Crowds storm airport in Dagestan, Russia, searching for Jews and Israelis

The World

Hundreds of angry men broke past barricades and entered the airport in Dagestan, a Muslim-majority republic in southern Russia. They were carrying signs and shouting anti-Israeli signs. Dozens made it on to the tarmac to meet a plane that had arrived from Tel Aviv, Israel. The World’s Daniel Ofman reports that they were searching for Israelis and Jews but found none.

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