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Kidnap Attempt
Is Foiled

Jerusalem (JTA) — An attempt
to kidnap a diamond dealer and
his daughter was foiled after a
car chase and a shootout in north-
ern Tel Aviv left one of the ab-
ductors dead.
Police still were searching for
a woman involved in the abduc-
tion of Asher Gertler and his 18-
year-old daughter, Keren Gertler.
Keren Gertler, a soldier, had
been taken captive the morning
of Feb. 7 as she was driving to her
base. She was held in an apart-
ment until her release that same
night.
Her father was kidnapped af-
ter the abductors told him that
they had his daughter and he
should meet with them. Asher
Gertler was put in a car with the
second kidnapper, Avi Sapan, an
Israeli champion marksman.
Throughout the day, police
trailed the car through northern
Tel Aviv and its environs, fol-
lowing signals emitted by the
car's mobile phone.
When police closed in on the
car, Mr. Gertler managed to es-
cape, even though he was shot.
Police then shot and killed Mr.
Sapan.
Police said Mr. Sapan and his
female accomplice planned to de-
mand a ransom of $2 million in
cash and diamonds for Keren
Gertler's release.
Her grandfather, Moshe
Shnitzer, is a former president of
the Israel Diamond Exchange.

Anti-Semitism
On The Rise

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Bonn (JTA) — Incidents of anti-
Semitism rose in Germany last
year, especially among the youth,
according to figures released by
the General Security Service.
Reinhard Wagner, acting
chairman of the Hamburg state
bureau for security, reported that
by mid-November 1994, the num-
ber of anti-Semitic incidents stood
at 802, compared to 656 incidents
during the entire year of 1993.
However, there was a change
in the character of the acts and
in the age group of the violators,
Mr. Wagner said.
Fewer Jewish cemeteries were
desecrated last year in compari-
son with the previous year. But
more cases of ethnic incitement
were recorded, particularly the
denial of the Holocaust.
A record high of 78 percent of
the perpetrators were younger
than 20.
One of the primary reasons for
the growing number of youths as-
sociated with anti-Semitism is
the spreading phenomenon of
computer games, such as games
that glorify Adolf Hitler, accord-
ing to the security service.

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