Four deadly terrorist attacks launched specifically against Jewish targets have taken place during the 2012 to 2019 time period in Europe.j Each was launched by an individual or individuals with either an aspirational or actual association with a jihadi terrorist group. Underpinning the motivation for these different attacks has been a mix of al-Qa`ida/Islamic State ideological doctrines, ancient Islamic anti-Semitic tropes, and current Palestinian-Israeli political tensions.
The past seven months have seen the death of 12 Jews in the United States by the way of two politically motivated attacks against non-combatants, or terrorism.74 Accounted for by the October 27, 2018, attack in Pittsburgh in which 11 congregants of the Tree of Life Synagogue were killed and the April 27, 2019, Chabad of Poway, California, synagogue shooting in which one parishioner died,75 these attacks as well as the deadly 2014 attack at the Kansas City Jewish Community Center were carried out by white supremacist, neo-Nazi-affiliated individuals.
Every single fatal extreme right-wing terrorist attack on Jews in the West between 2012 and 2019 took place in the United States, suggesting the country is a new, emerging focal point of the extreme right-wing threat against Jews. The three deadly terrorist attacks (and at least four thwarted plots) against Jews in the United States in this period were carried out by individuals motivated to attack explicitly Jewish targets by violent extreme right-wing ideology. There were no deadly terror attacks on Jews in the United States that were perpetrated by jihadi extremists in this period.
Between 2012 and 2019? Well until 2016 you can't even blame Trump so why admit they even occured?
ReplyDeleteBesides, the use of these statistics are manipulative. Limiting to fatalities ignores assaults, vandalism, arson and other non-fatal incidents. For example, we had that very long string of daily attacks on Jews in New York perpetrated by people that the Dem's don't want to admit could be racist or evil because of their skin colour. We have daily incidents in Europe. Who is really worse?
At least Kalonymus HaQatan takes the time and effort to read the material instead of trying to simplify the matter and turn it into a slogan or a game of gotcha. This is a serious problem and you can't just claim that the Republicans or more police can handle it better. In fact nobody has a good solution
ReplyDeleteMissed my point entirely.
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, I'd like to know the complete story - let's say 100 Jews were killed in Place A last year and 10 in place B. Now let's say that there were 1000 targeted attacks on Jews in A and 5000 in B. Which place is really worse?
Have no idea what you are saying? what if air pollution at A is worse than B. Does that make A worse than B.
ReplyDeleteOr are you saying how terrible the situation is not dependent on how many people are successful killed but how many times an attempt is made. Or Is there terrorism in the town if there is no one to kill but there are a lot of killers looking for victims?
Is Israel safer than Europe if there are 100 million Arabs there that want to kill every
Israeil but the IDF prevents the attacks?
If so why would any rational person leave Europe or America to come to Israel?