Posted on 02/18/2015 6:54:41 PM PST by SJackson
A statement after a meeting of military and security officials said they would guard sensitive sites and targets until at least June.
Italy has deployed thousands of troops throughout the country due to security concerns following Saturday’s two shooting attacks in Copenhagen, one of which targeted a synagogue.
Italian media said about 500 soldiers would be deployed in Rome, where army troops already help guard diplomatic missions and residences, the capital’s synagogue, and Jewish schools. Last year a pig’s head was found placed outside of Rome’s Grand Synagogue.
The new troops are expected to be deployed at tourist venues, such as archeological sites and monuments.
Saturday’s shooting of Danish- Israeli synagogue guard Dan Uzan rocked European Jews already reeling from last month’s shooting of four Jews at a kosher supermarket in Paris and a shooting at a Jewish school in Brussels last May. Four people were also killed in that attack. A Jewish cemetery in France was discovered desecrated earlier this week as well.
According to a recent report by the London-based Institute for Jewish Policy Research, a third of Italian Jews perceived a rise in anti-Semitism in recent years.
“About one-third of respondents thought that hostility toward Jews in public places had increased in the past five years, and a similar proportion thought that there had been an increase in desecration of Jewish cemeteries, vandalism of Jewish buildings and institutions, and anti-Semitism in political life,” the report found.
Although one-third of the Italian Jews who responded had experienced anti-Semitic harassment within the year before they were polled, and one-fifth recalled suffering discrimination as Jews, 87 percent stated that they had never avoided Jewish events or sites out of fear for their safety.
However, 30% of respondents spoke of avoiding displaying overt symbols of Jewish affiliation such as kippot, mezuzot, and Stars of David.
Over 40% expressed concern over the possibility of verbal abuse or harassment, while 30% indicated that they were worried about those close to them suffering physical abuse as Jews.
European Jewish communities are getting used to a higher level of security in recent days, with troops also deployed in Belgium and France in response to the heightened risk of terrorism.
Obama says Islam is peaceful, there is no reason to fear Islam.
Roll dem bones.
I wonder how many Muslims live in Italy. In Rome.
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Islam is the religion of Jihad.
“A statement after a meeting of military and security officials said they would guard sensitive sites and targets until at least June.”
Nothing like telegraphing your strategy. They must be consulting with Obama.
And don't forget, having sacked St. Peters 12 centuries ago, radical Muslims lay claim to Rome.
Kinda late.
Capiche?
If I was Italian, I’d be scared too.
They have a moocher population that has been taught for decades to hate western values and culture.
The West is ripe for a takeover.
I wonder who would win in a fight between a platoon of Swiss Guards and a platoon of ISIS.
No guard at the Lydian gate.
I was in Naples Italy in 1989. I’ll never forget walking around town and seeing soldiers standing guard sticking out the turrets of tanks parked on the corners of the bigger intersections and all cops on foot carrying oozzies. Thats what I’m picturing them doing now waiting for these muslim scum.
NATO needs to start returning all “refugee” vessels back to Africa.
I read another FR article today: ISIS in Libya said they are sending thousands of Muslims by boat to Italy who will eventually take over Italy.
That would make St. Patrick's Cathedral on 5th Avenue, NYC, a desirable target. And all large churches -- filled with people and no security cameras or guards.
I hate to have to think this way.
Maybe Bergoglio can invite ISIS to sit in the VIP seats.
If the vessels are filled with Islamists, they only have to send it a few thousand feet on the z-axis.
Chilling thought. Does the vatican have security cameras? Pope is pretty worldly, hope he's hired real security forces.
I’m not Jewish, but I am starting to feel like wearing a yarmulke just to make a point. Guess it’s my Danish heritage.
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