Israeli rabbi Michael Finkel says the Jewish community is on high alert because of the influence of neo-Nazi's within Kiev's temporary government. "This is Right Sector. This is the people who are marching in Nazi uniforms with SF on their arms and on their military uniforms," Finkel says.
According to the rabbi, it is possible that Ukraine could turn into a country similar to Lebanon. "In Lebanon, there's an official government and there is Hezbollah, which is a terrorist organization linked to the government. They're members of the parliament, and there's a Hezbollah militia over there, a separate army, and they're also linked to the government. What happens in Ukraine now is that there will be a government, which is officially not Nazi, but there will be Nazi parliament members. There is a Nazi army, which is parallel to the regular Ukrainian army, and there will be Nazi members, maybe, in the government," Finkel says.
Jews aren't the only minority who are being threatened by the far right, Finkel believes. "The Russian people are threatened, are killed, are burned, and a war is waged against the Russian population of Ukraine," he says. Gypsies and Hungarians are also susceptible to discrimination, the rabbi adds.
