Jews leave Swedish city after sharp rise in anti-Semitic hate crimes

telegraph.co.uk ^ | Feb. 21, 2010 | Nick Meo

[Free ThinkerNY]

When she first arrived in Sweden after her rescue from a Nazi concentration camp, Judith Popinski was treated with great kindness.

She raised a family in the city of Malmo, and for the next six decades lived happily in her adopted homeland - until last year.

In 2009, a chapel serving the city's 700-strong Jewish community was set ablaze. Jewish cemeteries were repeatedly desecrated, worshippers were abused on their way home from prayer, and "Hitler" was mockingly chanted in the streets by masked men.

"I never thought I would see this hatred again in my lifetime, not in Sweden anyway," Mrs Popinski told The Sunday Telegraph.

"This new hatred comes from Muslim immigrants. The Jewish people are afraid now."

Malmo's Jews, however, do not just point the finger at bigoted Muslims and their fellow racists in the country's Neo-Nazi fringe. They also accuse Ilmar Reepalu, the Left-wing mayor who has been in power for 15 years, of failing to protect them.

Mr Reepalu, who is blamed for lax policing, is at the centre of a growing controversy for saying that what the Jews perceive as naked anti-Semitism is in fact just a sad, but understandable consequence of Israeli policy in the Middle East.

While his views are far from unusual on the European liberal-left, which is often accused of a pro-Palestinian bias, his Jewish critics say they encourage young Muslim hotheads to abuse and harass them.

The future looks so bleak that by one estimate, around 30 Jewish families have already left for Stockholm, England or Israel, and more are preparing to go.

[Free ThinkerNY]

[onedoug]

“The canary in the coal mine....”

[Scotsman will be Free]

“...which they took to be a sign that at last politicians are waking to their plight.”
The stupid swedes better wake up or their plight will be the same as the jews.

[freedumb2003]

>>”This new hatred comes from Muslim immigrants. The Jewish people are afraid now.”<<

The followers of the pedophile mohammed (may he lie for all eternity smothered in pig’s blood) know only hate and evil.

When they meet the REAL God in the afterlife, they are going to be surprised, especially when they spend eternity tortured in hell.

[Cicero]

Ilmar Reepalu

[ml/nj]

not in Sweden anyway

Socialists are such nice people. Peaches and cream. Sweetness and light. Equality for everyone. Seig Heil!

ML/NJ

[Moe Tzadik]

http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2010/01/jews-flee-sweden.html

[FlingWingFlyer]

I thought Sweden was a Marxist utopia where everything was rainbows and unicorns. What’s up with this?

[Dante3]

I agree. This situation in sickening. The crazy mayor of Malmo started recruiting Muslims with special perks to come to the city, building his base for anti-Jewish sentiment. That mayor has to go.

[353FMG]

>>The stupid swedes better wake up or their plight will be the same as the jews.<<

.
The stupid Americans had better do likewise.

[Clintonfatigued]

You would think they would be turning against the Muzzies, who are committing crimes on a vast basis.

[DCBurgess58]

Mr Reepalu, who is blamed for lax policing, is at the centre of a growing controversy for saying that what the Jews perceive as naked anti-Semitism is in fact just a sad, but understandable consequence of Israeli policy in the Middle East.

Okay Mr Reepalu, never mind what your perception is of why these attacks are happening. These Jews are Swedish citizens, not Israeli citizens. These "Swedish Jews" have no policy in the middle east, except Sweden's policy... YOUR POLICY!

So what we actually have here, is innocent Swedish citizens being attacked and harassed. So what are you going to do about it Mr Reepalu?

[Scotsman will be Free]

We won’t.

[flash2368]

Pig Blood...

Now if someone were to manage somehow to fly over that big Satanic black box those idiots pray to...and drop about a ton of pig blood, pig heads and pigs feet on it.. We could get this thing done with really quick.. I think the illusion of “islam is a religion of peace” would evaporate really fast. We would then see how many “moderates” really exist.

[ZOOKER]

You would think they would be turning against the Muzzies, who are committing crimes on a vast basis.

Stockholm Syndrome on a city/countrywide scale.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

When are they going to start fighting back? You can’t run, the evil will follow you!

[wendy1946]

European people have been sold out. When the shit hits the fan, and it will, the leftists who created this mess will be off kicking it in some resort at lower latitudes.

[StopObama2012]

This article is Omoslem’s dream for the USA.

[truthguy]

I have a friend who is moderately liberal (social policies) and he fancies himself as a well educated person. Of course he listens to the MSM and reads the standard NY Times, WAPO, and the obligatory Time and Newsweak.

When I mentioned to him that Jews were having problems in Western Europe and even in Scandinavian Countries his reply was that the white (his words) NAZI movement wasn't dead. This is how misinformed this educated fellow is. I pointed out to him that the Antisemitism towards Jews in Europe wasn't coming from Nazi types but from the Muslims who have immigrated to these countries over the past few decades. He simply wouldn't believe this until I bombarded him with article after article proving my point. He finally acknowledged there might be some problems but again said it was understandable because of the things Israel was doing. I was floored. Amazed. How could anyone be this stupid not to understand what was behind this?

That 80% of American Jews are liberals is beyond me.

[Dengar01]

Liberalism is a mental disorder.

I dropped all my liberal friends. They all turned out to be scumbag users. All they wanted was to take advantage of other people.

Conservative friends are the only friends you need.