Jewish extremist terrorism explained

Jewish extremist terrorism is terrorism, including religious terrorism, committed by extremists within Judaism.[1] [2]

History

Zealotry in the 1st century

See main article: Zealots. According to Mark Burgess (a Center for Defense Information research analyst), the 1st century Jewish political and religious movement called Zealotry was one of the first examples of the use of terrorism by Jews.[3] They sought to incite the people of Judaea to rebel against the Roman Empire and expel it from Israel by force of arms. The term Zealot, in Hebrew kanai, means one who is zealous on behalf of God.[4] [5] The most extremist groups of Zealots were called Sicarii. Sicarii used violent stealth tactics against Romans. Under their cloaks they concealed sicae, small daggers, from which they received their name. At popular assemblies, particularly during the pilgrimage to the Temple Mount, they stabbed their enemies (Romans or Roman sympathizers, Herodians), lamenting ostentatiously after the deed to blend into the crowd to escape detection. In one account, given in the Talmud, Sicarii destroyed the city's food supply so that the people would be forced to fight against the Roman siege instead of negotiating peace. Sicarii also raided Jewish habitations and killed fellow Jews whom they considered apostates and collaborators.

Since 1948

See also: Zionist political violence, Irgun and Lehi (militant group). Jewish terrorism in Israel existed for a few years during the 1950s and was directed at internal Israeli-Jewish targets, not at the Israeli Arab population.[6] There was then a long intermission until the 1980s, when the Jewish Underground was exposed.[6] The phenomenon of price tag attacks began around 2008. These are hate crimes committed by extremist settler Jewish Israelis that usually involve the destruction of property or hateful graffiti, particularly targeting property associated with Arabs, Christians, secular Israelis, and Israeli soldiers. The name was derived from the words "Price tag" which may be scrawled on the site of the attack — with the allegation that the attack was a "price" for settlements the government forced them to give up and revenge for Palestinian attacks on settlers.[7]

Researchers Ami Pedahzur and Arie Perliger suggested that similarities exist between Jewish religious terrorists and jihad networks in Western democracies, among them: alienation and isolation from the values of the majority, mainstream culture, which they view as an existential threat to their own community; and that their ideology is not exclusively "religious", as it attempts to achieve political, territorial, and nationalistic goals as well (e.g. the disruption of the Camp David accords). However, the newer of these Jewish groups have tended to emphasize religious motives for their actions at the expense of secular ones. In the case of Jewish terrorism in modern Israel, most networks consist of religious Zionists and ultra-Orthodox Jews living in isolated, homogeneous communities. However, unlike jihad networks, Jewish terrorists have not engaged in mass-casualty attacks, with the exception of Baruch Goldstein.[8]

Shin Bet has complained that the Israeli government is too lenient in dealing with religious extremism of Jewish extremists who want the creation of a Jewish land based on halacha, Jewish religious laws. Says Haaretz: "The Shin Bet complained that the courts are too lenient, particularly in enforcement against those who violate restraining orders distancing them from the West Bank or restricting their movement. The Shin Bet supports the position of Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon, who has called for limited use of administrative detention against Jewish terrorists."[9] Israeli agencies keeping tabs on the religious terrorist groups say they are "anarchist" and "anti-Zionist", motivated to bring down the government of Israel and create a new Israeli "kingdom" that would operate according to halacha (Jewish law).[9] A week after the July 2015 attacks, administrative detention was approved for Jewish terror suspects.[7]

Terrorist groups

The following groups have been considered religious terrorist organizations in Israel (in chronological order by establishment year):

Individuals

Several violent acts by Jews have been described as terrorism and attributed to religious motivations. The following are the most notable:[48]

