Posted on 10/17/2019 7:38:44 AM PDT by NorseViking
KIEV (Reuters) - The Israeli ambassador to Ukraine asked police on Thursday to find and punish people who left a red paint-spattered effigy of tycoon Ihor Kolomoisky, who holds a Ukrainian Jewish community leadership post, on the steps of the main synagogue in Kiev.
Kolomoisky, one of Ukraine's richest men, is in the public eye over his business ties to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who came to fame as the star of TV show on a channel Kolomoisky owns. The tycoon has been in a protracted legal battle with the authorities over control of Urkaine's biggest bank.
Kolomoisky is president of the United Jewish Community of Ukraine, one of several Jewish community bodies in the country.
"Another disturbing act of anti-Semitism ... I hope that the law enforcement agencies will promptly arrest the perpetrators," Joel Lion said in a statement on the embassy's Twitter feed where a picture of the effigy was also published. The life-size effigy was dressed in dark trousers and a green sweater, covered by large red spots of paint.
"Ukraine has to do more to fight anti-Semitism, if not, violence will spread from effigies to human beings," said the ambassador.
Kiev police told Reuters they had launched a criminal investigation over hooliganism but had not identified the people involved yet. They did not give additional details.
Kolomoisky did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment on the incident.
Last year rights groups Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, Front Line Defenders and Freedom House wrote an open letter to the authorities under a previous government urging them to do more to tackle cases of attacks and intimidation of by radical groups.
Ukraine nationalized its largest lender PrivatBank in 2016 against the wishes of owner Kolomoisky and his business partner.
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Jews need to evacuate from the Ukriane NOW. The door is open; they can leave. That may change in the future.
(The Ukraine has a very bad history with regard to hosting pogroms every few years — from 1905 on...)
After all the religious prophecies by various people about Germany and Iran and so on, for Ukraine to be the focus now is weird.
Did Nostradamus say anything about it? Edgar Cayce?
The Trump prophecy books?
Anyone know?
I’ll contact Ancient Aliens if you can’t help. Who ya gonna call?
As a piece of agitprop, that is pretty effective.
An article or an effigy?
The effigy....its impossible to cover/discuss this story without evoking the image it creates.
Lets see the neo-nazi denying neocons try it.
Lol, so you're saying the president of Ukraine should flee?
"Ukraine’s Newly Elected President Is Jewish. So Is Its Prime Minister".
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/24/world/europe/volodomyr-zelensky-ukraine-jewish-president.html
President flee... Not impossible:)
Jewish premier has recently attended a ‘veteran’ gathering. It was centered around a concert of ‘Sokira peruna’ rock-group. The lyrics are mind-blowing. Like ‘You are sitting in front of TV and k*ke crap flows into your empty head, you are not white anymore but almost a n*r. Smash the k*ke, save the white race, glory to Ukraine’.
Journalists asked him why are you going and he said this lyrics is not serious and why not since veterans like it.
If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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