Israelis home from Amsterdam today, even on Shabbat, following the pogrom against Israeli soccer fans.

Israel National News / 8November2024, 10:25 AM (GMT+2) http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/398838

 

El Al flight

El Al flight

 

Following last night’s antisemitic pogrom in Amsterdam, El Al announced that it will operate rescue flights from the destination to Tel Aviv at short notice, including on Shabbat. The flights will be free of charge, the first flight will take off from Amsterdam at 2:00 p.m. (local time), and is expected to land back in Tel Aviv later today.

 

Hundreds of fans of the Maccabi Tel Aviv soccer team reported that they were attacked overnight Thursday by Arabs in Amsterdam, as they left the stadium following Maccabi’s game against AFC Ajax.

 

The fans testified that an ambush had been prepared for them in advance at various points outside the stadium.

 

Disturbing footage from the city, which was posted to social media, fans are seen being violently attacked, beaten and even run over. One of the fans was forced to say “Free Palestine” before he was let go. Some of the fans barricaded themselves in shops and other places in the city. The local police escorted some of the Israelis back to their hotels.

 

The Israeli Foreign Ministry said that ten fans were injured and that three people are unaccounted for, and efforts to get in touch with them are ongoing.

 

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this morning spoke with Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof following the pogrom.

 

Prime Minister Netanyahu said that he views with utmost gravity the planned antisemitic attack against Israeli citizens and requested that security be increased for the Dutch Jewish community.

 

The Prime Minister thanked his Dutch counterpart for expressing shock over last night’s events and for saying that it was an extraordinary and antisemitic event.

 

Pursuant to the Prime Minister’s directive, Israeli planes are now en route to the Netherlands to bring back the [Israeli] citizens, including the wounded.

 

Dutch right-wing leader Geert Wilders condemned the violence and wrote on X, “Looks like a Jew hunt in the streets of Amsterdam. Arrest and deport the multicultural scum that attacked Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters in our streets. Ashamed that this can happen in The Netherlands. Totally unacceptable.”

 

He later posted again about the incident and wrote, “A pogrom in the streets of Amsterdam. We have become the Gaza of Europe. Muslims with Palestinian flags hunting down Jews. I will NOT accept that. NEVER.”

 

“The authorities will be held accountable for their failure to protect the Israeli citizens. Never again,” he added.

 

 

EL AL mobilized to assist Israeli citizens in Amsterdam


EL AL USA-tweet-10November2024-EL AL mobilized to assist Israeli citizens in Amsterdam
Following therecent violent events in Amsterdam, we mobilized to assist Israeli citizens and our country, and we will continue to do so as needed.

We operated a total of eight flights from Amsterdam to Tel Aviv – six flights on Friday and two additional flights on Saturday, with all evacuation flights operated on wide-body aircraft. We flew a total of approximately 2,000 passengers back home.

These evacuation flights, which cost millions of shekels, were fully funded by EL AL and were free for passengers.

Additionally, we responded to over 10,000 inquiries received by our customer service center.

We are proud to be a pillar for Israelis, even in difficult times.

EL AL USA-tweet-10November2024-EL AL mobilized to assist Israeli citizens in Amsterdam

EL AL USA-tweet-10November2024-EL AL mobilized to assist Israeli citizens in Amsterdam

 

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https://www.jpost.com/

Dutch police refuse to guard Jewish sites over ‘moral dilemmas,’ officers say

Marcel de Weerd and Michel Theeboom, from the Jewish Police Network, claimed ““There are colleagues who no longer want to protect Jewish targets or events.”
By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
OCTOBER 4, 2024 12:32 https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-823171

 

Officers in the Dutch police force have been refusing to protect Jewish targets, two officers told Nieuw Israëlisch Weekblad earlier this week.

 

Marcel de Weerd and Michel Theeboom, representing the Jewish Police Network, expressed concerns over changes they were seeing in the force.

 

“There are colleagues who no longer want to protect Jewish targets or events. They talk about ‘moral dilemmas,’ and I see a tendency emerging to give in to that. That would truly mark the beginning of the end. I’m concerned about that,” Theeboom said.

 

Adding to Theeboom’s claims, De Weerd said, “We see that leadership is struggling with this. Especially now, with the conflict in the Middle East, we risk drifting away from what we should stand for as a collective. We need to keep discussing this with each other.”

 

De Weerd also claimed that many of the younger officers he had encountered were ignorant of the country’s history, including the police’s role in World War II.

 

The officers later spoke with De Telegraaf, where they said that some members of the police expressed they didn’t want to be deployed at the Dutch National Holocaust Museum in Amsterdam and refused food and drinks from the venue.

 

Mireille Beentjes, the police force’s spokeswoman, told De Telegraaf she had heard of officers making moral objections, admitting there were “no strict policies.”

