Thursday, July 15, 2021

African politician discredited for his Jewish ancestry

Antisemitism is threatening to penetrate deep  into the heart of Africa as the Congo contemplates disqualifying presidential hopeful Moise Katumbi for having a Sephardi father from Rhodes. JTA report in Times of Israel (With thanks: Nancy)


Moise Katumbi, successful businessman and presidential challenger.

JTA — The ancestry of the son of a Jewish refugee in the Democratic Republic of Congo has emerged as a flashpoint for a political crisis that is threatening the integrity of the massive African country. 

 The crisis came to a head last week when lawmakers loyal to President Felix Tshiseked introduced a bill that would restrict the presidency to those with two Congolese parents. 

 It’s a thinly veiled move against Moise Katumbi, one of Congo’s most popular politicians, whose father was a Greek Jew who fled the Holocaust in Europe and settled in Congo, where he married a local woman, Katumbi’s mother.

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  1. Arabs attacked their Jewish neighbors in Ramla: the court issued a mutual exclusion order - "Let's catch this religious woman", "Let Hitler burn you", "And we will make soap like Hitler out of you".
    ''Makor Rishon'', 5 in Tishrei, 5784 (09/20/2023).
    https://www.makorrishon.co.il/news/669965/?amp=1
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    (the [المصراتي] Al Masrati family) in Ramla.

    ישראל שלי | MyIsrael
    @MyIsraelorgil:
    Arab pogrom on a Jewish family in the heart of Israel - "It's a shame Hitler didn't make soap out of you"
    #Antisemitism

    Quote:
    ערוץ כנסת @KnessetT
    ·
    Sep 6
    "סבון! סבון!" - נועם והודיה גליק, תושבי רמלה, השמיעו בוועדה לביטחון פנים את הקריאות שהם סופגים מהשכנים שלהם, בישראל של 2023, בעיר מרכזית הסמוכה לנתב"ג ותל אביב: "'היטלר היה צריך לעשות אתכם סבון'".
    הודיה שיתפה: "הבית שלי נופץ ואותם אנשים שעשו את זה מסתובבים איתי בחצר"
    Sep 6, 2023.
    https://twitter.com/MyIsraelorgil/status/1699340790378475657

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    Amichai Shilo, A road for Arabs only, Hakol Hyehudi, 09/13/2023.
    https://www.hakolhayehudi.co.il/item/Land_Israel/%D7%9B%D7%91%D7%99%D7%A9_%D7%9C%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%91%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%91%D7%9C%D7%91%D7%93

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