Approximately 5,000 copies of Nazi cassettes have been sold
in Israel according to a report to the Knesset Immigration
and Absorption Committee on neo-Nazi movements among new
immigrants.
A representative of the Ministry for Internal Security said
that following a previous committee meeting on the issue the
police examined the data at its disposal, including data on
individuals who have been caught and investigated for
inciting racism and offending religious sensitivities and
offending the public. According to the data these are
isolated incidents, some of which were perpetrated as acts of
provocation. The police also contacted the Prisons Service to
request information on the issue and even instructed police
coordinators to expand the investigation.
The police claim in the case of the IDF soldier who tattooed
Nazi symbols on his body, that the soldier did not really
subscribe to any ideology but merely wanted to be discharged
from the military.
"The government has done nothing to cope with neo-Nazi
movements, which are liable to be explosive forces in Israeli
society," said MK Rabbi Moshe Gafni. "Hundreds of thousands
of non-Jewish immigrants are liable to voice resentment
against Jews using Nazi images." He also warned that the
issue of "membership in a neo-Nazi movement is the tip of a
very frightening iceberg. Who would have imagined it being
necessary in the State of Israel to ban participation in a
neo-Nazi movement?"
