Dancing Israelis

English September 11 attacks advance-knowledge conspiracy theories#The "dancing Israelis" Etymology Coined sometime after the September 11 attacks in 2001 and popularized as part of some advanced-knowledge conspiracy theories. The "dancing" descriptor, although inaccurate, originates from the father of 9/11 hijacker Mohamed Atta. Proper noun the en dance Dancing to move rhythmically to music en Israeli Israelis Q875556 en US _ history A group of five en Israeli Israelis Q875556 (Sivan Kurzberg, Paul Kurzberg, Yaron Shmuel, Oded Ellner and Omer Marmari), believed to have Mossad connections, who were witnessed and later arrested for celebrating the September 11 attacks. en JohnQSmith 14 June 2002 talk.politics.mideast OT--There you go. https://groups.google.com/g/talk.politics.mideast/c/Fez3neOB5A4/m/7vxEhkG2p3AJ I wonder if Americans will forget the dancing Israelis? en Kevin Robert Ryan 2013 Another Nineteen: Investigating Legitimate 9/11 Suspects U.S. Microbloom https://archive.org/details/anothernineteeni0000ryan/ 312 https://archive.org/details/anothernineteeni0000ryan/page/312/mode/1up 9781489507839 Israel has also been discussed in terms of the possibility that elements of its government were involved. Unfortunately, such claims are often made without supporting evidence and coherent reasoning. Although there is evidence that Israeli intelligence knew details about the attacks in advance—the story of the "Dancing Israelis" verified this foreknowledge—many governments had advanced knowledge of the attacks as indicated by the warnings issued. References en Marc Perelman Spy Rumors Fly on Gusts of Truth w:The Forward https://web.archive.org/web/20260624052919/https://forward.com/news/325698/spy-rumors-fly-on-gusts-of-truth/ 16 March 2002 New York, N.Y. The Forward Association, Inc. 1051-340X 34407272 However, a counterintelligence investigation by the FBI concluded that at least two of them were in fact Mossad operatives, according to the former American official, who said he was regularly briefed on the investigation by two separate law enforcement officials. ¶ "The assessment was that Urban Moving Systems was a front for the Mossad and operatives employed by it," he said. "The conclusion of the FBI was that they were spying on local Arabs but that they could leave because they did not know anything about 9/11." en Josh Kaplan Dancing Israelis 9/11 conspiracy theory: Why do people believe Mossad did 9/11 w:The Jewish Chronicle https://web.archive.org/web/20260724225855/https://www.thejc.com/news/world/who-were-the-dancing-israelis-of-9-11-c7f9b960 London Jewish Chronicle Media Limited 0021-633X 40757879 9 September 2023 The Israeli men were first reported by a New Jersey housewife, who saw the group of five standing on a van near the Doric Towers apartment buildings in Union City, New Jersey on a cliffside overlooking the Manhattan skyline and the Twin Towers. When she called to report the men, she said: "All of the males appeared to be jovial in that they smiled, hugged one another, and gave 'high fives.'" A year after the attacks, she told ABC News: "They seemed to be taking a movie. They were like happy, you know ... they didn't look shocked to me. I thought it was strange." None however was dancing. The 'Dancing Israeli' moniker came from an altogether different source, the father of 9/11 hijacker Mohammed Atta. In a USA Today article from a few weeks after the attacks, quoting Muslim officials from around the world who were alleging that Israel was behind the plot, Atta's grieving father said that there was insufficient attention being paid to the fact that "The FBI seized a number of Jews while they were dancing in celebration over the incidents." en History of the United States