See also

References

Notes and References

  1. http://studies.agentura.ru/centres/cdi/explaining1/ "Explaining Part 1: The Axis of Good and Evil." Section "Terrorism Across Religions."
  2. Book: Ami . Pedahzur . Arie . Perliger . Jewish terrorism in Israel . Columbia University Press . 2009 . 978-0-231-15446-8 . 196 . Our Jewish terrorism dataset consists of a list of terror incidents perpetrated by Jewish terrorists in Israel. .
  3. Web site: A Brief History of Terrorism . Burgess . Mark . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120511140810/http://www.cdi.org/friendlyversion/printversion.cfm?documentID=1502 . 2012-05-11 .
  4. http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=zealot&searchmode=none Zealot
  5. https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3D%2346226 Zelotes
  6. Gal-or, Noemi (editor; 2004). Tolerating Terrorism in the West: An International Survey. Routledge. . pp. 61–62
  7. News: CNN . Quick Links .
  8. Book: Rosenfeld, Jean E. . Terrorism, Identity and Legitimacy: The Four Waves theory and political violence . 2010 . Taylor & Francis . 103–111 . 9780203834329 .
  9. http://www.haaretz.com/beta/.premium-1.669291 "Settler Terror Underground Seeks to Overthrow Israeli Government, Say Investigators"
  10. Pedahzur, Ami; Perliger, Arie (2009). Jewish Terrorism in Israel. Columbia University Press, pg 33-37.
  11. Pedahzur & Perliger (2009), p. 31-33
  12. [Ian Lustick|Lustick, Ian S.]
  13. Pedahzur, Ami; Perliger, Arie (2009). Jewish Terrorism in Israel chapter 3. Columbia University Press
  14. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZfgjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0GMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4909,4382253&dq=keshet+bombing&hl=en Radical Orthodox Group Terrorizes Secular Israelis.
  15. Sprinzak, Ehud. Brother against brother: violence and extremism in Israeli politics p. 277
  16. Critical essays on Israeli society, politics, and culture By Ian Lustick, Barry M. Rubin, Association for Israel Studies, p. 71
  17. Web site: Cabinet Communique - March 13, 1994 . Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs . 23 June 2015.
  18. Web site: Canada Public Safety website. https://web.archive.org/web/20130731190200/http://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/prg/ns/le/cle-eng.aspx#KACH. dead. July 31, 2013.
  19. Web site: COUNCIL COMMON POSITION 2009/67/CFSP. Official Journal of the European Union. European Union. L 23/41. 26 January 2009.
  20. Web site: Country Reports on Terrorism 2004 . U.S. Department of State . April 2005 . 23 June 2015.
  21. Web site: Kach, Kahane Chai (Israel, extremists) . Council for Foreign Relations . 20 March 2008 . 23 June 2015 . 4 June 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110604062238/http://www.cfr.org/israel/kach-kahane-chai-israel-extremists/p9178?breadcrumb=%2Fabout%2Fnewsletters%2Feditorial_detail%3Fid%3D1332 . dead .
  22. Web site: Terrorist Organization Profile: Kach. National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism. University of Maryland. 23 June 2015. 4 August 2015. 24 June 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150624042648/http://www.start.umd.edu/start/data_collections710000000000/tops/terrorist_organization_profile.asp?id=61. dead.
  23. Book: Bohn, Michael K. . The Achille Lauro Hijacking: Lessons in the Politics and Prejudice of Terrorism . 67 . 2004 . Brassey's Inc. . 1-57488-779-3.
  24. Web site: Federal Bureau of Investigation - Congressional Testimony. https://web.archive.org/web/20090311144410/https://www.fbi.gov/congress/congress04/doran061604.htm. dead. March 11, 2009.
  25. Web site: Anti-Defamation League on JDL. Anti-Defamation League. 2015-08-01. 2010-04-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20100414090038/http://www.adl.org/extremism/jdl_chron.asp. dead.
