Israel, Monday, August 9, 2004
 David
Irving comments: WELL it is certainly a
relief to hear that that cemetery was
heavily insured. And that, it being a
cemetery, no lives were lost. And that the
community is "considering" offering a
reward.
Let me go one better
than that -- I will pay a reward of
US$1,000 to anybody who provides
information leading to an arrest and
conviction in either case of
vandalism.
The cynics may say
that I have a hunch that the perpetrator
will not be caught. Like people tearing
their own hair out in grief, there is
something of a ritual about these acts of
desecration of property occurring so soon
after the community experiences great
grief -- like New Zealand's imprisonment
of two secret agents last month, and the
prime minister's courageous reprimand to
Israel. It is the modern equivalent of
sackcloth and ashes.
I was trying for some
days to recall what this episode reminded
me of, and now I have it: On the day I was
deported from Canada, November 13, 1992,
the Ontario press was suddenly filled with
stories of a Jewish activist -- her house
in Kitchener (formerly Berlin) Ontario had
been burnt to the ground that night.
The police dutifully
asked me where I had been at the time. The
answer was, in a Dunkin Donuts (or Dairy
Queen, I forget) about twenty miles
away.
Later, it turned out that the lady
had been trying unsuccessfully for two
years to sell the property ... which was
empty at the time it caught fire ... and
was heavily insured. You get the
picture.
The police certainly
did, and told me about it even as I sat in
Toronto airport waiting for the Air Canada
flight that took me out of the country for
the last time.
They called it "Jewish
Lightning," in Ontario, the police officer
told me, and it is one reason why the
Canadian community finds it almost
impossible to insure its business premises
against arson attacks.  So: One thousand dollars for
information leading to an arrest. That's
what I offer (and I am good for
it).
Aug 3, 2004 Jerusalem Post: Israel
Government applauds Irving ban
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New Zealand steps
up security at Jewish cemeteries By Amiram Barkat
Haaretz Correspondent and Haaretz
Service NEW Zealand authorities have
beefed up security at three Jewish cemeteries in
the Wellington area, after vandals desecrated
Jewish graves over the weekend for the second time
in three weeks. Security has also been increased for Jewish
cemeteries in Auckland. The Sunday Star
Times reported that insurance evaluators have
already visited the Makara cemetery outside
Wellington, the site of the weekend vandalism, and
that the municipality will soon begin restoration
work on the approximately 92 gravestones that were
destroyed and the Jewish chapel that was
torched. Three weeks ago, 16 graves were desecrated in
the old Jewish cemetery in central Wellington and
anti-Jewish graffiti was found there. Meanwhile,
The New Zealand Herald reported that members
of Wellington's Jewish community are considering
offering a reward for information on anyone who was
behind Friday's attack. All of New Zealand's political parties publicly
condemned the incidents.  Minister
of Minority Affairs Chris Carter, who called
them "racist," said he would be asking parliament
to issue a declaration condemning anti-Semitism in
New Zealand. President of the New Zealand Jewish
Council, David Zwartz, left, told
Ha'aretz the 1,500-member community is
upset, but is not fearful.  [Write to the NZ Herald's
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Dossier:
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Irving's 2004 visit- FAQ:
Answers to frequently asked questions about Mr
Irving's visit
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Flashback
Wealthy
Jewish organisation drafted a secret plan to
"destroy David Irving's legitimacy" | "Don't let
this fall into the wrong
hands"
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