Natasha Niebieskikwiat
05/17/2021 18:17
Clarín.com
Politics
Updated 05/17/2021 6:18 PM
With the increase in the military escalation between Israel and Hamas, Argentina is the scene these days of a series of anti-Semitic expressions that appeared
in graffiti and graffiti
carried out in different provinces, and even on the walls of local Jewish institutions.
From the Delegation of Argentine Israelite Associations (DAIA) they expressed their
profound concern
to
Clarín
about the possibility that the conflict in the Middle East could trigger more expressions -and some violent act-, which had already increased in tone over the years, especially in social networks. In turn, community sources acknowledged that the unexpected tension that prevails between the governments of Benjamin Netanyahu and Alberto Fernández due to the Argentine position in the conflict worsened the state of affairs.
While it is true that much of the world is condemned the Israeli force used in its war against the Hamas group - an attack that is causing dozens of casualties among children, women and civilians unaware of the violence -
the Argentine government dislodged the Israelis for the null condemnation of Hamas terrorism.
Last week, the president of the entity that brings together the country's Jewish institutions, Jorge Knoblovits, asked the Minister of Security, Sabina Frederic, to reinforce security in community buildings and is preparing a press release, which cannot Post until Tuesday afternoon, when Shavuot, one of the three pilgrimage festivals of the Jewish people, ends.
Anti-Semitic graffiti in Villa Crespo, City of Buenos Aires.
Fountain.
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"We are going to kill them", "Jewish rats", they
wrote next to the drawing of a Star of David in the center of Bahia Blanda, at the door of the Israelite Association and where a school also operates. At the same time, the
Jewish News Agency (AJN)
reported that in the Villa Crespo neighborhood of the City of Buenos Aires - where a good part of the community lives - a huge graffiti appeared with the slogan
"Israel intruder."
In El Dorado, Misiones, there were painted
Nazi swastikas
, and in San Juan, graffiti calling a
"Make Homeland, Kill a Jew
.
"
On Juan B. Justo and Corrientes streets, the graffiti called Israel "Genocida."
In Bahía Blanca, the mayor Héctor Gay himself denounced that a man with his face covered by a handkerchief and a hat was captured by the security cameras spraying the graffiti against the Israeli Association and the fact is being investigated but these are matters that are very difficult to follow. and in this case a case for "damage and threats" was opened.
Anti-Semitic graffiti in Argentina before the escalation of the war between Israel and Hamas
This Monday an immense sensitivity reigned in bilateral relations with Israel, and also between the different communities that have lived in relative harmony in Argentina. The government insisted that they had nothing to add to the conflict for now,
and that they had already spoken through the statement,
which the Israeli ambassador Galit Ronen described as a text that did not reflect the relations between their country and Argentina.
In the Frente de Todos coalition there are relative nuances in the positions.
At the Patria Institute directed by Vice President Cristina Kirchner, they promote activities in solidarity with the Palestinian people,
for example, while the Minister of the Environment,
Juan Cabandié, posted a video on his Facebook deeply critical of Israel,
and in which it is seen the suffering of the Palestinian people. Human Rights Secretary Horacio Pietragalla is also known for having a deep anti-Israeli and anti-Zionist vision.
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consulted in different areas of the Government and they affirmed that the "future will prove them right", justifying the criticism of the international community Israel for the forcefulness of the bombings in Gaza that have already caused at least 200 deaths, among them innocent civilians.
It is in this context, the DAIA - which also strongly criticized the statement from the Argentine Foreign Ministry - prepares a condemnation of the anti-Semitism that has been unleashed in recent hours by the Middle East conflict and a call for calm.