  26. Web site: JDL group profile from National Consortium for the Study of Terror and Responses to Terrorism . https://web.archive.org/web/20100828165700/http://www.start.umd.edu/start/data/tops/terrorist_organization_profile.asp?id=183 . dead . 28 August 2010.
  27. Book: Brother Against Brother: Violence and Extremism in Israeli Politics from Altalena to the Rabin Assassination. Ehud. Sprinzak. Senior Lecturer Department of Political Science Ehud. Sprinzak. May 13, 1999. Simon and Schuster. 978-0-684-85344-4 . Google Books.
  28. Book: Cohen-Almagor, Raphael . The Boundaries of Liberty and Tolerance: The Struggle Against Kahanism in Israel . 159 . 1994 . University Press of Florida . Internet Archive . registration .
  29. Web site: Sicarii Terrorist Groups TRAC. www.trackingterrorism.org. en. 2018-10-28.
  30. News: Underground group targets Jewish leftists. Roseberg. Carol. April 28, 1989. The Globe and Mail. A8. Carol Rosenberg.
  31. News: Supreme Court rejects appeal of the 'Bat Ayin Underground': Yuval Yoaz. Haaretz. 11 December 2006 .
  32. Web site: Jewish terrorist group (Bat Ayin) attempts to blow up girls school in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of A-Tur: Palestine: Information with Provenance. Cosmos. 2011-08-07. 2012-10-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20121004113942/http://cosmos.ucc.ie/cs1064/jabowen/IPSC/php/event.php?eid=2312. dead.
  33. Web site: Bat Ayin terror cell members get 12 to 15 years in prison. 7 August 2011. Lis. Jonathan. Haaretz.
  34. Web site: Israel's Next War: CHAPTER TWO: A Plot That Shocked All of Israel: Members of a terror cell in the settlement of Bat Ayin are caught trying to bomb a girls' school in East Jerusalem at the busiest time in the morning. PBS.
  35. Web site: Acts of Jewish terrorism since 1949: Matthew Gutman. 11 November 2005. Jerusalem Post.
  36. Web site: . Jewish Terrorism in Israel written by Ami Pedahzur and Arie Perliger. Palestine Center Book Review No. 1 . 11 January 2010 . 20 September 2021.
  37. Web site: Second Opinions. www.top-hotels-uk.com.
  38. "Report: Ya'alon moves to name anti-assimilation group Lehava a terrorist organization". The Jerusalem Post, 4 Jan 2015.
  39. http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Livni-Yaalons-attempt-to-label-Lahava-a-terrorist-group-comes-too-late-386667 Livni: Ya'alon's attempt to label Lahava a terrorist group comes too late
  40. News: Why Israel may list this hard-line Jewish group as a terrorist organization. The Washington Post. 5 January 2015.
  41. News: Anti-Arab group poses legal, political dilemma for Israel. Reuters. 28 December 2014.
  42. Web site: Rabbi Benny Lau: The Lehava organization is interested in establishing a religious terror regime - Kippah . הרב בני לאו: ארגון להב"ה מעוניין להשליט משטר טרור דתי - כיפה . www.kipa.co.il . 17 August 2014 .
  43. Web site: Police arrest one of the leaders of Mea She'arim 'mafia'. Lidman, Melanie. Jerusalem Post. 20 September 2011. 2012-01-04.
  44. News: Lubell . Maayan . Religious zealots attack "immodest" Jerusalem shops . 22 April 2011 . Reuters . 2011-11-07.
  45. News: Tessler . Yitzchak . he:נפש יהודי הומייה . The Jewish soul stirs (quote from national anthem, "Hatikvah") . 2006-12-14 . he . http://www.nrg.co.il/online/1/ART1/517/704.html . Ma'ariv nrg . 2011-11-07.
  46. Amoni, P. An Interview with Rav Shlomo Pappenheim. Ami Magazine, September 2011
  47. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4747848,00.html A revolt and a king: The ideology behind Jewish terrorism
  48. News: Jerusalem Post. 13. Terror in Shfaram. 7 August 2005.
  49. [Harvey W. Kushner]
  50. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/25/newsid_4167000/4167929.stm "1994: Jewish settler kills 30 at holy site"
