Tel-Chai Nation

But why should it be surprising? It figures that there could come a day when neo-nazis would turn up in Israel:

JERUSALEM (AP) - In a case that would seem unthinkable in the Jewish state, police said Sunday they have cracked a cell of young Israeli neo-Nazis accused in a string of attacks on foreign workers, religious Jews, drug addicts and gays.

Eight immigrants from the former Soviet Union have been arrested in recent days in connection with at least 15 attacks, and a ninth fled the country, police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said, in the first such known cell to be discovered in Israel.

All the suspects are in their late teens or early 20s and have Israeli citizenship, Rosenfeld said. A court decided Sunday to keep them in custody.

"The level of violence was outrageous," Maj. Revital Almog, who investigated the case, told Israel's Army Radio.

I don't think this makes clear, but none of the gang members were Jewish, let alone citizens:

(IsraelNN.com) Israeli Police have busted a group of Israeli neo-Nazis in the Tel Aviv region and found a gun and explosives. The youths are non-Jewish immigrants from the Former Soviet Union.

Although the nine arrests were made a month ago, a gag order on the case was in place until Saturday night. Police had been investigating over 20 people involved with the group ever since the vandalizing of a large synagogue in Petach Tikvah over a year ago. The neo-Nazis had painted the walls, as well as the insides of prayer books, with Nazi graffiti.

The teenagers are from Holon, Petach Tikvah and even the Samaria town of Karnei Shomron. They reportedly have ties with neo-Nazi groups overseas via the Internet and some boast Nazi tattoos.

Proof that the problem with neo-nazism is still alive. But it's disgraceful if the AP isn't making clear what the background of the thugs is, even though it's true that people of Jewish backgrounds could stoop this low if they're crazy enough.

The sickest thing about this is that the BBC must've been having a field day with their gloating propaganda:

Ms Almog said of the accused, "their connection to Judaism is distant, through grandparents or distant family connections".

They must've really enjoyed putting words in her mouth! Frankly, I don't buy it for a second.

These repugnant youths should now rot in an islolated cell in prison for as long as possible before being deported back to the gutter that spawned them in the former USSR.

Labels: anti-semitism