Monday, March 24, 2003
French Jews Tell of a New and Threatening Wave of Anti-Semitism - NY Times
[...]Swastikas, slogans and physical assaults against Jews in Europe have reached a frequency not seen since the 1930's when Fascism was on the rise. But in the vast majority of the cases today, the assailants are young Muslims of North African heritage whose parents emigrated to Europe in the 1960's and 1970's.
The greatest number and most violent attacks have come in France, which, with an estimated six million Muslims and 650,000 Jews in the country, has Europe's largest Jewish and largest Muslim populations.[...]
Read it. I don't believe in screaming about being oppressed, or complaining every time two little kids get into a fist-fight and say things they shouldn't, but some things and some patterns go over the edge.
This part burns me:
[...]Not everyone is willing to call the current wave of violence anti-Semitism. Henri Wajnblum, head of the Union of Progressive Jews of Belgium, said it is important to distinguish between anti-Semitic and anti-Israel actions. He and other members of his Brussels-based group have been visiting classrooms in Muslim neighborhoods to help explain the difference between Zionists and Jews in general.[...]
Nice. Go ahead and make some more excuses you F*CK. Don't worry you dhimmi-minded shit, they'll toss you in the ovens just as fast, it's just that you won't kick as much. "S'il vous plait, don't say you hate Jews...say you hate Zionists..." /puke