 

“We take moral objections into account when creating schedules. But if there’s an urgent task, you will be deployed, whether you want to or not,” she said. “You are expected to behave professionally. Others shouldn’t notice anything.”

 

Beentjies claimed officers had been made to guard institutes and events that they found morally objectionable in other circumstances.

 

“It pains them when the Quran is burned, but at the same time, they still have to protect the people who do it,” Beentjes stressed.

 

According to the Brussels Signal, Commissioner of the Dutch National Police Janny Knol claimed, “Police officers are human beings and have the right to their own opinions and emotions.” However, he stressed, “But when it comes to people’s safety, that is our top priority. We are here for everyone. That is the foundation of our work as police officers.”

 

Nine Kooiman, President of the Dutch National Police Union, reportedly added, “If you keep giving in to everyone, there’s no end to it. You are in service of society and must be able to distance yourself from your personal considerations and emotions. A professional attitude.”

 

Koen Simmers, another official at the union, said, “It is unacceptable that there are police officers who refuse to carry out tasks and orders, such as protecting Jewish, Christian, Islamic institutions, demonstrations, or social events.

 

“The police are there for everyone. Moral objections may exist and are expressed, but if you are not prepared to protect everyone, then you have chosen the wrong job.”

 

Dutch Member of Parliament Geert Wilders condemned officers refusing to guard Jewish institutes.

 


Geert Wilders-tweet-1October2024-Unacceptable
Onacceptabel. Als een agent geen joodse objecten wil bewaken is dat reden voor ontslag.

Translated from Dutch by

Unacceptable. If an officer does not want to guard Jewish objects, that is grounds for dismissal.
De Telegraaf-tweet-1October2024-Police officers do not want to guard Jewish objects
Agenten willen geen Joodse objecten bewaken: korpsleiding heeft begrip voor ’morele bezwaren’

Translated from Dutch by

Police officers do not want to guard Jewish objects: police leadership understands ‘moral objections’

Geert Wilders-tweet-1October2024-Unacceptable

Geert Wilders-tweet-1October2024-Unacceptable

 

“Unacceptable. If an officer does not want to guard Jewish objects, that is grounds for dismissal,” Wilders wrote on X/Twitter.

The threats faced by Dutch Jews

In the Netherlands, much like the rest of the Diaspora, antisemitic incidents significantly increased after Hamas’s October 7 attacks – an increase of over 800%, according to the Center for Information and Documentation on Israel.

 

In March, pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrated outside the opening of a Holocaust museum in Amsterdam. President Isaac Herzog had attended the opening.

 

In April, a former hostage released from Hamas captivity was verbally abused by Dutch airport staff. In the same month, Dutch Rabbi Aryeh Leib Heintz told The Jerusalem Post that he was violently assaulted in an antisemitic incident in Utrecht.

 

More recently, Germany arrested a teenager being groomed to carry out an attack on Dutch Jews while on a school trip to Holland.

 

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Police did not arrest a SINGLE assailant who participated in the pogrom


Hen Mazzig-tweet-9November2024-disorderly conduct
BREAKING: Dutch police released 52 of 62 detained assailants, merely fining 40 for “disorderly conduct” & “violating public order.”

A pogrom is not just “disorderly conduct.”

It’s no wonder Jews only feel safe in the country created to protect us from this sort of injustice.
Hen Mazzig-tweet-9November2024-Police did not arrest a SINGLE assailant who participated in the pogrom
UPDATE: Contrary to original Dutch police reports, the 62 arrests were made before/during the match, and police did not arrest a SINGLE assailant who participated in the pogrom after.

The handling of this attack only becomes worse by the hour.

Jews deserve better.

Hen Mazzig-tweet-9November2024-Police did not arrest a SINGLE assailant who participated in the pogrom

Hen Mazzig-tweet-9November2024-Police did not arrest a SINGLE assailant who participated in the pogrom

 

 

No arrests were made on the night of the Pogrom


De Telegraaf-tweet-9November2024-No arrests were made on the night of the Pogrom
In de nacht waarin tientallen Israëli’s werden aangevallen op straat in Amsterdam is geen enkele aanhouding verricht, bevestigt het OM.

Translated from Dutch by

No arrests were made on the night when dozens of Israelis were attacked on the streets of Amsterdam, the Public Prosecution Service confirmed.

De Telegraaf-tweet-9November2024-No arrests were made on the night of the Pogrom

De Telegraaf-tweet-9November2024-No arrests were made on the night of the Pogrom

Source: https://www.telegraaf.nl/nieuws/1428164439/om-bevestigt-geen-arrestaties-in-amsterdamse-nacht-vol-geweld

 

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After Days of Antisemitic Riots the Police are taking action


Jazie Veldhuyzen-tweet-14November2024-After Days of Antisemitic Riots the Police are taking action
The world needs to see this. Yesterday around 11 pm pro-Palestinian protestors in Amsterdam got relocated by police to an industrial area. There they got hunted down, beaten up and hunted down again. One protestor is beat up while she’s laying on the ground. Please share!

