‘770′ Chabad-Lubavitch World HQ Targeted in Jihad Videos
Posted by elyakatz on June 3, 2009
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by Hana Levi Julian
(IsraelNN.com) Barely two months after a rabbi, his wife and four other Jews were brutually (sic) murdered in a Chabad House in Mumbai, India, the Chabad-Lubavitch World Headquarters at 770 Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn has been targeted in a series of jihadist videos posted on the internet.
The English-language videos and posts singled out Orthodox Jews, and especially the Chabad-Lubavitch community in the Crown Heights neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York, for attack.
The source of the thinly-veiled threats, a group called Revolution Muslim, is domestic to the United States, and the English-language threats are carefully tailored in an attempt to avoid breaking any American laws.
Nonetheless, the intent is clear, according to the Targeted Actionable Monitoring Center (TAM-C) of the Institute of Terrorism Research and Response (ITRR), a U.S. and Israel-based organization with offices in the United Kingdom as well.
‘Do Not Let Orthodox Judaism Get Away With Murder in Ghaza’
Headlining a propaganda video of a rally by a far-left organization were the words, “Do Not Let Orthodox Judaism Get Away From Murder in Ghaza [Gaza].”
Underneath the video was the statement, “Make EVERY attempt to reach these people and teach them the message of Islam or leave them a message from Islam.”
A subsequent video and accompanying text clarified the “message” the Islamist blogger had in mind and how to “reach these people.”
The video first denies that any threats against Orthodox Jews were made on their website, but then switches to a montage of images of dead Arab children – apparently from Gaza – interspersed with repeated images of “770” – the Chabad-Lubavitch World Headquarters – and a blood-spattered Jewish prayer book from a terrorist attack in the Merkaz HaRav Yeshiva in Jerusalem.
The video concludes with the sound of gunshots.
The text under the video adds the following P.S.: “NYPD – It was me (Yousef al-Khattab) that made the Chabad Islamic propagation (sic) post and appeal. Do have your search warrants in order. The gunshots at the end in NO WAY are meant for the NYPD (since they asked me about it).”
Other Locations Targeted As Well
The videos followed the posting on the same jihadist site of photos of the Chabad-Lubavitch World Headquarters and its main synagogue, its address at 770 Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn, and details of the times when the synagogue is filled with worshippers.
The third and final video in a series of three aiming at the Chabad-Lubavitch community is narrated entirely by Al-Khattab, who appears to either be completely exhausted, or possibly even under the influence of a sedating substance of some kind. He is leaning back, with his eyes almost completely closed, his voice drawling.
Nissan Ratzlav-Katz contributed to this report.
Videos by Youseff al-Khattab
More links:
U.S. Based Revolution Muslim Website Spreading Messages of Hate
US Jewish targets listed on Muslim Website by Aaron Klein
