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ISSUE #001 CHRISTIANS UNITED FOR ISRAEL - UK AUTUMN 2015
The incitement fuelling attacks against Israel reaches a new generation
During October and November, Israelis have been targeted in a
tragic wave of terror. At
24 October, Palestinian terrorists had claimed
the lives of 21 people
and wounded 189 during the two month period, according to figures provided by BICOM. Attacks involved 74 stabbings,
incitement against Israel reaches new levels – and the new pulpit of hate is social media.
SOCIAL MEDIA – THE NEW PULPIT OF HATE
In October cufi.org.uk reported on videos and photos posted onto Facebook and Twitter showing instructional videos on how to stab Jews in Israel, how to maximise bodily damage and how
ordinary kitchen knives to carry out fatal attacks. One of the pages titled “Stab Israelis” was finally removed by Facebook after initially refusing to do so as it did not violate its guidelines.
CALLS FOR JIHAD
Social media is also
the platform for radical preachers, such as the Imam of Abdallah Azzan Mosque, Gaza, whose call for violence against Jews was just one hate-filled sermon seen by thousands across social media. “Al- Aqsa expects the heroes of the West Bank to launch Jihad, and to kill all the settlers and all the traitors they come across,” he says, in a message filled with anti-Semitic hate posted on 3 October.
Many Muslims, both in the
12 car rammings and 10 shootings by Palestinian attackers with an average age of 21 – the youngest being only 12 years of age.
The pro-Palestinian movement would like the world to believe that the current violence is a result of Israeli aggression against legitimate protests. But the attacks all have something in common – they have
all occurred as levels of
to make weapons out of
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