Antisemites love to attack on Yom Kippur: Dozens of incidents during the fast day ~ Elder Of Ziyon

Friday, October 03, 2025

Antisemites love to attack on Yom Kippur: Dozens of incidents during the fast day

On Yom Kippur, a British citizen born in Syria decide to murder Jews gathered outside a synagogue in Manchester.

There is little doubt that he chose this day specifically for that purpose.

But other antisemites were busy on Yom Kippur as well.

The "Sumud Flotilla" scheduled its arrival in Israeli waters to occur on Yom Kippur.

It was also not a coincidence. One ostensibly Jewish member of the flotilla, David Adler, said this explicitly: "I believe that the timing of our flotilla is not coincidental. On the contrary, I believe it is a blessing that we are approaching interception at the onset of Yom Kippur — our annual day of atonement — which calls on us to reflect on our sins, and what can be done to repair them in the spirit of tikkun olam."

In Manchester, the site of the terror attack, there was a mass demonstration in support of the flotilla. they held a "moment of silence" not for the synagogue victims but for the members of the flotilla who were "kidnapped." But the demonstration was planned ahead of time - meaning that Yom Kippur was always planned to be the day the flotilla arrived along with protests.

There were also planned Yom Kippur demonstrations in Edinburgh and London, as well as pro-flotilla protests in Paris, Berlin, The Hague, Tunis, Brasilia, Buenos Aires, Krakow, New York, Barcelona (windows smashed), and Athens.

In Italy alone:

In Rome, a procession promoted by student collectives marched from the Sapienza University to the Colosseum. In Milan the State University was occupied, in Lecce that of Salento, in the universities of Bologna and Pisa the Rectorates were blocked. In Padua and Venice classes were interrupted. Also in the capital, tension at the Caravillani art school, which has a shared entrance with a Jewish temple. Three students with megaphones chanted slogans for Palestine and some people who were in the temple walked out. A heated argument ensued, culminating in shoving. Dozens were identified, from both groups.

But those were not the only events that antisemites planned for Yom Kippur.

The University of Maryland Student Government Association passed a sweeping BDS resolution on Wednesday night, at the onset of Yom Kippur. They had previously tried to pass the resolution on Rosh Hashanah.

Don't forget Hamas. While Hamas has not been firing too many rockets lately, they chose Yom Kippur to launch five rockets from Gaza toward the Israeli city of Ashdod.

The Jew-haters remember the surprise attack on the Yom Kippur War, and that emboldens them every year to use the Jewish holiday as the best day for them to attack Jews and Israel.