Jazie Veldhuyzen-tweet-14November2024-After Days of Antisemitic Riots the Police are taking action

Jazie Veldhuyzen-tweet-14November2024-After Days of Antisemitic Riots the Police are taking action

 

 

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The Telegraph logo

Revealed: How Pro-Palestinian mob organised via WhatsApp to ‘Hunt Jews’ across Amsterdam

Fans of Maccabi Tel Aviv attacked before and after their team’s Europa League match against Ajax

Dutch police detain a man in Amsterdam after he had allegedly provoked Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters Credit: JEROEN JUMELET/Shutterstock

Dutch police detain a man in Amsterdam after he had allegedly provoked Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters Credit: JEROEN JUMELET/Shutterstock

Gordon Rayner Associate Editor. Connor Stringer Senior reporter
08 November 2024 5:45pm GMT https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/11/08/jewish-maccabi-tel-aviv-fans-attacked-in-amsterdam/#Echobox=1731143020-1

 

The most famous and revered stop on Amsterdam’s tourist trail is the four-storey house on the Prinsengracht canal where the diarist Anne Frank lived in hiding for two years.

 

Now a museum, it is one of Europe’s most powerful reminders of the Holocaust, with a near-sacred status as a memorial to Jews like Anne who were exterminated by the Nazis.

 

On Thursday night, a terrible echo of the “Jew hunts” that took place during the German occupation played out just a few hundred yards from Anne Frank’s House as Israeli football fans were pursued through the streets and attacked.

 

The parallels were too obvious to ignore, prompting the Dutch king to say his country had failed Jewish people just as it did during the Second World War.

 

A pro-Palestinian demonstration had coincided with a European football match between the Maccabi Tel Aviv, the Israeli side, and Ajax, the local team whose fans refer to themselves as the “Super Jews”. The result was as shaming as it was foreseeable.

Amsterdam attacks

Amsterdam attacks

Amsterdam attacks

 

Videos posted on social media showed fans of the two teams being punched, kicked and humiliated as pro-Palestinian marchers shouted anti-Semitic slurs at them.

 

Now it has emerged that the attacks on the Jewish football fans were planned in advance and co-ordinated using WhatsApp and Telegram.

 

The Telegraph has seen messages from a group chat called Buurthuis, a Dutch word for a type of community centre, which were posted on Wednesday, the day before the match.

 

One message says: “Tomorrow after the game, at night, part 2 of the Jew Hunt.

 

“Tomorrow we work them.”

Buurthuis group chat

Buurthuis group chat

 

Another member of the group says: “Who can sort fireworks?” adding, “We need a lot of fireworks”. Participants refer to “cancer dogs”, a particularly vile insult in the Netherlands.

 

The previous day had some skirmishes, which the Jewish fans escaped by going into a local casino. One of the messages sent by the pro-Palestinians said: “They won’t go to the casino any more.”

Buurthuis group chat-2

Buurthuis group chat-2

 

Tensions had been running high before the match because Amsterdam was in the midst of a week of pro-Palestinian protests.

 

The demonstrators had wanted to protest at the Johan Cruyff Arena, home of Ajax, but Femke Halsema, the city’s mayor, ordered police to keep them a kilometre away from the stadium.

 

Some demonstrators tried to get to the stadium anyway but were stopped.

 

Police were given stop-and-search powers within areas deemed a security risk and riot police patrolled the streets. Yet, they failed to prevent violence that has attracted condemnations from around the world.

 

One piece of footage posted online shows a man who had jumped into a canal in a desperate attempt to escape his attackers.

 

As he thrashes around in the water, a pursuer shouts: “Say Free Palestine, and we’ll let you go,” and spits out a vile Dutch phrase that means “Cancer Jew”.

 

The person who posted the video on X commented: “This coward jumped into the canal, afraid of getting beaten.” It was accompanied by “crying with laughter” emojis.

 

Another video shows a man who appears unconscious on the street being repeatedly kicked as he lies in the fetal position.

 

A third film shows a young Israeli football fan cornered in a narrow alley where he ends up crouching on the floor. He begs for mercy but his assailants knock him out with a punch to the head.

 

There is little wonder why one Israeli diplomat described it as “a pogrom”.

 

Ben Myers, a British-Israeli living in Amsterdam, said injured football fans were rushed to safe houses by a group of Israeli men and women who mobilised on WhatsApp groups.

 

Mr Myers, who helped coordinate the rapid response, said the Jewish community had been failed by the Dutch police.

