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Security groups warn Jews abroad to remain vigilant following Israeli strike against Iran

JL;DR SUMMARY Following an Israeli strike on Iran's nuclear program, security officials warn that Jewish communities abroad face increased risks, despite no specific threats being reported. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish CommunityHezbollahIranJewish SecurityNuclear ProgramIrgcVigilanceGlobal Threats

Places mentioned

Stockholm, Sweden
"Swedish teens who tried to attack the Israeli embassy in Stockholm last year were acting on Iranian instructions, Swedish police said, while authorities cited Iran links in a shooting at a German synagogue and planned attacks at Jewish sites in Cyprus in recent years."
Berlin, Germany
"Swedish teens who tried to attack the Israeli embassy in Stockholm last year were acting on Iranian instructions, Swedish police said, while authorities cited Iran links in a shooting at a German synagogue and planned attacks at Jewish sites in Cyprus in recent years."
Cyprus
"Swedish teens who tried to attack the Israeli embassy in Stockholm last year were acting on Iranian instructions, Swedish police said, while authorities cited Iran links in a shooting at a German synagogue and planned attacks at Jewish sites in Cyprus in recent years."
Buenos Aires, Argentina
"In one of the most searing examples, after Israel assassinated the secretary-general of Hezbollah, an Iranian proxy in Lebanon, in early 1992, Hezbollah responded by bombing the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires the next month, killing 29."
Israel
"Irans strategies have shifted over time. Last year, the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism reported that Iran had begun using existing criminal networks rather than developing its own terror cells abroad. In one case, German media reported that a drug trafficker wanted in Europe had been given sanctuary in Iran  in return for helping plan attacks on Jewish and Israeli targets."
Iran
"Iran was seen as having stepped up its targeting of Israeli sites abroad after the 2020 assassination of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, the nuclear scientist that western intelligence agencies believed to be behind Irans nuclear weapons program, in a daring operation widely attributed to Israel."
United States
"The Community Security Service also called on the U.S. Jewish community to increase situational awareness, report any suspicious behavior to law enforcement, consider connecting with law enforcement and review security protocols ahead of events in a post on x."
London, United Kingdom
"In 2023, the Jewish Chronicle of London reported that a source had conveyed that Iranian officials had begun mapping Jewish targets abroad to prepare for potential attacks."

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