Dutch Jewish leader assaulted, stabbed and tortured in his home

Dutch police are scratching their heads as to whether this was a hate crime. But leave bacon outside a mosque and hellzaoppin.The Dutch, if you recall, were particularly evil to their Jews during World War II.

The great majority of the Jewish population in the Netherlands, approximately 85%, had lived in the country for centuries. And yet, of the countries in Western Europe occupied by the Nazis, the Netherlands suffered the largest number as a result of the persecution of the Jews, both in terms of percentages and in absolute numbers. Dutch police and civil servants helped the Nazis implement massive deportations, which resulted in the death of over 90% percent of the Jews in the Netherlands.

The Netherlands: the greatest number of Jewish victims in Western Europe

Dutch Jewish leader assaulted and tortured in his home

Netherlands Jewish leader assaulted, tortured and robbed in his home by four masked men. Motive still being investigated.

By: Ben Ariel, INN, July 12, 2019:

A Netherlands Jewish leader was assaulted, tortured and robbed in his home by four masked men in an apparent planned operation, JTA reported on Friday.

Benoit Wesly, a 73-year-old businessman, woke up early Sunday morning to find the assailants around his bed in his home in Maastricht, according to the report. His wife was out of the country at the time.

Wesly was beaten, pushed down the stairs, stabbed and kicked, according to the report. Then the men tied him to a chair, placed a piece of cloth over his mouth and nose, and poured water on the cloth – a torture technique known as waterboarding that simulates drowning — until he gave them the combination to his safe, Wesly told police.

He was bound to the chair for several hours before wriggling free and going to the police station.

Police are investigating the motives for the crime. Reports about the incident did not indicate whether they or Wesly have reason to believe he was chosen because of him being Jewish. Wesly is a leader of the Jewish community in the Limburg region, in the south of the Netherlands, according to JTA.

House invasions involving torture are rare in the Netherlands, as are attacks against Jewish community leaders.

Much like other countries in Europe, the Netherlands has not been immune from anti-Semitic incidents. In February, vandals suspected of being soccer hooligans from The Hague painted graffiti, including swastikas and anti-Semitic texts, on buildings in Amsterdam.

Last summer, Dutch police apprehended a man whom they accused of drawing swastikas on the external wall of the capital’s oldest Jewish cemetery.

In January of 2018, police launched an investigation into vandalism at a synagogue and a hospice for people dying of terminal diseases.

A month earlier, a Syrian man waving a Palestinian Arab flag shattered glass at a kosher restaurant in Amsterdam as two police officers and passers-by watched. The officers arrested the man after he broke into the restaurant through the door he had smashed and removed an Israeli flag.

The same restaurant was targeted again in early January of 2018, when vandals smashed the newly-replaced windows. The owners told local media that the restaurant is often the target of such destructive acts, and that they have asked local authorities’ permission to place security cameras around the site.

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knightsstrength

4 years ago

Not much of a country when one is not safe in their own homes

Country trashed.

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SoftwareBabeOHIO

4 years ago

Reply to  knightsstrength

Most of Europe is trashed with the influx of MUSLIMS in their communities. NO ONE IS SAFE WITH MUSLIMS LIVING AMONG THEM. NO ONE.

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SoftwareBabeOHIO

4 years ago

GUNS. Give guns back to their law-abiding CITIZENS and most of this will STOP!

I never answer my front door without a gun in my back waistband. PREVENTION is worth a pound of cure. And, if guns scare you, then put a RING camera or equivalent at your front door. But, the gun is better. I HAVE BOTH.

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MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet

4 years ago

Did this Jewish man have a mezuzah on his front door?

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leonore35

4 years ago

Lucky his wife was away as they would most likely have tortured her to persuade him

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jerrys

4 years ago

You can’t spell Caliphate without the hate.

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MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet

4 years ago

Reply to  jerrys

Excellent observation.

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MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet

4 years ago

Reply to  jerrys

Excellent observation.

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Stephen Honig

4 years ago

Dutch schmucks!

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R. Arandas

4 years ago

The Jewish people must stand strong and united, now more than ever!

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