Israeli Neo-Nazis: “Not some Marginal Phenomenon” September 20, 2007

Sign and Sight.com, in its weekly rundown of news and analysis from today’s headlines, gave a link to this story in Die Neue Zürcher Zeitung by journalist Naomi Bubis. Ms. Bubis says that the reflex to sweep such a story under the rug has now been replaced by “outrage and incredulity” and that these neo-Nazis are not an isolated phenomenon.

That there are people in the Jewish state who tattoo Nazi symbols into their arms, perform the Hitler salute and attack Orthodox Jew comes as a shock to most Israelis. But we’re not talking about some phenomenon on the margins. Since 2002 over 500 anti-Semitic incidents have been reported, most of them involve swastika graffiti and graveyard vandalism but also attacks against Orthodox Jews.”

Also, as I noted before, Sultan Knish pointed out that these Nazis are joining the IDF — indeed, Ms. Bubis tells of what the founder of Pogrom.org.il found:

Sorge bereitet Gilitschinski eine rassistische Internetseite, die junge russische Einwanderer dazu aufrufe, zum israelischen Militär zu gehen, um dort den Umgang mit Waffen zu erlernen…Ilia Zolotov, der ehemalige Betreiber der Internetseite «White Israeli Union», sei beim Militär gewesen. Als die Polizei letztes Jahr sein Haus durchsuchte, fand sie neben Drogen auch jede Menge Nazipropaganda auf seinem Computer.

(Gilitschinski learned of a racist website which calls upon young Russians to join the Israeli military, where they will be educated on weaponry…Ilia Zolotov, webmaster of the “White Israeli Union” site, was also in the military. When police raided his house last year, they found drugs and a stash of Nazi propaganda on his computer.)

There is but one solution for this filth, and unfortunately, while the social work and concentration camp visit to which Mr. Zolotov was sentenced do serve him justice as a personal enrichment, measures like these do not serve their victims justice, nor do they benefit the social character of the state of Israel. Israel is behooved to make only one decision regarding these anti-Semitic, racist hoodlums.

Deportation now.