Greece's cybercrime police unit has been called to investigate a video showing a youth urinating on the Holocaust Memorial in Rhodes and laced with strongly anti-Semitic lyrics which was posted on the 'YouTube' website last week. Greece's Jewish community had protested to authorities over the video."We are troubled by the incident and disappointed by the absence of an official reaction," Moses Constantinis, head of the Central Board of Jewish Communities (KIS), said earlier this week. Constantinis pointed out that KIS had expected a reaction from the prosecutor on the island of Rhodes but since none had come the community planned to file a legal complaint.
The Central Jewish Board sent a letter to Greek interior minister Prokopi Pavlopoulo asking "for extra security for the synagogue in Rhodes as a large number of Jewish tourists are expected during the upcoming High Holidays." The incident was allegedly carried out by a group of students from the island's prestigious Venetokleio public school. The video was picked up by the Jewish website www.abravanel.wordpress.com.