 

He added: “It really was a testament to the power of the women, organising a mini Dunkirk and getting Israelis to safety.

 

“There were definitely people being pushed into canals. They must have known it was going to kick off. One of the biggest gripes was the lack of police action. A lot of Israelis were saying they didn’t see police for hours.

 

“Even when they did, they were driving nonchalantly by. It was definitely a failure by the Dutch police to protect the football fans.”

 

Two Maccabi Tel Aviv fans, Aviv and Harel, told the Kan public broadcaster: “There was a police force standing on the side, not doing too much when there was some kind of protest. Each of us had been to the Netherlands four times; we had never felt like this before.”

 

Violence flared when a group gathered at the National Monument in Dam Square – the country’s cenotaph – started chanting pro-Palestinian slogans at passing Israeli fans.

 

One Maccabi Tel Aviv fan dressed in a blue and yellow dressing gown gestured at the protestors and shouted “f— you” and others joined in by shouting “f— you Palestine”.

 

Maccabi fans descending into the Amsterdam metro sang: “Let the IDF win, we will f—* the Arabs” and “f— you Palestine.”

 

What appeared to be a visiting fan was filmed being hoisted up to a first-floor window where he grabbed a Palestinian flag and tore it down.

 

Soon the football fans were being chased through the streets by locals.

 

The victims included a man wearing the yellow strip of Tel Aviv crouching on the ground as his attackers kicked him and shouted: “It’s for the children motherf——.”

 

“Please take all my money,” he responded in desperation, in a video posted on social media.

 

The attackers responded: “Free Palestine now.”

 

Further video footage showed a man being kicked to the ground as fireworks went off around him.

 

He was dragged along the street and then tried to escape as a pro-Palestinian assailant filmed the scene and said: “Now you know how it feels.”

 

He shouted: “That’s Gaza. That’s Palestine. That’s Gaza motherf—–.”

 

Others had narrow escapes.

 

Amit Amira, a Maccabi fan, said: “Three people approached me on the street and asked where I was from. I said, ‘Greece.’ One of them grabbed my hand and told me to show my ID. I pushed him away and went into the casino.

 

“We stood at the entrance to the casino, and no one wanted to help us. They told us, ‘Why did you come here?’ In the end, an Arab Israeli helped us. He said, ‘No one will mess with you. You’re with me.’ He ordered two taxis for us, and we escaped.”

 

Amsterdam was known as the Jerusalem of the West before the war because of its thriving Jewish population, many of whom supported Ajax, whose stadium was close to the Jewish quarter. Giant Israeli flags are a common sight at Ajax home games.

 

Today, Amsterdam also has a large Arab population, including more than 77,000 Moroccans who live in the Dutch capital.

 

In the aftermath of the attacks, many shaken and traumatised Maccabi fans said they were the victim of what some said were pre-planned attacks that could have ended in fatalities as they sought to leave the Netherlands on the first available flight.

 

One shaken Israeli woman who spoke to Dutch media NOS from Amsterdam’s Schipol airport: “It seems like it was organised. There were a lot of people. They saw everyone in yellow.

 

“They jumped on us. They stabbed people. They beat them. They did horrible things. We hid in the hotel until it was safe outside.”

 

Others said they would not return to Amsterdam and were even scared to take taxis to the airport for fear of being attacked by drivers, some of whom apparently took part in the clashes.

 

In all, five people were hospitalised and 62 were arrested, according to local police.

 

Rescue flights were sent to Amsterdam to get the Tel Aviv fans home safely. As one flight waited on the runway, passengers posted social media videos of everyone on the plane punching the air and shouting with relief.

 

Dozens of armed police officers stood guard at the check-in desk, cornered off passengers travelling on the last flight from Schiphol airport to Tel Aviv on Friday evening.

 

Outside, still wearing his navy Maccabi Tel Aviv tracksuit, Ofek Ziv’s voice begins to break as he recalls being ambushed by the pro-Palestinian mob.

 

The 27-year-old financial advisor was hit by a rock as he and other fans were attacked by a gang of ski-masked men.

 

He told The Telegraph: “We have been let down by the police and the country. They did nothing. I was frightened, I was in shock. It was a very intense moment because you don’t expect to get attacked in this country – they accept all cultures.”

 

The ambush echoed that of October 7, in which he lost a close friend, he said.

 

He added: “My friend was killed in Nova on October 7. It’s the same feeling today – you see all these people attacked without any help and you can do nothing.”

 

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‘Zionists leave Britain or be slaughtered’: Antisemitic flyers spread in London Jewish neighborhood

The incident, which saw antisemitic leaflets dispersed in a London Jewish neighborhood, was reported to Stand With Us.

