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A10 WORLD NEWS
Thursday 2 May 2019
Anti-Semitic attacks spike, killing most Jews in decades

By ARON HELLER brance Day, which begins
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Is- Wednesday at sundown.
raeli researchers reported This year, the report comes
Wednesday that violent at- just days after another fa-
tacks against Jews spiked tal shooting attack Satur-
significantly last year, with day against a synagogue
the largest reported num- in southern California. The
ber of Jews killed in anti- attack on the Chabad of
Semitic acts in decades, Poway synagogue on the
leading to an "increas- last day of Passover killed
ing sense of emergency" one woman and wounded
among Jewish communi- three other people, includ-
ties worldwide. ing the rabbi.
Capped by the deadly In addition to the shooting
shooting that killed 11 wor- attacks, assaults and van-
shippers at Pittsburgh's Tree dalism, Kantor also noted
of Life synagogue on Oct. the increased anti-Semitic
27, assaults targeting Jews vitriol online and in news-
rose 13% in 2018, accord- papers, including a recent
ing to Tel Aviv University re- anti-Semitic cartoon that
searchers. They recorded appeared in The New York
nearly 400 cases world- Times' international edition.
wide, with more than a It depicted Israeli Prime
quarter of the major violent In this Sunday, Dec. 2, 2018 file photo, a menorah is installed outside the Tree of Life Synagogue in Minister Benjamin Netanya-
cases taking place in the preparation for a celebration service at sundown on the first night of Hanukkah, in the Squirrel Hill hu as a dog wearing a Star
United States. But the spike neighborhood of Pittsburgh. Associated Press of David collar and lead-
was most dramatic in west- ing a blind and skullcap-
ern Europe, where Jews of emergency among Jews across the continent. civil society," he said. wearing President Donald
have faced even greater in many countries around "It is now clear that anti- Tel Aviv University's Kan- Trump. The Times has since
danger and threats. In Ger- the world," said Moshe Kan- Semitism is no longer limited tor Center for the Study of apologized, calling the im-
many, for instance, there tor, president of the Euro- to the far-left, far-right and Contemporary European age "offensive," and vow-
was a 70% increase in anti- pean Jewish Congress, an radical Islamist's triangle — Jewry releases its report ing to refrain from publish-
Semitic violence. umbrella group represent- it has become mainstream every year on the eve of ing such bigoted cartoons
"There is an increasing sense ing Jewish communities and often accepted by Israel's Holocaust Remem- again.q

Sudanese threaten general strike in standoff with military

Associated Press their sit-in outside the mili-
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — tary's headquarters in the
The organizers of Sudan's capital, Khartoum.
protests on Tuesday threat- The protesters began mass-
ened a general strike and ing outside the military
civil disobedience as ten- complex on April 6, de-
sions escalated with the mil- manding that the military
itary council that assumed back their struggle to oust
power after the overthrow al-Bashir. Five days later,
of President Omar al-Bashir. the generals removed
The Sudanese Professionals him from office, ending his
Association and its allies, three-decade rule and lat-
which organized the four er jailing him and other top
months of demonstrations officials.
that drove al-Bashir from The African Union initially
office on April 11, accuse echoed the protesters' calls
the generals of clinging to for a swift transition to civil-
power. ian rule, giving the military
The two sides have been 15 days to hand over pow-
negotiating the formation er in line with the regional
of a new transitional gov- bloc's policy of "zero toler-
ernment but are divided ance" for military coups.
over the role of the military, But late Tuesday, the Afri-
which is dominated by al- A protester holds a placard at a sit-in at the Armed Forces Square, in Khartoum, Sudan, Tuesday, can Union gave the military
Bashir appointees. April 30, 2019. an extension of 60 days to
The protesters have pro- Associated Press hand over power, noting
posed a joint military-ci- with "deep regret" that the
vilian sovereign council, civilians. for the sovereign council, for mass rallies on Thurs- generals had missed the
comprised of eight civilian Forces of the Declaration a cabinet and a legislative day, while the military has earlier deadline. "This final
and seven military mem- for Freedom and Change, body that would rule the warned against any further extension is granted to en-
bers. The military council a coalition of groups led country during a four-year "chaos." The generals have able the putting in place
proposed a 10-member by the SPA, said they have transition. demanded the protesters of a civilian-led Transitional
council with three seats for submitted their full proposal The organizers have called clear roadblocks around Authority," the AU said.q