There is some scary news coming out of Dagestan, Russia, right now.
There was what reports have described as a "lynch mob" storming the Makhachkala airport and chanting "Allahu Akbar," waving Palestinian flags and looking for Jews who they believed had arrived on a plane from Tel Aviv, Israel. Dagestan is a Muslim area.
When word spread that a plane from Tel Aviv was landing in Dagestan, Russia, a mob stormed the airport in what can only be described as a modern-day pogrom. pic.twitter.com/1G6phfdraz
— Aviva Klompas (@AvivaKlompas) October 29, 2023
BREAKING:
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) October 29, 2023
A lynch mob has stormed the airport in Dagestan, Russia to look for Jewish passengers after finding out that a plane from Tel Aviv is about to land.
They have also stopped police cars in front of the airport and are searching them for Jews.
What’s Putin doing?
🇷🇺🇮🇱 pic.twitter.com/LgaiXaiDqJ
You can see them storming the terminal here and even one guy climbing a pole. They also went out to a plane, demanding to know who was on it.
This is insane. https://t.co/z1A9bEWJiX pic.twitter.com/hpas96fdcP
— Russian Market (@runews) October 29, 2023
The airport guy in the vest and green hat says there are no passengers on that plane.
The mob started grilling people as to whether they were Jews and asking for passports. This poor guy insisted he wasn't Jewish—that he was Uzbek—but they didn't believe him and demanded that he show his passport.
BREAKING:
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) October 29, 2023
The lynch mob which stormed the airport in Dagestan, Russia to search for Jews as a plane was landing from Tel Aviv has found its first “suspected Jew”
He tells them he is Uzbek, but they don’t believe him
“Take his passport, search his phone” pic.twitter.com/9gKteyKFz0
They also reportedly grilled a bus full of kids. This is horrifying.
BREAKING:
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) October 29, 2023
The lynch mob which stormed the airport in Dagestan, Russia to search for Jewish passengers have now stopped a bus full of kids in front of the airport
They suspect that the children are Israeli and demand to check everyone's passports
Russia sided with Hamas & Iran pic.twitter.com/NVnQ4xprJb
They were also allegedly looking for Jews in the cars around the airport and this footage allegedly shows them trying to flip a police car that dared to get in their way:
BREAKING:
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) October 29, 2023
The lynch mob which stormed the airport in Dagestan, Russia to search for Jewish passengers are now looking for Jews in cars near the airport and are clashing with police officers trying to stop them.
Here, they can be seen trying to flip over a police car pic.twitter.com/0I2CczJ4uB
According to Ria Novosti, the Ministry of Internal Affairs is warning the mob they are on video, that order will be established and they will be identified and "face criminal liability."
The Jerusalem Post said that the plane they were looking for was diverted to another airport, but the rioters went there as well.
According to N12, the pilots were warned of the mob and rerouted the plane to land at a nearby airport. The rioters reached that one as well. The flight staff ordered the locking of all aircraft exits, while security forces closed the area off. Russian aviation authority Rosaviatsia said all aircraft were diverted to other airports. A security source said that a small number of Israelis and Jews were secured in the airport, and were set to be evacuated to Moscow "at the earliest convenience."
There was even a report of a mob searching through a hotel, thinking Jews might be there.
A lynch mob was formed in front of Flamingo Hotel in Dagestan, Russia after a rumour was spread that Jews had arrived to stay at the hotel. The crowd dispersed after every room of the hotel was checked for Jews and the passports of all guests were inspected.
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) October 29, 2023
Via @ManiacMagic1 pic.twitter.com/r1s9tb89xn
This is happening as antisemitism is on the rise in Russia, as evidenced by a Jewish cultural center that was set on fire in the neighboring republic of Nalchik and graffitied with the inscription "Death to the Jews."
The building of the new #Jewish cultural center was set on fire in #Nalchik (Kabardino-Balkariya, #Russia). According to local residents, someone threw burning tires into the building under construction. Also on the wall appeared the inscription “death to the Yahudam.” Yahud… pic.twitter.com/6NOvbGDxFR
— Ilya (@ilyaaiz) October 29, 2023
It's extremely troubling that this kind of antisemitism is on the rise again. The left is helping to whip up passions in this country, as we saw in the protests in New York over the past couple of days where people were chanting in support of Hamas terrorists. Vladimir Putin may have fed his own extremism problem by playing footsie with Iran.
We're entering a very dangerous time.
This is an ongoing situation and RedState will keep you updated.
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