‘Jewish like me’ Swedish reporter wears kippa and Jewish star and walks around Malmo

(Breitbart did an article on this same experiment here)

Theirs includes a subtitled version of the entire 1 hour show here

First let me thank Ted Ekeroth and Henrik Ræder Clausen. For the rapid translations of the materials in this post.

The video you see below has a couple of important points that were not directly made.

1. Why did they not show the offenders and why did they not name any common feature or ideology that all the offenders might have had in common? If you were doing the same experiment in Nazi Germany or Vichy France would it not be worth knowing if all the people who attacked you were wearing the same uniform?

2. In one line the reporter said something very much like “…they suspected I was wearing a disguise”

Why would they suspect that? Why would it be so unusual for a person to be wearing symbols of Jewish faith openly in Malmo? My guess would be because the Muslims had chased most out already and intimidated the rest into hiding their identity for fear of the harassment and personal physical danger than this reporter got despite their suspicions. That needs to be amplified.

The accompanying article is here:

Translation by Henrik Ræder Clausen

From Expressen.Se
Wore a Kippa in Malmö – was attacked in the street

The Swedish reporter Petter Ljunggren, working for the Swedish television series “Uppdrag granskning” (“Mission: Investigation”) put on a Jewish Kippa and a star of David, then went for a walk in the south Swedish town of Malmö. That led to eggs being thrown at him and direct threats to leave the place he was in. In the broadcast on Swedish state television SVT tonight, Jews tell about their fear of living in Malmö.

Malmö has more reported anti-Semitic crimes than any other city in Sweden. Jews suffer verbal abuse, egg-throwing and in some cases attempts at physical abuse. This is how the situation is described by the Jews themselves. Approximately 1,500 Jews live in Malmö, and many are afraid to even leave their homes.

Want to leave the city

Others say that they intend to move away from the city, and hardly anyone wants to see their children grow up here. The SVT reporter Petter Ljunggren put on a kippa and a star of David, then went to visit various places in Malmö to see what would happen. Another reporter with a hidden camera and microphone followed him through the city. In several places, including the popular city square Möllevångstorget — often emphasized as an idyllic spot in the city — the confrontation was immediate.

Called “Jewish garbage”

The broadcast shows how the reporter is verbally assaulted by a man calling him “Jewish garbage”, telling him that he should leave the place. Another man hits his own hand and screams “Jewish Devil!”. Later, when the television team goes to the center of Lindängen and to Rosengård [suburb of Malmö], the attacks become so serious that the team pulls back and considers leaving entirely.

A guy on a small motorbike pulls up, warning the reporter against staying there. In Rosengård, the team is first attacked by a full mob, and as they escape from the place, eggs are thrown at them from an apartment above.

According to the report, anti-Semitism in Sweden no longer comes from neo-Nazi groups. Instead, the hatred of Jews is about the conflict between Israel and Palestine.

Rabbi was spit at

Shneur Kesselman  is a rabbi in Malmö, and one of those who feels at risk:

I had been in Malmö for only a few days before someone spat at my feet. It was a kind of welcome greeting. Later, some have thrown stones at my windows, and tried to drive cars over myself and his wife, he relates in the broadcast.

Other members of the Jewish community tell of similar experiences. Persons driving past the synagogue screaming “Jewish pigs”, and headstones in the Jewish cemetery being knocked down.

This has come to a level where one does not feel safe. One does not want to stay here any longer, says Ammon Tsubarah in the report.

137 crimes reported

For quite a while the Jewish community in Malmö has been shrinking. The Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles has previously warned Jews against visiting south Sweden, and Malmö in particular. In the years 2013 and 2014, the police recorded a total of 137 cases of suspected anti-Semitic crimes in Malmö. However, none of these led to charges or conviction in court. However, police investigators quoted in the SVT broadcast say that the police is are the right track in dealing with these matters.

Shocked by the report

Hanna Thomé from the left-wing party Venstre, the municipal chairman for culture and anti-discrimination in Malmö, says to the newspaper Kvällsposten that she was somewhat shocked by watching the production before it was broadcast:

There is a lot more to do here, where the municipality as well as the police have a great responsibility. But I also want to stress that there is a great solidarity in this town. For example, when a young guy was severely beaten up in Möllevångstorget, a full 10,000 persons spontaneously gathered in a demonstration through the city.