From Oren Dorell\’s article in USA Today:
Worldleaders and Jewish groups condemned a leaflet handed out in theeastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk in which Jews were told to”register” with the pro-Russian militants who have takenover a government office in an attempt to make Ukraine part ofRussia, according to Ukrainian and Israeli media.
Jews emerging from a synagogue say they were handed leaflets that ordered the city\’s Jews to provide a list of property they own and pay a registration fee “or else have their citizenship revoked, face deportation and see their assets confiscated,” reported Ynet News, Israel\’s largest news website, and Ukraine\’s Donbass news agency.
Is this true? Is the Ukraine regressing back to 1930s Germany?
I don\’t know one way or the other.
Let\’s remember that Russia – Vladimir Putin\’s Russia – has taken Crimea from The Ukraine, massed its troops on the Ukrainian border, and has its thugs within the country attacking Ukrainian police stations, military facilities, etc.
Would it surprise me if this is a strategy by the KGB operative turned President, Putin, to create a “reason” for invading? Not at all. I trust Putin as far as I can throw him. And I have no doubt that he would have no problem using Jews as the basis to do so.
For these reasons, I will wait to see how this plays out before coming to any conclusions….and suggest that you do too.
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UPDATE: From Sam Sokol\’s article at the Jerusalem Post:
Leafletscalling on Jews in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk to registerthemselves with pro-Russian separatists may not be the work of theso-called Donetsk People’s Republic, Jewish groups havesaid.
Pro-Russian militias, allegedly with Russian backing,are currently occupying government buildings in several easternUkrainian cities. Ukrainian attempts to dislodge the secessionistshave thus far been unsuccessful, with rebels disarming Ukrainiantroops sent to stop them as well as capturing a number of armoredvehicles.
Ukrainian Jews have indicated that they are unsureof the flyer\’s provenance, telling The Jerusalem Post that it isimpossible to determine its connection to the separatists.
Speaking to the Postby phone from Kiev, Eduard Dolinsky of the Ukrainian Jewish Committeesaid that the flyers appeared to be a provocation, but it wasimpossible to say who was responsible.
Rabbi Pinchas Vyshetsky, a resident of Donetsk,also called the flyers a provocation and theorized that it could bethe work of “anti-Semites looking to hitch a ride on the currentsituation.”
Chief Rabbi Yaakov Dov Bleich has blamedthe Russians for a series of anti-Semitic attacks in Kiev over thepast several months, linking them to Russian President VladimirPutin\’s comments on protecting Russian speakers, Jews and ethnicminorities as the rationale for his annexation of the Ukrainianregion of Crimea.
The flyers in Donetsk may be a Ukrainianeffort to do the same to Russia, Dr. Efraim Zuroff of the SimonWiesenthal Center said.
Let\’s wait and see who, if anyone, takes “credit” for this sick, nazi-like tactic…and who, if anyone, exploits it for their own ends.
