Hundreds of skinheads disrupted a public candle-lighting and Chanukah celebration of the Jewish community in Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday night. The skinheads, members of the Hungarian Revisionist Party, menacingly gathered near the dias where the ceremony was taking place and chanted, "Hungary is ours!" Hungarian police did not intervene, as both groups had been issued permits for use of the public square. Police later apologized for the oversight in issuing the permits to both groups for the same night and location.
In Perigueux, southern France, vandals broke in to a synagogue located down the street from local police headquarters. The intruders ransacked and desecrated the sanctuary, and stole money secured in a synagogue office. The break-in apparently occurred early Wednesday morning, when there were no worshipers in the building. According to a leader of the local Jewish community, the vandals destroyed paintings and holy books in the main sanctuary, before stealing public monies from an office in the building. Police are investigating.
The Saudi Arabian Interior Minister, Prince Nayef bin ‘Abdul ‘Aziz, claims that the Jews were behind the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The minister’s claims were made in an interview last month with the Kuwaiti newspaper, Assayase, and posted recently on a Saudi internet website. According to Prince Nayef, the Jews profited from the attack. “Everybody knows that the Jews made manipulative use of the events of 9/11, and have turned American public opinion against Muslims and Arabs,” he said. According to the Associated Press, the English translation of the Saudi minister’s statement, however, replaced the word “Jews” with “Zionists”.
German neo-Nazis have vowed to stage a demonstration when Israeli President Moshe Katzav arrives in the country next Tuesday on a state visit. The neo-Nazis are demanding that Germany cease supplying military equipment to Israel, and have paraded in the past under the banner, "Get Their Hands Out of Palestine." The city of Berlin issued a permit for the Tuesday demonstration, and the tiny Jewish community of Berlin has promised a counter-demonstration.
In Perigueux, southern France, vandals broke in to a synagogue located down the street from local police headquarters. The intruders ransacked and desecrated the sanctuary, and stole money secured in a synagogue office. The break-in apparently occurred early Wednesday morning, when there were no worshipers in the building. According to a leader of the local Jewish community, the vandals destroyed paintings and holy books in the main sanctuary, before stealing public monies from an office in the building. Police are investigating.
The Saudi Arabian Interior Minister, Prince Nayef bin ‘Abdul ‘Aziz, claims that the Jews were behind the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The minister’s claims were made in an interview last month with the Kuwaiti newspaper, Assayase, and posted recently on a Saudi internet website. According to Prince Nayef, the Jews profited from the attack. “Everybody knows that the Jews made manipulative use of the events of 9/11, and have turned American public opinion against Muslims and Arabs,” he said. According to the Associated Press, the English translation of the Saudi minister’s statement, however, replaced the word “Jews” with “Zionists”.
German neo-Nazis have vowed to stage a demonstration when Israeli President Moshe Katzav arrives in the country next Tuesday on a state visit. The neo-Nazis are demanding that Germany cease supplying military equipment to Israel, and have paraded in the past under the banner, "Get Their Hands Out of Palestine." The city of Berlin issued a permit for the Tuesday demonstration, and the tiny Jewish community of Berlin has promised a counter-demonstration.