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In reply to the discussion: Jews ordered to register in east Ukraine [View all]Catherina
(35,568 posts)72. TNR: "Relax, Ukraine is Not Ordering Its Jews to Register"
Relax, Ukraine is Not Ordering Its Jews to Register
Today, the Western press caught up with the Ukrainian rumor mill: apparently, the People's Republic of Donetsk had ordered all Jews over the age of 16 to pay a fee of $50 U.S. and register with the new "authorities," or face loss of citizenship or expulsion. This was laid out in officious-looking fliers pasted on the local synagogue. One local snapped a photo of the fliers and sent it to a friend in Israel, who then took it to the Israeli press and, voila, an international scandal: American Twitter is abuzz with it, Drudge is hawking it, and, today in Geneva, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry slammed the fliers as "grotesque."
The Donetsk Jewish community dismissed this as "a provocation," which it clearly is. "It's an obvious provocation designed to get this exact response, going all the way up to Kerry," says Fyodr Lukyanov, editor of Russia in Global Affairs. "I have no doubt that there is a sizeable community of anti-Semites on both sides of the barricades, but for one of them to do something this stupidthis is done to compromise the pro-Russian groups in the east."
Why? The Russian government has been playing up the (real but small) role of fascists and neo-Nazis in the victory of the EuroMaidan in Kiev. The Ukrainian government, utterly powerless to fight off the Russians and their local stooges, have had to rely on other methods, like leaking taped phone calls of allegedly local separatists getting their commands from Moscow. This may be just another tactic to smear the so-called anti-Maidan in the east of Ukraine: you think we're fascists? Well, take a look at these guys.
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http://www.newrepublic.com/article/117415/relax-ukraine-not-ordering-its-jews-register
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Russia, going backward to the 4th century as fast as they can. anyone who trades
roguevalley
Apr 2014
#36
But, but, we've been told the Ukrainian govt is "fascist neo nazi". The Russians are for freedom!!
7962
Apr 2014
#84
I believe you are correct, which only demonstrates putin is talking out of two sides of his mouth
lostincalifornia
Apr 2014
#11
LOL Good one. I don't think the person you responded to got it, but I did. nt
okaawhatever
Apr 2014
#91
So it is pretty obvious that Russia does not care if everyone knows about its anti-Semetic policies.
lostincalifornia
Apr 2014
#8
Sounds like the backward time machine has been turned on. I hope the world is not going through this
RKP5637
Apr 2014
#14
Agreed. No propagandist could hope for a more inspired reaction than the one on this thread.
GoneFishin
Apr 2014
#21
Three unidentified men in balaclava masks carrying a flag of the Russian Federation?
cabrona
Apr 2014
#34
sounds a bit like those assbites with the card tables outside the Post Office.
progressivebydesign
Apr 2014
#56
Thanks Raksha. I just updated Koko's thread with some information that might interest you
Catherina
Apr 2014
#94
Maybe falling for this hoax was easy becasue it goes with the agenda US has at the moment.
LisaL
Apr 2014
#104
Lol! Israel refuses to support the US/EU position so this fakery is the best they can do?
Catherina
Apr 2014
#46
yes it's all an anti-Putin conspiracy. Putin is just an innocent, well meaning leader. Right?
uhnope
Apr 2014
#76
Ominous, no matter where it comes from. Using terrors from the past to push some agenda here.
mountain grammy
Apr 2014
#61
Welcome to 1930. And now we've got new tracking technology to make sure you don't escape this time!
blkmusclmachine
Apr 2014
#65
ADL: "We are skeptical about the flier’s authenticity... condemn attempts to politicize antisemitism
Catherina
Apr 2014
#71
Ukraine's Chief Rabbi: "Antisemitic flyer 'by Donetsk People's Republic' in Ukraine a hoax"
Catherina
Apr 2014
#101