The arrest in 2021 of a young Singaporean for planning attacks outside a synagogue raises the question of why a conflict in the Middle East would lead a Muslim in Southeast Asia to want to attack Jews. It is a story of contested beginnings, imperial power, and global conflict. Some may think that antisemitism is just a Western hatred with no resonance in Asia, including Singapore. However, the case of a 20-year-old national serviceman detained by the Internal Security Department (ISD ) after planning attacks on a synagogue there in 2021 shows otherwise. Moreover, there is well-documented antisemitism in both...
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Monitoring Antisemitism & Jewish Security Intel
Monitoring Antisemitism Intel
