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father of Mohammad Atta
In the fall of 2019, Charlie Kirk launched a "Culture War" speaking tour with Turning Point USA. As a retaliation to the firing of St. Clair, as well as to an incident at the 2019 Politicon convention where Fuentes was prohibited by security from entering Kirk's events, Fuentes began a social media campaign urging his followers, known as the Groypers, to go to the events and [[trolling|troll]] the speakers by asking questions regarding Kirk and TPUSA's liberal stances on immigration, Israel, and [[Homosexual "rights"]] during the Q&A sections. These events became known as the "Groyper Wars".
In the fall of 2019, Charlie Kirk launched a "Culture War" speaking tour with Turning Point USA. As a retaliation to the firing of St. Clair, as well as to an incident at the 2019 Politicon convention where Fuentes was prohibited by security from entering Kirk's events, Fuentes began a social media campaign urging his followers, known as the Groypers, to go to the events and [[trolling|troll]] the speakers by asking questions regarding Kirk and TPUSA's liberal stances on immigration, Israel, and [[Homosexual "rights"]] during the Q&A sections. These events became known as the "Groyper Wars".
At one event hosted by Ohio State University on October 29, eleven out of fourteen questions asked were from Groypers. They asked questions such as "Can you prove that our white European ideals will be maintained if the country is no longer made up of white European descendants?" and "How does anal sex help us win the culture war?", the latter referring to Rob Smith<ref>No relation to RobSmith, the Conservapedia editor.</ref>, the other speaker at the event and a major contributor to TPUSA, who is a self-proclaimed "[[gay conservative]]". One question was disguised as a lighthearted comment suggesting that everyone Google "dancing Israelis", which actually refers to the five Israeli men suspected to be [[Mossad]] agents, arrested on [[9/11]] after filming the attacks nearby and celebrating. It is still unknown whether these men were Israeli intelligence.<ref>[https://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=123885&page=1 Were Israelis Detained on Sept. 11 Spies?] - ABC News</ref> Another question mentioned the often davorite ralking point by White Supremacists talking point, the [[USS Liberty]].
At one event hosted by Ohio State University on October 29, eleven out of fourteen questions asked were from Groypers. They asked questions such as "Can you prove that our white European ideals will be maintained if the country is no longer made up of white European descendants?" and "How does anal sex help us win the culture war?", the latter referring to Rob Smith<ref>No relation to RobSmith, the Conservapedia editor.</ref>, the other speaker at the event and a major contributor to TPUSA, who is a self-proclaimed "[[gay conservative]]". One question was disguised as a lighthearted comment suggesting that everyone Google "dancing Israelis", which actually refers to the The misnomer first introduced by father of 9/11 hijacker Mohammad Atta.<ref>David Sheen,
Were the notorious ‘Dancing ... plotters, spies, or just common scam artists?", The Grayzone, Sep 11, 2021.<blockquote><font size=1>
A bizarre incident in which a group of Israelis were arrested on September 11, 2001 has led to theories about the men’s role in the attack on New York City’s World Trade Center that day. After twenty years of conjecture and speculation, an investigation by The Grayzone indicates that the infamous incident was the product of much more mundane circumstances than previously understood.
In an interview with this reporter, one of the five Israelis arrested after the Twin Towers attack admitted to wrongdoing for the first time. However, he did not confess to being a terrorist or spy, as alleged by many skeptics of the official version of events on 9/11. Rather, he and his former co-workers had been employed by a sketchy moving company known for small-time scam operations.
Hours after hijacked airplanes crashed into both of the World Trade Center Twin Towers in downtown Manhattan, five Israeli nationals were arrested and held under suspicion of involvement in the terror attacks. Suspicions against the men increased when their employers fled the US for Israel soon after the arrests, before they too could be interrogated about the incident.
Unverified accounts in international media claiming the Israelis had been seen dancing while the towers burned deepened the sense that they were more than mere observers. The sentiments the arrested men expressed to FBI agents about the 9/11 attacks, including remarks like, “Israel now has hope that the world will now understand us,” only added to the growing suspicions.
Two months later, however, the incarcerated Israelis were released without charges and returned to Israel. The FBI concluded that the men were not in any way involved in the 9/11 attacks, however, it did not publicize its report. It was only thanks to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request that the FBI’s findings ever came to light.
