Israel – The upcoming Rosh Hashana and Succot holidays are not only a time for apples, honey and temporary booths, but also when terrorists will try to kill Jews abroad, according to a travel advisory issued by the Prime Minister Office’s counter-terrorism bureau on Monday.
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The advisory, issued every year before the High Holidays and Passover when Israelis travel abroad in droves, grouped Turkey together with Azerbaijan, Nigeria and Kenya as countries where there are continuous potential threats, and where non-vital travel should be avoided.
In addition to the holidays, when various terrorist groups may try to attack Israeli and Jewish targets, September 11 – the anniversary of the Twin Tower attacks in New York – is also likely to be a preferred date by al-Qaida and other global Jihad groups to carry out attacks, the advisory stated.
Egypt and Jordan are listed as countries where there is a “basic” level of a concrete threat, and which should be avoided. The warning against travel to Sinai, however, is even higher, the advisory being to “avoid all visits and to leave the region immediately.”
Other areas with that urgent classification include parts of southern Thailand and the southern Philippines, eastern Senegal, the Kashmir region in northern India, northern Nigeria, parts of Kenya and Chechnya.
Israelis and Jews are also advised to leave Sudan, Somalia and Afghanistan immediately; to leave Algeria, Djibouti, Mauritania, Libya, Tunisia, Indonesia, Burkina Faso, the Ivory Coast, Togo, Mali, Malaysia and Pakistan as soon as possible, and to not include the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Morocco, Oman in their holiday travel plans.
Content is provided courtesy of the Jerusalem Post