DODIK: OPEN BOSNIAK HOSTILITY TOWARD JEWS AND ISRAEL EVIDENT AT EVERY TURN

BANJA LUKA, AUGUST 17 /SRNA/ - Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik emphasized that the hostility of Bosniak politics toward the Jewish people and Israel has escalated into open hatred, which is evident at every turn.

Referring to an incident in which Israeli tourists staying at the "Hills" hotel in Sarajevo had their passports thrown into a trash bin by hotel staff, Dodik said that such barbarism has not been seen in Europe for a long time.

"The whole world today has the opportunity to witness Sarajevo becoming a center of European Islamic radicalism and anti-Semitism. The Serbian people do not want to live alongside such extremists," Dodik wrote on X.

He added that the attitude Sarajevo shows toward Jews today is the same it has shown toward Serbs for the past 30 years.

"I believe that all those who have turned a blind eye to this fact will now see the truth. I call on Jews not to travel to Sarajevo to avoid humiliation. In Republika Srpska, you are always welcome, and here you will find friendly affection," Dodik said.