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ADL: Raid on Venezuelan Jewish center 'inexplicable'
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Published: 04.12.07, 14:24
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1. I was at Hebraica in Caracas. It is beautiful. Chavez sucks.
(12.04.07)
2. The Mexican President should talk to President Hugo Chavez
Rivkah   (12.04.07)
to show him how few attacks there are on Jews and Jewish schools and community centers in Mexico. Perhaps they can learn together from Mexico's tolerance of the Jewish culture how to make Venezuela more tolerent. Remember that when America and other countries of the world were turning Jews away before, during, and after World War II, Mexico welcomed them. You see that in the vast numbers of Mexican Jewish youths who spend summers in Israel to be a part of their heritage. They send their children to private Jewish schools as much as possible in Mexico, which may be a reason for fewer attacks in Mexico since the cultures are separated in a lot of ways.
3. Chavez only carrying out Irans marching orders
Johnson ,   USA   (12.04.07)
4. Rivkah #2
Jonathan Wortman ,   Kfar Saba- Israel   (12.04.07)
Rivkah: 1) You should study better the history of the country you live in. Its great that you love and admire Mexico so much, but I assure you that this "tolerance" is just that, tolerance. 2) No great difference between structure of the venezuelan or mexican Kehilot, except in numbers (Mexico doubles Venezuela). 3) Venezuela also welcomed Jews seeking refugee from Holocaust (search the story of the Caribea, as ship rejected all over that was allowed to get into Venezuela, for example). 4) The issue, as you can see, has nothing to do with Mexico and a lot about an antisemitic (among many other things) approach to Jews and Israel.
5. Blame the Jew
Bobby ,   Canada   (12.04.07)
Blame the Jew again,again and again. It gets tiring after a while Chavez is the reason that there are words like PUTZ
6. The plight of Venezuela & its Jews
Avi   (12.04.07)
Sadly to say, this is just one more symptom of a growing breakdown within Chavez's Venezuela. Now, it's a matter of those Jews still there to determine what steps to take next-fight it, make Aliyah, or go to exile in a third country.
7. 4:Perhaps the Jews of Venezuela should talk to the Jews of
Rivkah   (12.04.07)
Mexico to find out how a greater degree of tolerance is achieved. But there attacks on Jews in various places and not the same place all the time. Perhaps it is the Germans who move to Venzuela that are inciting the problems. At Frankfort Airport, a German man who lives in Venezuela and waiting for a plane, started commenting to other people in the chairs waiting how much he hates the Jews, as some Haredim passed by. He said, "Hitler should have killed them all." There are a lot of Nazis who covered their crimes by going to South America and their children were infected with the hate of the Nazi parents. There may be some Germans behind this attack on the Jewish community center in Venezuela by the police. Much of the America police and military are Nazis in all but name. I learned that when I was attacked for being a Jew, myself.
8. Raiding Jews Club brought Chavas worst luck in 11 Elections
Alan ,   SA   (12.04.07)
Message- Dont start with Jews.Maybe the Man upstairs doesnt like it.
9. Rivkah
Charles ,   Den Haag / NL   (12.04.07)
I think it's Iran and the Communists that are behind the anti-semitic acts in Venezuela
10. How is a raid looking for weapons & explosives anti-Semitic?
Mr. Knowitall ,   Frostbite Falls   (12.04.07)
How can Foxman dare to suggest that a police raid looking for weapons and explosives is anti-Semitic without producing a shred of evidence that proves that the social club was NOT involved in terrorism or NOT harboring militants and thus he cannot prove that the raid was not warranted in order to protect Venezuelan security? Foxman should butt out of Venezuelan affairs and respect the Venezuelan right to do what ever is necessary to protect the security of the state and all its citizens, including raiding social clubs where militant or criminal activity is suspected without prior Foxman approval.
11. 9: Charles: Good point. Iran does like to stir up trouble.
Rivkah   (12.04.07)
12. Chavez is a putz
Arunas ,   Lithuania   (12.05.07)
I have read that some people are persecuted by the ADL too. It keeps files on them etc. Of course, Chaves is a mishuga and I do denounce the actions of his police.
13. Mr. Knowitall , Frostbite Falls
(12.04.07)
the Iranian Embassy is the place to look for weapons
14. 10 Mr Knowitall: Moslem mosques are well known for
Rivkah   (12.07.07)
hiding weapons and terrorists and Mosques are rarely if ever raided, even in America where so many terrorist Moslems are waiting to attack. So it the Mosques are the places where the terrorists and weapons are hidden, the logical place to raid and search are JEWISH HOMES AND COMMUNITY CENTERS! RIGHT? That is true in America and in Venezuela. If there are problems, blame the Jews. My husband and I were both beaten up at our home by California police who thought we were terrorists because a crazy German woman named Inge Mingus made up a story and was not sent to jail for perjury or filing a false police report or malicious mischief and attempted murder. We were accused of being Jews and everybody in the world who is not a Jew KNOWS it is the Jews' fault for all the bad things that happen in the world. So the homes and community centers of Jews are attacked instead of going after the real terrorists. But everyone knows it is the Mussad that is behind every evil in the world. So attack the Jews! That is how Gentiles think.
15. Jews Must Leave; JUSTICE Never In Chavez Muslim Mouth!
kiefko ,   Oslo   (12.08.07)
This new Venezuelan Jew-hater Chavez is doing the orders Iran demands, fulfilments of his duty to do what he gets paid for. Secondly truth is WORSE; poor country’s population is becoming the servants of this crazy state-mullah … The most horrifying fact that the same population, well blinded by Chavez’ well presented lies, are becoming slaves of nothing worse than Islam, while they themselves not even able to comprehend in what way this bullshit enters their out-of-work brains, transforming all inside to the meaninglessness of Islam… they not any longer even able to own their own lives… Never Ever Any Sence Of True JUSTICE to find in Chavez' Muslim Mouth...
16. innocent until proven guilty
zohar jackson ,   chicago usa   (12.10.07)
Using your logic the government has a right to break into anyones home and then it falls on the home owner to prove he is innocent. If the government had a reason for breaking in and released the reason than it is fine, otherwise they have no reason to break into anywhere. innocent until proven guilty
17. A grave misunderstanding
Prof. Emelio Levi ,   Caracas Venezuela   (12.10.07)
The police only questioned our community. President Chavez is an ally of our people and community. He is doing great things for our people and if one of the few world leaders with the courage to stand up in the face of neo-liberalist western domination. The people of Venezuela are and have always been welcoming to Jews. Anti-Semitism is rare in this country. What we do see however on this comment board is greater bigotry to Islam and other peoples which will only create more adverse feelings toward the Jews. A. Foxman has always exploited issues as anti-semitic which are clearly not. Doing so he potentially puts our community in danger. He is the one inciting hatred.
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