Israel jails eight Jewish neo-Nazis

[schrodinger's cat]

TEL AVIV (Reuters) - An Israeli court jailed eight Jewish teenagers on Sunday for carrying out neo-Nazi attacks in a case that sparked revulsion in a state that was a haven for Jews after the Holocaust.

Tel Aviv District Court Judge Zvi Gurfinkel sentenced the teenagers, aged 16 to 19, to between one and seven years in prison for a "shocking and horrifying" year-long spree of attacks that targeted foreign workers, ultra-Orthodox Jews and homeless men.

The court said the group also planned to attack Arabs.

The eight teenagers were immigrants to Israel from the former Soviet Union and court documents cited social adjustment difficulties as a factor behind their involvement in the gang, which posted pro-Adolf Hitler video clips on the Internet.

One of the teenagers was the grandson of Holocaust survivors.

Gurfinkel said he gave the teenagers lengthy sentences in part to deter other Israelis from joining neo-Nazi groups.

The youths videotaped and posted on the Internet some of their attacks. The charges against them included painting swastikas in a synagogue and planning a birthday party for Hitler, court documents showed.

About a million immigrants from Russia and other former Soviet states have moved to Israel since the fall of Communism in 1990. Some have risen to prominence in politics and industry while others struggle to integrate, including thousands not considered Jewish by religious authorities.

http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE4AM1Q420081123

[muman613]

TEL AVIV (Reuters) - An Israeli court jailed eight Jewish teenagers on Sunday for carrying out neo-Nazi attacks in a case that sparked revulsion in a state that was a haven for Jews after the Holocaust.

Tel Aviv District Court Judge Zvi Gurfinkel sentenced the teenagers, aged 16 to 19, to between one and seven years in prison for a "shocking and horrifying" year-long spree of attacks that targeted foreign workers, ultra-Orthodox Jews and homeless men.

The court said the group also planned to attack Arabs.

The eight teenagers were immigrants to Israel from the former Soviet Union and court documents cited social adjustment difficulties as a factor behind their involvement in the gang, which posted pro-Adolf Hitler video clips on the Internet.

One of the teenagers was the grandson of Holocaust survivors.

Gurfinkel said he gave the teenagers lengthy sentences in part to deter other Israelis from joining neo-Nazi groups.

The youths videotaped and posted on the Internet some of their attacks. The charges against them included painting swastikas in a synagogue and planning a birthday party for Hitler, court documents showed.

About a million immigrants from Russia and other former Soviet states have moved to Israel since the fall of Communism in 1990. Some have risen to prominence in politics and industry while others struggle to integrate, including thousands not considered Jewish by religious authorities.

These 'people' should be swiftly ejected from the state of Israel and sent back to where-ever they came from. If they can't go anywhere they should be thrown in jail with the arabs. Neo-Nazis should not be tolerated in Israel regardless of whether they are Jewish or not. There is no room for this kind of ideology in the Jewish state. Unfortunately they are only given up to 7 years... What a shame..

muman613

[White Israelite]

Probably the only reason they were jailed is because they planned to attack Arabs as well.

Wouldn't surprise me.

[Ulli]

Probably the only reason they were jailed is because they planned to attack Arabs as well.

Possible.

This people are really crazy.

[TheCoon]

Kill them.

[Lewinsky Stinks, Dr. Brennan Rocks]

Probably the only reason they were jailed is because they planned to attack Arabs as well.

Ditto.

[mord]

Agreed they also attacked gays so maybe that can also be the reason they were jailed

[angryChineseKahanist]

**knock - knock**
They planned to celebrate uncle Adolf's birthday.
They're ummm...Jewish Nazis.
They attacked their own fellow Jews.
Anyone home?

[muman613]

**knock - knock**
They planned to celebrate uncle Adolf's birthday.
They're ummm...Jewish Nazis.
They attacked their own fellow Jews.
Anyone home?

Im glad someone noticed that these cretin were neo-Nazis who idolized Shitler and had already attacked Jews... I dont care that they attacked others too. These low-lifes deserve a harsher sentence than seven years...

[Ulli]

**knock - knock**
They planned to celebrate uncle Adolf's birthday.
They're ummm...Jewish Nazis.
They attacked their own fellow Jews.
Anyone home?

Im glad someone noticed that these cretin were neo-Nazis who idolized Shitler and had already attacked Jews... I dont care that they attacked others too. These low-lifes deserve a harsher sentence than seven years...

I agree. Imo their behaviour is high treason. They should sentenced according to this crime.

This is common sense. At least in Israel Jews should be safe from this kind of people.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_treason