Deception by provocateurs. Clearly a false flag operation no one heard about until used by John Kerry during today’s press conference after Geneva talks. The Banderists have support in Galicia, north-west Ukraine in city of Lvov, not in pro-Russian Donetsk.
Kerry condemns call for Jews to register in Ukrainian city
(JPost) – The flyers were distributed earlier this week in the city, where pro-Russian separatists led by Denis Pushilin this month took over several government buildings and declared their secession from Ukraine as the Donetsk Republic amid a standoff with authorities.
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The flyer allegedly handed out to Ukrainian Jewish community members. Photo from The Coordination Forum for Countering Anti-SemitismThe flyers were official-looking documents that carried what was presented as Pushilin’s signature, but the news site tvrain.ru on Wednesday quoted Pushilin as denying any connection to the flyers, calling them a provocation.
On Tuesday, the news website novosti.dn.ua reported that the flyers were handed out that day by three unidentified men in balaclava masks carrying a flag of the Russian Federation. According to the report, the men distributed the flyers next to a local synagogue. The website quoted unnamed sources from the local Jewish community as saying that the flyers were an attempt to provoke a conflict and blame the attack on the separatists.
- ○ Donetsk leaflet: Jews must register or face deportation
○ Pro-Russians Deny Telling Ukraine Jews to Register in Restive Donetsk
○ Kyiv Post: Latest news from Ukraine
Russian and Ukrainian Jews at Each Other’s Throats
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Russian and Ukrainian Jews at Each Other’s Throats
(Jewish Press) March 27, 2014 – At a March 4 news conference in Moscow, Putin said Russia’s “biggest concern” was “the rampage of reactionary forces, nationalist and anti-Semitic forces going on in certain parts of Ukraine,” warning that Russia would make further incursions if minorities were endangered.
In response, Josef Zissels, chairman of the Association of Jewish Communities and Organizations of Ukraine, or Vaad, and 20 other leaders of the Ukrainian Jewish community sent Putin an open letter in which they disputed the existence of unusual levels of anti-Semitism in post-revolutionary Ukraine and accused Russia of threatening the security of Ukrainians.
“Your policy of inciting separatism and crude pressure placed on Ukraine threatens us and all Ukrainian people,” the letter said.
On Wednesday, Vaad placed the letter as a full-page ad in The New York Times and several other newspapers.
To Berel Lazar, a senior Chabad rabbi who spoke to JTA this week at the biannual conference of the Rabbinical Center of Europe in Budapest, the Vaad letter was a case of Jewish leaders involving themselves in issues that don’t directly concern the Jewish community.
It was a sharper version of previous calls for Jewish silence on the Ukraine crisis, including a March 17 statement co-signed by Lazar and 47 other Russian and Ukrainian rabbis, many of them affiliated with Chabad.
“Religious and community leaders should stay out of the political sphere,” the letter said. “Do not forget: Any thoughtless word can lead to dangerous consequences for many.”
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Was reported in several places yesterday. It’s origin is unknown — and suspect organizations are denying any involvement.
Kerry is a fool to have mentioned it. Perhaps this time, unlike like his false claims that Assad had used sarin, he won’t be so lucky.
He was no doubt ordered to mention it. He is indeed a fool, but he works for other fools. This was clearly some sort of false flag op, and it failed miserably. Only total incompetents could succeed in making Putin look like a hero.
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○ CNN’s Jake Tapper shilling for US propaganda
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Very similar to three earlier incidents where clear lies were used by Kerry in neocon propaganda for warmongering.
Kerry cited an article by Elizabeth O’Bagy, an analyst with the Institute for the Study of War think tank, in which she wrote that Islamic extremist factions are not “spearheading the fight against the Syrian government,” but rather that the struggle is being led by “moderate opposition forces.”
My earlier diaries – World’s Nr. 1 Despot Running Amok and Unchecked.
○ US: ‘Common-sense test’ holds Assad responsible for Ghouta gas attack
○ Curveball is Today Known as ‘Caesar’ – Syrian Torture
I saw it circulating among my friends and spouse in my non-blogging side of my life. Didn’t take long to find other articles debunking the original very sensational story that was being accepted hook, line, and sinker by people who should really know better.
I saw it on a feed so I headed over to billmon’s twitter feed to check. Even Putin-hater Julia Ioffe didn’t fall for it.
Some gems at billmon’s twitter feed.
The Ukraine tweets are priceless:
Kerry’s nonsense and anti-semitic leaflet is believed at Big Orange. One diary collected 500+ comments and many recommends, how gullible can one get. Not just Republicans, a nation of the stupid not looking at evidence first or willing to do some research first.
Easy argument: PUTIN BAD; KERRY GOOD.
Same crowd also jumped on Snowden for asking Putin the Russian government spied on citizens. They rallied around their hate Snowden and Putin flagpole totally oblivious to the fact that Snowden had just gotten Putin on record for what at some point will be exposed as a lie. Perhaps not as big, fat of a lie as Obama’s but only because the NSA is bigger and better funded than whatever Russia has.
Were they false? Like confirmed false? I was and still remain agnostic about it but maybe I missed other links.
Ahh, you can believe Vicky Nuland and/or Amb. Geoffrey Pyatt (remember their phone conversation) and use the Kerry misinformation about the Russian speaking region of Donetsk who are not known for anti-semitism.
It’s the north-west region of Galicia with the city of Lviv who are Banderists and known for anti-semitism. It’s the Rights Sector and the Svoboda party who were placed in the interim regime in Kiev who are known for neo-nazi display. Plenty of incidents John Kerry could have mentioned, but he did not. The leaflet handed out by three masked men were fake as pro-Russian separatists led by Denis Pushilin and the newly formed Donetsk People’s Republic were blamed as source.
The links I provided from the Jerusalem Post and the Ukrainian source of Jewish Donetsk have established the leaflet must be seen as a provocation, sources unknown. The Jewish community has no problems in the Eastern Ukraine and Donetsk.
U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Confirms Anti-Semitic Pamphlets Are ‘Real Deal’ [pure bs]
It’s not the first time Kerry made such an inadvertent ‘slip-up.’
No I meant the sarin gas attacks.
I have seen NO credible evidence that any of the gas attacks were Syrian Army orchestrated. The attack in March 2013 was thoroughly investigated by the Russians and reported to the UN. I think their report got buried there. The Ghouta attack in August was also clearly a false flag op by the rebels. As Putin remarked, where is the evidence of Syrian involvement? Let’s look at the facts. Nada These have been studied by many independent folks and the consensus is strong that these were provocations by the Global Arrogance.
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