Young Israelis often perform a mass exodus from the country upon completing compulsory military service in their early twenties. The Israel Defense Forces provide departing soldiers with a small stipend to supplement the meager pay they received while serving. Instead of saving the cash, many Israelis take a trip to South America, Thailand, or India to take a much needed vacation where the value of one shekel can go a long way. Due to the massive number of Israelis traveling around the world, locals often think Israel is a huge country with a population in the hundreds of millions.
However, some of the people in India may not be as welcoming as we thought. The Israeli Counter Terrorism Bureau warned travelers in India of a severe terror threat targeting Jewish and Israeli centers on the eve of Rosh Hashana. The warning focused on a potential attack from a Pakistani terror group linked to Al-Qaeda, the same organization that orchestrated the 2008 Mumbai attacks that targeted some Jewish centers and resulted in the deaths of nearly 200 people.
Chabad, an ultra-religious group with offices throughout the world in an effort to provide Jewish services to the diaspora and travellers, intends to hold multiple services and dinners for Israelis visiting India.
In a statement from the Israeli government announcing the threat stated:
“The terrorist group that carried out the serious Mumbai attack in India is planning to carry out a number of attacks across India, particularly against concentrations of Western or Israeli tourists.”
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