By COREY TUSAK
28NOVEMBER2024 12:41 Updated: 28NOVEMBER2024 14:01  https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-831132<

 

An Israeli flag flies below the Union Jack at Hendon Town Hall in London, Britain, October 9, 2023. (photo credit: Anna Gordon/REUTERS)

An Israeli flag flies below the Union Jack at Hendon Town Hall in London, Britain, October 9, 2023. (photo credit: Anna Gordon/REUTERS)

 

Antisemitic leaflets reading “Zionists leave Britain or be slaughtered” were recently dispersed in a London Jewish neighborhood, GB News reported on Wednesday.

 

“Zionists leave Britain or be slaughtered” was written in Hebrew on flyers that were distributed in Hendon, a highly Jewish-populated neighborhood, GBN reported.

 

Also reportedly written on the flyer was the phrase “Zionist free zone” in English.

 

“We are witnessing a troubling trend of red lines being repeatedly crossed,” Isaac Zarfati, the executive director of Stand With Us UK, told GBN. “This is not just another wave that will pass if we remain passive.”

 


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‘Zionists leave Britain or be slaughtered’: Leaflets distributed in London Jewish neighbourhood

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“We must take those threats and statements seriously because one day they will turn into actions, and decisive steps are needed to combat this alarming phenomenon,” Zarfati added.

 

Trend of antisemitic flyers, statements

A similar incident occurred close by before Yom Kippur with statements like “F*** the Jew” and “Heil Hitler” as well as the swastika symbol being raked into bunkers (sand dunes) on the golf course of the Heldon Golf Club, GBN reported.

 

Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, commented on the golf course incident, stating that he was “sickened by the rise in antisemitism in our city. Hate crime is a criminal offense and has no place in London.” The GBN quoted the mayor.

 

The number of antisemitic hate crimes in London has more than doubled in the space of a year, according to figures put out by the London Metropolitan Police.

 

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Why young British Jews are leaving for Israel

The vicious intolerance sweeping Europe is now impossible to ignore.

Neil Davenport

8December2024 https://www.spiked-online.com/2024/12/08/why-young-british-jews-are-leaving-for-israel/

 

For most British teenagers in their final year of A-levels, thoughts are now turning to choosing universities, attending open days and organising accommodation. But for a growing number of young British Jews, these familiar rites of passage are being replaced by more urgent concerns: joining the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) or volunteering in Israel.

 

The change in the priorities of young British Jews shows how much their world has changed since 7 October last year. First, Hamas’s brutal slaughter of civilians in Israel provided a horrifying wake-up call. And then the subsequent surge in anti-Semitism in Britain and Europe made it clear that many supposedly tolerant institutions are anything but.

 

‘I had always intended to join the IDF’, 17-year-old Thalia Cohen tells me. ‘But the events of 7 October solidified my decision. I want to help Israel defend itself and make sure something like that never happens again.’

 

Orli Miller completed her sixth-form studies this year. Visiting British university campuses since 7 October has transformed her view of the UK. ‘I visited one of the universities I’d applied to, and I was deeply unsettled by what I saw’, she recalls:

 

‘Posters of hostages taken by Hamas had been torn down. I realised this wasn’t an environment where I’d feel comfortable or supported. As a Zionist, I knew I’d be much happier in Israel, where I can align my actions with my beliefs without fear of judgement.’

 

Orli initially applied to serve in the IDF but was turned down on medical grounds. But rather than return to a university campus in the UK riddled with anti-Semitism, she chose to sign up for Sherut Leumi, Israel’s alternative national-service programme. Participants get to work in a wide range of areas, including healthcare, nursing homes and in disadvantaged communities.

 

That increasing numbers of young British Jews are now turning their backs on the UK university system provides a damning indictment of the vicious intolerance washing over campuses today. Universities were once regarded as sanctuaries of free thought and inclusivity. They have now become breeding grounds for hostility towards Jews. For Thalia and Orli, the message sent by universities is clear: all racism is condemned, apart from anti-Semitism.

 

Thalia has refused to shrink away. ‘People tell us to hide our religious symbols’, she says. ‘I take the opposite view – we should display them proudly. We should stand tall, proud of our religion, and proud of Israel.’

 

Both Thalia and Orli stress that Israel’s existence as a refuge for Jews is not merely symbolic – it’s also essential for their survival. ‘One of the tragic reasons so many Jews were murdered during the Holocaust was the absence of a place to escape to’, Orli tells me. ‘That’s why Israel matters. It’s the one place where Jews can find security, even though it’s constantly under threat. The need for a Jewish homeland has never been more urgent.’

 

Thalia agrees. Her family and friends support her decision to join the IDF, and some of her relatives are already serving as reservists. ‘I feel Jews should make this self-sacrifice – it is vital for Israel’s survival’, she says, before adding, ‘but it depends on how connected you are to Israel’.

