Authorities closed the airport in Makhachkala, the capital of the predominantly Muslim region of Dagestan, and police converged on the facility
MOSCOW — Hundreds of people on Sunday stormed into the main airport in Russia’s Dagestan region and onto the landing field to protest the arrival of an airliner from Israel, Russian news agencies and social media reported.
Authorities closed the airport in Makhachkala, the capital of the predominantly Muslim region, and police converged on the facility. There were no immediate reports of injuries or arrests.
Russian news reports said people in the crowd were shouting antisemitic slogans and tried to storm the airliner belonging to Russian carrier Red Wings.
Video on social media showed some in the crowd on the landing field waving Palestinian flags, protesters attempting to overturn a police car and others checking the passports of passengers who had arrived in Makhachkala.
In a statement released Sunday night, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said Israel “expects the Russian law enforcement authorities to protect the safety of all Israeli citizens and Jews wherever they may be and to act resolutely against the rioters and against the wild incitement directed against Jews and Israelis.” Netanyahu’s office added that the Israeli ambassador to Russia was working with Russia to keep Israelis and Jews safe.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs for Russia’s North Caucasian Federal District, where Dagestan is located, stated that CCTV footage would be used to establish the identities of those who stormed the airport, and that those involved would be brought to justice.
While voicing support for Gaza, the regional Dagestani government appealed to citizens to remain calm and not take part in such protests.
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Crowd storms Russian airport to protest flight from Israel https://t.co/GU0AK0KEww
— POLITICO (@politico) October 29, 2023
If only there was a Russian word to describe a violent mob ransacking an area looking for random Jews to harm pic.twitter.com/afJ0vxEBkz
— Yair Rosenberg (@Yair_Rosenberg) October 29, 2023
"1,400 Jews murdered after 'anti-Israel protesters' stormed a music festival". https://t.co/YAtjZNRfmx
— The Mossad: Satirical, Yet Awesome (@TheMossadIL) October 29, 2023
Evidence pouring in to suggest that Dagestan will not become a leading center of science, culture or business anytime soon. Anti-Semitism is both an indicator of ignorance and an impediment to learning. https://t.co/QpLBz0RqYf
— Walter Russell Mead (@wrmead) October 29, 2023
If these were anti-Ukraine war protesters, Putins thugs would be cracking down immediately. But anti-Semitic protests and rioting are ok. Hope Israelis take notice that Bibis courtship of Putin did not yield results. https://t.co/Hu6UWWn5Hv
— Michael McFaul (@McFaul) October 29, 2023
So we’ve already gotten to the decent-people-hiding-Jews stage. https://t.co/ouKaJ2wGFu
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) October 30, 2023
It’s almost like the de-Nazification thing wasn’t really a thing. https://t.co/KsRMLCOGwG
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) October 31, 2023
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