MK defines ‘Islamic State Syndrome’

Islamic State Syndrome is a term used by Zionist Union MK Ksenia Svetlova, who is an expert on the Middle East and Islam, to define the fascination the brutal Sunni terror group holds for mainstream Muslims, especially young, impressionable ones.

In a column on the Channel 2 website, Svetlova writes that as early as two years ago, little children running the streets of Arab towns in Israel yell to each other Daesh, the group’s Arabic acronym, and call the strongest kid in the gang Baghdadi – the last name of Abu Bakr al Baghdadi, leader of IS.

Svetlova says a “concerned teacher from Lod,” a mixed city, “told me that for some kids in lower classes IS people are a kind of supermen. They see kids their own age in Islamic State videos and are impressed. They buy the dolls imported from China that have a knife in their hand [a shipment of such dolls was caught by Israeli customs last month].” Because IS has what Iran will never have, writes Svetlova: amazing marketing skills.

Svetlova’s column is published two days after a lethal shooting attack in Tel Aviv by an Israeli Arab named Nashat Milhem. While Milhem’s family claim he is insane, the attack bears striking similarities, albeit on a smaller scale, to the November 13 Paris attack claimed by Islamic State.

No group has claimed responsibility for Milhem’s attack and he is still at large.