  51. http://www.cdi.org/terrorism/kach.cfm In the Spotlight: Kach and Kahane Chai
  52. Book: Stern, Jessica . Terror in the Name of God: Why Religious Militants Kill . HarperCollins . 2004 . 0-06-050533-8 . 91.
    • Mahan, Sue; Griset, Pamala (2007). Terrorism in Perspective. SAGE, pp. 137, 138.
    • Mickolus, Edward (2009). The terrorist list: A-K, ABC-CLIO, p. 66.
    • Hoffman, Bruce (1998). Inside Terrorism p. 88
  53. Book: . Terror in the Mind of God: The Global Rise of Religious Violence . 2003 . University of California Press . 0-520-24011-1.
  54. News: Man charged over Jerusalem attack. July 5, 2005. April 9, 2010. BBC News.
  55. https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/04/AR2005080401350.html "Jewish Settler Kills Four Israeli Arabs In Attack on Bus"
  56. http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1934103,00.html "Accused Jewish Terrorist Jack Teitel"
  57. News: Israeli police arrest West Bank settler over Palestinian killings. Weiss. Mark. 2 November 2009. The Irish Times. 2009-11-02.
  58. News: Suspect Arrest Announced in Ami Ortiz Case . 6 November 2009 . . 2009-11-30.
  59. News: Who is suspected Jewish terrorist Yaakov Teitel?. Levinson. Chaim. 1 November 2009. Haaretz. 2009-11-02.
  60. News: Teitel's associates: He's gone mad. Yair. Altman. Ynetnews . January 23, 2011. www.ynetnews.com.
  61. News: 'Jewish terrorist' Jack Teitel convicted. Aviel. Magnezi. Ynetnews . January 16, 2013. www.ynetnews.com.
  62. Web site: Jewish terrorist Jack Teitel convicted of murdering two Palestinians. January 16, 2013.
  63. News: Six Jewish extremists arrested in killing of Jerusalem teen. Adiv Sterman. 6 July 2014. 6 July 2014. The Times of Israel.
  64. News: Suspects Arrested in Death of Palestinian Youth, Israeli Police Say. Kershner. Isabel. 6 July 2014. The New York Times. 6 July 2014.
  65. News: Official: Autopsy shows Palestinian youth burnt alive. 5 July 2014. 6 July 2014. Ma'an News Agency. https://web.archive.org/web/20140708195202/http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=710089. 8 July 2014. dead.
  66. News: Palestinian teen abducted, killed in suspected revenge attack . 2 July 2014 . . 6 July 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140707041441/http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=709299 . 7 July 2014 . dead.
  67. News: Defense Ministry recognizes Mohammed Abu Khdeir as victim of 'hostile action' . Haaretz. 17 July 2014 . Hasson . Nir . Cohen . Gili .
  68. Web site: Israel and Hamas Trade Attacks as Tension Rises . Eranger, Steven . Kershner, Isabel . 8 July 2014 . The New York Times . 13 November 2014.
  69. News: Six stabbed at Jerusalem pride parade by same assailant who attacked parade in 2005. 2018-03-15. en-US.
  70. http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2015/08/02/victim-of-jerusalem-pride-attack-dies-of-injuries/ Victim of Jerusalem Pride attack dies of injuries
  71. News: 16-year-old stabbed in Jerusalem pride parade succumbs to wounds. Kubovich. Yaniv. August 2, 2015. Haaretz. August 2, 2015.
  72. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/11774900/Palestinian-baby-dies-in-fire-started-by-Israeli-settlers.html Palestinian baby killed in arson attack 'by Israeli settlers'
  73. http://forward.com/opinion/318290/why-jewish-terror-is-different-this-time/ "Why Jewish Terror Is Different This Time"
  74. [Duma arson attack]
  75. http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Duma-indictments-expected-today-439195 "Amiram Ben Uliel and minor indicted in Duma terror attack"
  76. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/205901 "'This is a slap in the face to memory of my son'"
  77. Web site: Israel braces for West Bank escalation after death of Ali Dawabsha's father. T. O. I.. staff. www.timesofisrael.com.