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Israel Alert Newsletter
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24 Cheshvan 5773
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November 9, 2012
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France Expels Anti-Semitic Imam: Good Move!
France has
expelled Mohammed Hammami, a Tunisian Imam who in his sermons in Paris
"encouraged violent jihad, made anti-Semitic remarks, and justified the
use of violence and corporeal punishment against women," Arutz Sheva
reported. He evidently believed that adulterous wives should be whipped
to death and frequently defended violence against women.
According to the
French Interior Ministry, "These unacceptable, deliberate, repeated
provocations and discrimination constitute a threat to French society and
security." Interior Minister Manuel Valls told reporters, "We
decided to be uncompromising against all those who utter hate speech against
the Republic and our values." The eviction of an anti-Semitic
imam from French territory constitutes a step in the right direction in
addressing a recent surge of anti-Semitism within France.
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Israeli Flag Banned at Denmark 'Diversity' Event
At a diversity event in Copenhagen, Denmark, Jewish organizations were
specifically told not to bring Israeli flags, while other cultural groups were
given no such instructions and in fact brought flags. While the event
organizer had initially told the Jewish organizations that none of the groups
would be bringing flags, after the event, they soon changed their story and
claimed that certain groups were asked not to display flags as a safety
precaution.
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Egyptian Media Turns Radical
Since the Muslim Brotherhood came to power in Egypt, the Muslim Brotherhood has
worked to promote its ideology within the Egyptian press. Like under Mubarak,
the Shura Council continues to exercise the exclusive right to appoint the
heads of news organizations.
However, under Muslim Brotherhood rule, the Shura Council now requires that
candidates to be newspaper editors "have no record of corruption or of
advocating normalization with Israel.
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Anti-Semitism Decreases in the USA
According to the Anti-Defamation League's Annual Audit of Anti-Semitic
Incidents within the United States, a total of 1,080 anti-Semitic occurrences
were reported in 2011, which represents a 13 percent decrease from 2010, when
1,239 anti-Semitic events took place in the US. Thus, the
Anti-Defamation League asserted that the level of anti-semitism in the US is at
its lowest within the past two decades.
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