{"id":1717,"date":"2024-11-12T02:23:41","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T02:23:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sfawbn.com\/home\/?p=1717"},"modified":"2024-11-12T02:23:42","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T02:23:42","slug":"antwerp-police-arrest-five-as-fears-of-a-jew-hunt-rise-following-calls-to-action-on-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sfawbn.com\/home\/2024\/11\/12\/antwerp-police-arrest-five-as-fears-of-a-jew-hunt-rise-following-calls-to-action-on-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Antwerp police arrest five, as fears of a &#8216;Jew hunt&#8217; rise following calls to action on social media"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">After the Amsterdam pogrom, calls began to appear on social media for local youth to organize a jodenjacht (Jew hunt); five youths were administratively arrested and then released.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/author\/yuval-barnea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">YUVAL BARNEA<\/a> NOVEMBER 11, 2024 22:31 <strong>Updated:<\/strong> NOVEMBER 11, 2024 22:52<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.jpost.com\/image\/upload\/q_auto\/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_537,w_822\/543585\" alt=\" Antwerp. (photo credit: PLAY MEDIA)\" title=\" Antwerp.\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Antwerp. (photo credit: PLAY MEDIA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">https:\/\/trinitymedia.ai\/player\/trinity-player.php?language=en&#038;pageURL=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jpost.com%2Fdiaspora%2Fantisemitism%2Farticle-828663&#038;unitId=2900003088&#038;userId=79dec4ae-447b-4a1b-8e96-c2e6a873d977&#038;isLegacyBrowser=false&#038;isPartitioningSupport=1&#038;version=20241111_17b1aecdb438e251e6a53d8e6277902f3fef1058&#038;useBunnyCDN=0&#038;themeId=140&#038;unitType=tts-player<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/j-spot\/article-749881\">Antwerp<\/a> police arrested five people on Sunday as part of proactive operations against a suspected &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/diaspora\/antisemitism\/article-828211\">Jew hunt<\/a>&#8221; following calls to action on social media, according to <em>De Morgen<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A police spokesperson told <em>De Morgen<\/em>, that five people had been put under administrative arrest, a special form of arrest used in Belgium as a preventative measure rather than as part of a criminal investigation, it can last up to 12 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All five were released from administrative arrest that night in accordance with Belgian law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Belgium was not immune from the global rise in antisemitism stemming from Hamas&#8217;s October 7 attacks. City authorities recorded over 90 reports of antisemitism in the first two months of the war, according to a Sky News report. In the same report, residents highlighted that they were much more visible as the majority of the community is haredi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.jpost.com\/image\/upload\/f_auto,fl_lossy\/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_537,w_822\/633085\" alt=\" Policemen detain a person after youth clashed with Israeli football supporters, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, November 8, 2024.  (credit: Mizzle Media\/Handout via REUTERS)\" title=\" Policemen detain a person after youth clashed with Israeli football supporters, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, November 8, 2024.  (credit: Mizzle Media\/Handout via REUTERS)\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Policemen detain a person after youth clashed with Israeli football supporters, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, November 8, 2024. (credit: Mizzle Media\/Handout via REUTERS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Calls for a &#8216;Jew hunt&#8217;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/breaking-news\/article-828292\">Amsterdam pogrom<\/a>, calls began to appear on social media from Thursday to Friday for local youth to organize a <em>jodenjacht<\/em> (Jew hunt).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The calls pushed the youth to target Antwerp&#8217;s Jewish Quarter, specifically meeting at Harmoniepark\/Parc Harmonie, just south of the city&#8217;s Jewish Quarter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In order to avoid frightening the locals, police did not publicize the calls for violence in the neighborhood, according to The Brussels Times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the Amsterdam pogrom, calls began to appear on social media for local youth to organize a jodenjacht (Jew hunt); five youths were administratively arrested and then released. 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