This afternoon, a coordinated action took place involving the socialist government of Slovenia, its repressive organs, and the dominant media under state control – aimed at taking an Israeli citizen hostage.
The coordination between the authorities and the media in this extreme political move, indicting an Israeli tourist solely because he served in the IDF and defended his country, is a sign that the authoritarian government of Robert Golob, for the purposes of domestic politics and elections, will – in addition to insufficiently resonant diplomatic and economic measures – begin to escalate such excesses so that they receive greater public attention, thereby diverting the domestic public’s focus from the country’s catastrophic healthcare, housing, and economic situation toward fighting “windmills” outside Slovenia.
Regrettably, the victims of these pre-pogrom actions could be Israeli citizens and Jews in Slovenia. I therefore call upon the Embassy of Israel in Vienna and the Consulate of Israel in Ljubljana to immediately urge all Israeli citizens to evacuate Slovenia and to issue a warning for all Jews as well.