 

Their sense of urgency is palpable. ‘Israel is under constant threat from terrorist groups that aim to destroy it’, says Orli. ‘Their weapons are becoming more sophisticated, and they are overwhelming our defence systems. To survive, we must fight back – and fight hard.’

 

The fallout from the 7 October atrocities has left scars. Orli lost friends, and one was kidnapped. Thalia describes the tense atmosphere in Israel:

 

‘When I visited in the summer, people were more nervous. You have to think about where to shelter if something happens. But there’s also a deep sense of unity. People are coming together to help each other.’

 

Recent attacks on Israeli Jews in Amsterdam have only added to their anxiety. It’s a grim reminder that Israel is not a ‘settler-colonial’ state – it is a refuge, a nation born from the ashes of persecution in Europe and the Middle East. For Israel to remain a safe haven, Jews must defend it – a stark reality that young people like Thalia and Orli understand all too well.

 

But this fight cannot fall solely on the shoulders of Jews. The growing anti-Semitism across Britain demands a response from those who claim to oppose bigotry in all its forms. Now is the time to send a clear message: Jews are not alone.

 

Names have been changed in this article

 

Neil Davenport is a writer based in London.

 

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BREAKING: Pro-terror demonstrators in Paris completely destroyed a McDonalds and Starbucks.

Families were eating inside as these domestic terrorists smashed the windows and climbed onto the building. These terror supporters are destroying the West.

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LILLEY: Canadian officials make it clear, Jews not welcome here

There’s are different set of rules for Jews in Canada

Brian Lilley
Published 27November2024

 

Are Jews being treated differently in Canada? Absolutely, and not in a good way.

 

From local police to the federal government, Jews are clearly not the chosen people of Canadian government officials.

 

Take the case of Rabbi Adam Scheier who was asked by police to leave downtown Montreal because he looked too Jewish and there was a pro-Hamas protest coming.

 

“The only thing I am guilty of is shopping in downtown Montreal … while wearing a kippah,” Scheier wrote in a Facebook post.

 

“The policeman explained to me that he was fearful of a ‘fire starting between the two sides.’ Apparently, my presence is deemed a sufficient provocation for removal, while their hateful chants are allowed to continue.”

 

Shouldn’t it be the job of the police to ensure the people who march through the streets belting out genocidal chants don’t start getting violent?

 

Nah, easier to make sure the guy who looks Jewish just leaves.

 

In Toronto, police have been protecting the pro-Hamas protests since they started their marches immediately after the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. They have allowed them to take over city streets at will without permits to block traffic and block street cars. At times they have even shut down major roads to pray in the middle of the street.Last Sunday, as a group of pro-Hamas types gathered at Bathurst St. and Sheppard Ave. W. – a predominantly Jewish neighbourhood – it was a Jew who was arrested.

 

When Ezra Levant of Rebel News tried to take his cameras to interview the folks waving placards celebrating Hamas – a protest that included a guy dressed like Yahya Sinwar, the recently killed mastermind of the terror attacks on Israel – it was Levant who was arrested.

 

Though released, Levant had been arrested for disturbing the peace. The people actually disturbing the peace by bringing a message that celebrated the killing of Jews into a Jewish neighbourhood were left alone.

 

There is even a photo of Toronto Police Staff-Sgt. Jeffery MacDuff sharing a chuckle with Ahmad Jarrar Hajahmad, a key organizer of many of the protests in the city and a backer of the encampments that took over university campuses in Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa last spring.

 

The message is clear, there are different rules for Jews in Canada.

 

Take the example of the Jewish National Fund, a charitable organization in Canada for over a century that had their charitable status revoked this past summer. The revocation came after an audit started in 2014 for charitable works that had taken place in 2011-12 and which had never been an issue in the past.

 

However, a sustained campaign against the group by anti-Israel, anti-Jewish activists pushed the Canada Revenue Agency to reconsider what was approved. Rather than working with JNF, which had never failed an audit before, the CRA pulled the organization’s status, and the issue is now being challenged in court.

 

It’s very different approach from the one taken by CRA after their audit of the Muslim Association of Canada determined the organization was working with the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and Syria. While the Muslim Brotherhood is not considered a terrorist group in Canada, documents obtained and reported on by Le Journal de Montreal show there was real concern.

 

CRA found that the Syrian group had asked MAC for financial assistance, including for weapons. The Brotherhood in Egypt has been tied to political violence.

 

“Even entities that are not considered terrorist in Canada can put a charity’s resources at risk of terrorist abuse if those entities are linked to violent ideologies,” say CRA documents obtained by Le Journal.

 

The reaction of CRA to these revelations and several others was simply to ask MAC to take corrective action and not associate with people or groups that may have links to terrorism or violent ideologies.

