The Flotillas of Summer, The Guns of August

by Phyllis Chesler
Pajamas Media
June 24, 2010

http://www.phyllis-chesler.com/804/flotillas-of-summer-guns-of-august

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The signs are ominous, disquieting. In Hannover, Germany, young Muslim children of Lebanese, Palestinian, and Iranian descent, ages ten to fifteen, throw rocks at a Jewish dance troupe, injuring one of the performers and ending the performance. The children use a megaphone to shout anti-Semitic slurs during the attack. In Amsterdam, Holland, a taxi sports this sign: Israel=Terror Country/State. The Dutch taxi also has a picture of an Israeli flag marked by an "x" and dripping blood. Interestingly enough, Dutch law enforcement have begun to dress police officers as religious Jews or as "decoys" with which to catch anti-Semites in the act. In Washington State, in America, a nine-foot Chabad (remember Mumbai) menorah was knocked over; on its base was spray-painted: "Die Jew."

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