Anti-Semitism In France: Country Has History Of Hate Crimes Against Jews

[Behind the Aegis]

The hostage situation at a kosher supermarket in Paris on Friday, in which four people and the gunman died, has been called an “anti-Semitic attack” by French President François Hollande. It's just the latest crime to fit that description in a country that has seen a rash of anti-Jewish incidents in recent years.

Soon after Friday's standoff, Jews and non-Jews alike banded together under the hashtag #JeSuisJuif to show solidarity for French Jews. The hashtag was modeled after #JeSuisCharlie, which began trending after 12 people were killed at the Charlie Hebdo offices on Wednesday.

The Grand Synagogue of Paris closed for security reasons. It is the first time since World War II that the synagogue will not host Shabbat services. Jewish leaders urged community members to avoid gatherings and to report suspicious activity.

France has the largest Jewish and Muslim populations in Western Europe. It also has the most violent anti-Semitic incidents reported in 2013 worldwide, with 40 percent of all crimes in France directed toward the Jewish community. The Jewish Community Protection Service (SPCJ), which logs anti-Jewish acts of aggression in France, said there were 423 anti-Semitic acts: 318 "threats," 49 acts of violence, 52 acts of vandalism, three arson attacks and one attempted homicide in 2013.

Philippe Schmidt, executive vice president of the International League Against Racism and Anti-Semitism, says the current climate is caused by various factors, including the second intifada in Israel in 2000 and anti-Zionist views purported by far-left politicians. The country also has seen more than 1,000 young people join the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. The Israel-Gaza conflict last summer also incited anti-Semitic sentiment.


more: http://www.ibtimes.com/anti-semitism-france-country-has-history-hate-crimes-against-jews-1779328

[Cha]

1. KICK this for Reading later.. thank you, BtA

[Behind the Aegis]

2. You are welcomed.

I am trying to bring this to a larger crowd. Many Jews are already aware of this, but few outside of our 'tribe' actually have any experience with anti-Semitism or even understand it.

[Cha]

3. I still haven't read it but I will and let you know!

[Cha]

4. My computer has been acting horribly today/night.. it froze on me again when I went to Ibt's link..

I got some of it.. enough to know the Jewish People in France are getting terrorizing reprisals for events they didn't do.. out of their control. Which I already knew.

This is it for now, BtA.. hopefully, my laptop will get back on track soon. It could just be our sad internet connection messing up again.

[Cha]

5. P.S. And, it says everythings about the thugs doing the terrorizing than anything about the Jewish

people who are their victims.