Here we go again. Leader needs to energize the masses. Needs to get them to support him. Sow fear. Create a common enemy. Divert attention from real issues. How does he do this? Jews.
Jewish leaders here and abroad condemned a police raid over the weekend at a Jewish community center in Caracas. The raid by about two dozen armed security agents, ostensibly a search for weapons, was carried out at about 1 a.m. on Sunday, just hours before the referendum that day on proposed constitutional changes backed by President Hugo Chávez. It failed to uncover any weapons.
One really alarming aspect of this article is how underreported it is. Google News reports just 19 citations. No AP, Reuters, AFP, etc. Just NYTimes, Ha'aretz, Jerusalem Post, etc. The usual suspects. I guess they don't see a trumped-up, illegitimate armed government-sponsored raid against an oppressed minority to be a problem. That is, if the minority is Jews. |