MidnightWatcher – Prophecy in Motion

By Perry Chiaramonte & Mike Levine – “Police departments across the nation and around the world have beefed up security at synagogues following shootings at Jewish sites in France.

Washington, D.C.; San Francisco and New York dispatched extra patrols to locations where Jews may gather, though law enforcement officials stressed there were no specific threats. New York had security details at more than 50 locations following the killings of four people at a school in Toulouse, France. Those shootings were done by a gunman on a motor scooter, and came after a similar assailant killed three French soldiers in the region.

‘We have to be concerned about what happens overseas. We have a significant Jewish population in this city, and we have to take that into account,’ NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly said on Monday.

‘We know that we’re the top of the terrorist target list, so we’re concerned about the so-called copycat syndrome, where someone might see the events unfolding in Toulouse and take it upon themselves to act out,’ he added.

The NYPD has primarily sent out an increased uniform presence to houses of worship and other locations such as the Jewish Museum and the 92nd Street Y, both in Manhattan.

Security was ramped up in the nation’s capital, though officials declined to give details.” Read more.

Flashback: Iran Could Strike Jewish Targets in America and Around the World, Including ‘Soft Sites’ Such as Jewish Synagogues and Schools – “Israeli facilities in North America — and around the world — are on high alert, according to an internal security document obtained by ABC News that predicted the threat from Iran against Jewish targets will increase. ‘We predict that the threat on our sites around the world will increase … on both our guarded sites and ‘soft’ sites,’ stated a letter circulated by the head of security for the Consul General for the Mid-Atlantic States. Guarded sites refers to government facilities like embassies and consulates, while ‘soft sites’ means Jewish synagogues, and schools, as well as community centers like the one hit by a terrorist bombing in Buenos Aires in 1994 that killed 85 people.” Read more.