Dancing Israelisとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

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.

固有名詞

the Dancing Israelis

1. (US history) 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.
   • 2002 June 14, JohnQSmith, “OT--There you go.”, in talk.politics.mideast‎ (Usenet):

     I wonder if Americans will forget the dancing Israelis?

   • 2013, Kevin Robert Ryan, Another Nineteen: Investigating Legitimate 9/11 Suspects‎, U.S.: Microbloom, →ISBN, page 312:

     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 story of the "Dancing Israelis" verified this foreknowledge—many governments had advanced knowledge of the attacks as indicated by the warnings issued.

参照

• Marc Perelman (16 March 2002), “Spy Rumors Fly on Gusts of Truth”, in The Forward‎, New York, N.Y.: The Forward Association, Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 June 2026:

  However, a counterintelligence investigation by the FBI concluded that at least two of them were in fact Mossad operatives, according to the former American official, who said he was regularly briefed on the investigation by two separate law enforcement officials. ¶ "The assessment was that Urban Moving Systems was a front for the Mossad and operatives employed by it," he said. "The conclusion of the FBI was that they were spying on local Arabs but that they could leave because they did not know anything about 9/11."

• Josh Kaplan (9 September 2023), “Dancing Israelis 9/11 conspiracy theory: Why do people believe Mossad did 9/11”, in The Jewish Chronicle‎, London: Jewish Chronicle Media Limited, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 July 2026:

  The Israeli men were first reported by a New Jersey housewife, who saw the group of five standing on a van near the Doric Towers apartment buildings in Union City, New Jersey on a cliffside overlooking the Manhattan skyline and the Twin Towers. When she called to report the men, she said: "All of the males appeared to be jovial in that they smiled, hugged one another, and gave 'high fives.'"
  A year after the attacks, she told ABC News: "They seemed to be taking a movie. They were like happy, you know ... they didn't look shocked to me. I thought it was strange." None however was dancing.
  The 'Dancing Israeli' moniker came from an altogether different source, the father of 9/11 hijacker Mohammed Atta. In a USA Today article from a few weeks after the attacks, quoting Muslim officials from around the world who were alleging that Israel was behind the plot, Atta's grieving father said that there was insufficient attention being paid to the fact that "The FBI seized a number of Jews while they were dancing in celebration over the incidents."