The highly unusual incident continues to fuel speculation about Jewish or Israeli involvement in the WTC attacks. Two years ago, on the eighteenth anniversary of the WTC attack, a large rock at the center of the Knoxville campus of the University of Tennessee was covered in graffiti that read, “Jews did 9/11 – Google: Dancing Israelis.”
So who were the so-called “dancing Israelis,” and what were they doing in a van with a wad of cash and a camera while gazing at the smoldering towers in downtown Manhattan?
‘Dancing Israelis’ a misnomer first introduced by father of 9/11 hijacker Mohammad Atta
The five employees of Urban Moving Systems have been dubbed “Dancing Israelis” because a female eyewitness observed three of them in a parking lot in New Jersey, watching the WTC towers in flames across the Hudson River on the morning of the attacks. According to testimony she gave to the FBI later that day, “all of the males appeared to be jovial in that they smiled, hugged one another, and gave ‘high fives.’”
From the balcony of her Union City apartment, the eyewitness, Maria, observed the men photographing each other with the WTC towers in the background. When the FBI developed the film found in a Canon SLR camera on their possession, they found that the Israelis were indeed “visibly happy on nearly all of the photographs.”
In a second interview by phone with the FBI two days later, Maria characterized the behavior of the Israelis on the morning of 9/11 as “horsing around”. In a third interview with the FBI at her residence four days later, she related that the men “appeared to be happy and ‘joking around.’”
At no point did Maria or any witness allege that the Israeli men were dancing in any way. The FBI report refers to the men as the “Israeli Nationals” and “The High Fivers.” The first documented allegation that the men had danced in celebration of the Twin Towers attack comes not from any American law enforcement agency, but rather from the father of Mohammad Atta, the ringleader of the Al Qaeda-affiliated cell that hijacked American Airlines Flight 11 and crashed it into the North Tower of the World Trade Center.
On September 28, 2001, a USA Today article entitled “Conspiracy theories say Israel did it” cited Egyptian news agency MENA’s interview with the elder Atta, complaining that insufficient focus was being paid to reports that the FBI had “seized a number of Jews while they were dancing in celebration over the incidents.”
To this day, skeptics criticize the FBI’s decision to release the men, insisting that their jovial responses to the 9/11 attacks was evidence that they knew of the terror plot in advance.
An internal FBI memo dated September 24, 2001 stated: “Both the Newark and the New York Divisions conducted a thorough investigation which determined that none of the Israelis had any information on prior knowledge regarding the bombing of the World Trade Center. Furthermore, Newark and New York determined that none of the Israelis were actively engaged in clandestine intelligence activities in the United States.”
The following day, the FBI instructed the Immigration and Naturalization Service that it no longer required the Israelis to remain in the country, and that the agency could move forward with immigration proceedings against them. And so, on September 25, the men signed papers acknowledging their violations of US immigration law, and were allowed to see a lawyer for the first time.
By November, the men were deported back to Israel and forbidden from reentering the USA for ten years.
Israelis’ first reaction to the Twin Towers attack was ‘shock and disbelief’...</font></blockquote></ref>
Another question mentioned the often davorite ralking point by White Supremacists talking point, the [[USS Liberty]].
Another Turning Point USA event targeted was a promo event for [[Donald Trump Jr.]]'s book, ''Triggered'', featuring himself, Kirk, and his wife Kimberly Guilfoyle at the University of California, Los Angeles, in November of 2019. Anticipating further Groyper questions, they announced that the Q&A portion was cancelled, eliciting heckling and boos from the audience. The overwhelming disruptions eventually forced them to cut the event short and leave after only 30 minutes, when it was originally scheduled to last for two hours.<ref>[https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/pro-trump-conservatives-are-getting-trolled-real-life-far-right-n1080986 ''Pro-Trump conservatives are getting trolled in real life by a far-right group''] - [[NBC News]]</ref>
Another Turning Point USA event targeted was a promo event for [[Donald Trump Jr.]]'s book, ''Triggered'', featuring himself, Kirk, and his wife Kimberly Guilfoyle at the University of California, Los Angeles, in November of 2019. Anticipating further Groyper questions, they announced that the Q&A portion was cancelled, eliciting heckling and boos from the audience. The overwhelming disruptions eventually forced them to cut the event short and leave after only 30 minutes, when it was originally scheduled to last for two hours.<ref>[https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/pro-trump-conservatives-are-getting-trolled-real-life-far-right-n1080986 ''Pro-Trump conservatives are getting trolled in real life by a far-right group''] - [[NBC News]]</ref>