 

The difference in treatment could not be more stark and, like the police action, the message to Canada’s Jewish community from government officials could not be clearer. Add to that the attack on Kosher meat by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency after hundreds of years of being allowed in this country and you really see what is going on.

 

Canadian officials are making it clear, Jews aren’t welcome in Canada and they will harass you until you get the picture.

 

It’s sad and wrong but it is true.

 

blilley@postmedia.com

 

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Interviewing “Kaplanist*” at a demonstration: “We’re fed up here. We’re moving to Europe.” OK, bro, if you don’t want our holy homeland, here’s what’s waiting for you in Europe…
Israel will always be the safest place on earth for a Jew. Shabbat Shalom!
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*Tel Aviv’s Kaplan Street is known the world over these days as the weekly meeting place of the mass movement fighting the Netanyahu government’s judicial overhaul

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Fueled by fear and fraternity, foreigners start buying up Israeli homes, just in case

With antisemitism on the rise and many wanting to be more involved in Israel, property acquisitions by non-residents are surging, especially in Beit Shemesh and Jerusalem

By Shoshanna Solomon
6 December 2024, 10:35 am  https://www.timesofisrael.com/fueled-by-fear-and-fraternity-foreigners-start-buying-up-israeli-homes-just-in-case/

 

Children wave Israeli flags outside of a car as members of the Jewish community gather at Simon Wiesenthal Center on Monday, June 24, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP/Damian Dovarganes)

Children wave Israeli flags outside of a car as members of the Jewish community gather at Simon Wiesenthal Center on Monday, June 24, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP/Damian Dovarganes)

 

Earlier this year, with the country still at war in Gaza and recovering from the shock of the October 7 attack, Marc and Yael Azran bought an apartment in Beit Shemesh, a city of some 175,000 situated in the hill country about 30 kilometers (18.5 miles) west of Jerusalem.

 

The Azrans, who live in Silver Spring, Maryland, a suburb of Washington, DC, closed the deal in March. Since then the family has spent the Passover and Sukkot holidays in their second home, despite the continuing threat of rocket and missile attacks on Israel from Iran-backed groups in Gaza, Lebanon and around the region.

 

Buying a property in Israel was always a dream for the Azrans. Both had spent time in Israel on youth programs as teenagers, and when they married, they lived in Israel for a while. The idea was to someday return, said Marc Azran.

 

The push came after the October 7 events, he said, because the couple felt the need to “be connected” and support Israel, he said. Though they continue to live in the US, they now have a home to visit in Israel, and hope to eventually move there.

 

“I feel like it’s time for the Jewish people to be in Israel, and I want to be part of that destiny, and I want my children to be part of that destiny,” Azran said over the phone as he drove to his job where he works as an anesthesiologist. “I do not feel that there is a bright future for Jews in America and in Europe, in the long term.”

 

According to official figures, the Azrans are just one of hundreds of foreign residents who have snapped up homes in Israel since the start of fighting some 15 months ago. By all appearances, the trend is being driven by Jewish buyers who want to enhance their connection with the Jewish state, and by fears of rising antisemitism around the globe, which outweigh concerns about the threat of war or terrorist violence.

 

Marc Azran, left, Yael Azran, second left, and their three children at their second home in Beit Shemesh in October 2024. (Courtesy: Jeff Kalwerisky.)

Marc Azran, left, Yael Azran, second left, and their three children at their second home in Beit Shemesh in October 2024. (Courtesy: Jeff Kalwerisky.)

Antisemitic incidents have surged around the world since Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attack on Israel, in which terrorists from the Gaza Strip invaded and killed some 1,200 people, took 251 hostages and triggered the ongoing war there.

 

According to data published in November by the Finance Ministry, foreign residents in September acquired 254 apartments in Israel, a sharp increase of 119 percent compared to September last year, and the highest level of acquisitions since July 2022, when the market was infused with post-COVID optimism and a lower tax rate.

 

Home purchases by foreigners dropped steeply in October 2023 in the wake of the attack and war, official figures show, but quickly rebounded, reaching pre-war levels by December. They mostly continued to rise throughout the year before the September surge.

 

“After October 7, for one month, there was nothing…. It was dead, nobody was calling,” said Donny Fein, a real estate agent who owns the Elite Israel Realty firm which focuses on the Beit Shemesh area. “It took about three or four weeks, [and then] the phones did not stop ringing.”

 

Donny Fein. (Courtesy: Jared Bernstein)

Donny Fein. (Courtesy: Jared Bernstein)

Fein should know, Beit Shemesh and the larger Jerusalem area are ground zero for the resurgent foreign buyer phenomenon, making up over half the properties purchased by foreigners in September. In Beit Shemesh alone, 87 apartments were purchased by non-residents in September, outstripping even the capital despite being less than a fifth of its size.

