if you're Jewish, avoid Dagestan - especially the Makhachkala airport right now -- (edited)
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Oct 29 '23, 12:01
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Russians storm airport in attempt to attack passengers of Israeli flight - report
Rioters additionally searched a hotel in the region for Jews, only leaving once no Jews were found in the hotel.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
OCTOBER 29, 2023 20:20
Updated: OCTOBER 29, 2023 20:51
Local residents in Makhachkala in the Russian Republic of Dagestan stormed an airport in the city in an attempt to attack any Jews who arrived on a flight from Tel Aviv on Sunday, according to reports from Russian media.
Footage reportedly from the scene shared on local Telegram channels showed rioters chanting “Allahu Akbar” and stopping cars in order to check the documents of passengers to ensure they were not Israeli or Jewish. The Russian state-owned RIA Novosti outlet reported that police officers and the National Guard were present at the scene while the riots took place and that the airport had been closed due to the entry of rioters to the airport.
The rioters could also be seen carrying Palestinian flags while running through the airport and even rioters reaching planes on the runway. Russian security forces were not recorded to have intervened amid the violence.
The Republic of Dagestan, which sits along the coast of the Caspian Sea, is an autonomous republic within the Russian Federation. A few thousand Caucasian Jews are estimated to live in the republic. 83% of the population in Dagestan is Muslim, according to a 2012 survey.
Rioters search hotel for Jews
In Khasavyurt, also located in Dagestan, rioters gathered at a hotel where Israelis who had fled the fighting were reported to be staying, with some of the rioters entering the hotel and only leaving after ensuring that no Israelis were in the hotel.
The “ChP Dagestan” Telegram channel reported that the riots in Khasavyurt began after “a person resembling an Israeli citizen” was seen walking near the
The Russian Echo FM radio reported that a resident of Dagestan stated “I went into every room, I checked every person. I looked at the passport, looked at the face to see if this face corresponded to the passport. There are no [Jews] there, brothers, you are simply being provoked. We need to go home. Well done to everyone who came, you’re all caring.”
The Coordination Center for Muslims of the North Caucasus condemned the riots, stating on Saturday “In recent days, we have been faced with provocations of destructive forces who, purely for personal selfish interests, in order to incite interfaith hatred in the North Caucasus, are trying to call on Muslims to take to the streets against all Jews, including Jewish citizens of the Russian Federation who have been living peacefully on our territory for centuries, who have nothing to do with the genocide of Palestinians by Israel, the United States, and their minions.”
The center stressed that the violence “is contrary to the spirit of the Islamic religion and the traditions of the peoples of the North Caucasus. Antisemitism has no place in the multinational North Caucasus.”
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