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Dancing Israelis

Dancing Israelis proper noun: a group of five Israelis (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.

Proper noun

the Dancing Israelis

  1. (US) A group of five Israelis (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.
    • I wonder if Americans will forget the dancing Israelis?2002 June 14, JohnQSmith, “OT--There you go.”, in talk.politics.mideast (Usenet)
    • 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...2013, Kevin Robert Ryan, Another Nineteen: Investigating Legitimate 9/11 Suspects, U.S.: Microbloom, →ISBN, page 312

Origin of Dancing Israelis

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.

Questions about Dancing Israelis

What does Dancing Israelis mean?
Dancing Israelis means a group of five Israelis (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.
What part of speech is Dancing Israelis?
Dancing Israelis is a proper noun.

Words near Dancing Israelis in the dictionary

  1. dancing around
  2. dancing attendance
  3. dancing bologna
  4. dancing girl
  5. dancing girls
  6. Dancing Israelis
  7. dancing juice
  8. dancing links
  9. dancing mania
  10. dancing manias
  11. dancing master's kit

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