 

A Brooklyn native who immigrated to Israel, Fein said some customers had bought homes in Israel without ever visiting them in person. The buyers aren’t necessarily looking for their dream home, but rather to have a safe haven in their back pocket should trouble strike and they need to flee, he said. Until then, the foreign owners generally rent out their units on short-term leases of two years or less, to keep their options open.

 

“They call it the Mashiach clause,” Fein said, making joking reference to the messianic yearning for Israel deeply ingrained in Jewish Orthodox theology. While standard contracts in Israel contain no such clause accounting for the possibility of divine salvation, it’s an idea in the back of many buyers’ minds, according to Fein.

 

Illustrative: Students protest on the street after police close the student plaza during an anti-Israel demonstration over the war in Gaza at the George Washington University in Washington, April 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Illustrative: Students protest on the street after police close the student plaza during an anti-Israel demonstration over the war in Gaza at the George Washington University in Washington, April 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

“They know that they’re not making Aliyah anytime soon, but if they have to, if the Nazis come knocking on the door, they have a place to go,” he said. “This is not 1939 anymore. We have a home in Israel, and we have a place to come to. This is what they say.”

 

Foreign home purchases in Israel are nothing new, and even with the surge in September, levels remain far below their 2005 high, when some 1,400 homes were sold to foreigners in a single fiscal quarter. But many in Israel also see the purchases as a scourge, taking properties off a market where demand already exceeds supply and driving prices higher. Foreign acquisitions in luxury complexes are also often kept as vacation homes rather than being rented out, turning whole buildings in prime locations into dimly lit shells for much of the year.

 

Donny Fein. (Courtesy: Jared Bernstein)

Builders working on the Mamilla luxury apartments, situated across from David’s Village, both considered to be part of Jerusalem’s “ghost apartments.” (photo credit: Rebecca Zeffert/Flash 90)

But since October 7, experts believe the purchases are being fueled by the same antisemitism fears driving immigration to Israel even as war rages.

 

According to data published by the Aliyah and Integration Ministry and the Jewish Agency, some 31,000 new immigrants came to Israel from around the world between September 2023 and September 2024. Most of the immigrants were from Russia, North America, France, Ukraine, Belarus and Britain, the figures show.

 

The city that absorbed the most immigrants was Netanya, followed by Tel Aviv, Haifa, Jerusalem, Bat Yam, and Ashdod.

 

New immigrants from France arrive on a special “Aliyah Flight” at Ben Gurion Airport in central Israel on August 1, 2024. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

New immigrants from France arrive on a special “Aliyah Flight” at Ben Gurion Airport in central Israel on August 1, 2024. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

According to the Finance Ministry, foreign purchases of homes in Tel Aviv remain near record-low levels. But Netanel Shuchner, the CEO of real estate firm RMA-ET, said his company has seen a sharp rise in demand from foreign residents for homes in Israel, mainly in Tel Aviv and Ra’anana.

 

Many of the prospective buyers are from the US and France, and Shuchner predicted even more people would also begin looking for homes in Israel following a wave of anti-Jewish and anti-Israel violence that rocked Amsterdam when the Maccabi Tel Aviv soccer team visited for a match.

 

“Following the recent events in Amsterdam I expect we will see a further rise in demand,” said Shuchner, who is also a lecturer in economics and real estate valuations at the College of Management Academic Studies.

 

Netanel Shuchner. (Courtesy: Amit Moser)

Netanel Shuchner. (Courtesy: Amit Moser)

A Times of Israel report on November 28 pointed to “unprecedented” interest in immigration to Israel among Dutch Jews following the attacks on Israeli fans and others.

 

David, a Jewish lawyer who lives in West Hempstead, New York, with his family, also acquired a home in Beit Shemesh some six months ago.

 

The house is rented for two years, and the idea is to eventually use it as a vacation home, said David, who asked that his real name not be used because of privacy concerns.

 

“We are not moving yet,” he added, though it could happen in a couple of years.

 

The timing of the acquisition was related to the outbreak of the war, David said, although the family had been planning to buy something in Israel for a long time.

 

A construction site in the Israeli town of Beit Shemesh on September 5, 2021. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

A construction site in the Israeli town of Beit Shemesh on September 5, 2021. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

“The war made us feel like it’s time to buy something,” he said by phone. While rising antisemitism in the US was not a driving factor, he admitted it may have played a role as he and his wife decided on the purchase. “It is not a conscious thing, but it definitely was in the back of our minds.”

 

Whatever the pull, it is strong enough to motivate buyers to pay above-market prices in order to have a home in Israel rather than anywhere else, Fein noted. He called it an “emotional premium.”

 

“People always said to me it’s not safe in Israel, but I always said at least in Israel we know who your enemies are,” he said. “In America, you could be walking down some random street and some crazy guy who hates Jews can literally just knock you out.”

 

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