Yes, it has gotten this bad. Unfortunately, French Jews cannot be said to be entirely safe from Islamic hatred and violence in Israel, either. From AP:
JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Sunday urged French Jews to flee the country to escape a rising tide of anti-Semitism, while acknowledging that the French government is fighting racial violence.The latest French Interior Ministry figures show 510 anti-Jewish acts or threats in the first six months of 2004 — compared to 593 for all of last year....
Anti-Semitic acts against Jewish schools, synagogues and cemeteries have risen in France in recent years, coinciding with growing tensions in the Middle East. Many attacks have been blamed on young Muslims.
Not just "blamed." They were responsible.
these are prophetic times.
it appears that one of the Lord's purposes in
allowing islam to grow in the west is to cause them to come home to israel.
jeremiah 16: 15,16:
But, The LORD liveth, that brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the lands whither he had driven them: and I will bring them again into their land that I gave unto their fathers.
Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the LORD, and they shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.
could the muslims be 'the many hunters'?
forrest
Here's the last paragraph of the story from the BBC:
"Our correspondent adds that his (Sharon's) haste only aggravated passions among many in the Muslim community who feel they are the instant scapegoats."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3904943.stm
The whole point of the so-called 'report' (a disguised editorial, of course) is that Sharon should not have said this because there just insufficient grounds to say such a thing and everyone from French politicians, to Muslim 'scapegoats' and French Jews themselves, think he is a radical, Zionist asshole.
BBC Jihadist commentary...That's what it is and, what can I say, it just pisses me off.
Hitler urged the exodus of jews from Europe as well, except no country wanted them. Hitler then began his pogrom, as did the willing helpers from Islamic countries, namely Hussaini, who with his own waffen SS division, murdered many from the Balkans, along with near a million Serb Orthodox Christians.
This exodus of Jews from Europe is one of the reasons that the UN, along with Britain, who at the time controlled all the lands of "palestine", and who reneged on the promised quarter promised the Jews, Who through from 1929 had to deal with the deliberate hostilities directed at the jews in the lands at the time.
Never the less, Israel became a jewish state with approval of the UN, and will remain so, despite the hatred of Islam and it's scriptures toward them. Bethlehem was at one time a Christian community, and look what the rotten, hateful, backward islamic cult of death has done to it.
I don't agree that people who choose to practice Judism cannnot live freely in any country. Sharon is wacked. What he should be doing is yelling at Chirac, who is not protecting them.
Chirac however, probably agrees with Sharon, as he did with the Nazi's when he, as a willing young boy, did what he could to welcome his Nazi guests which invaded his once proud country.
What is it with the French, they welcome those who wish to destroy them? Chirac, living his life true to form, has done it again, welcomed the invaders into France, and for the same reasons, greed.
On a smilar vein
Pierre Rehov's documentary on the persecution of Palestinian Christians
HOLY LAND CHRISTIANS IN PERIL
http://www.pierrerehov.com/wst_page7.html
There are few countries on earth where the Jews are more self hating than in france, so many will continue bashing Israel to retain their "Statuses " in french society.
Shades of Austria before the anchluss ?
The Germans did not round up the French Jews in WW2. The French police did and then turned them over to the Germans. Let's also not forget the service of the all-volunteer Charlemagne Waffen SS Regiments who fought the Russians on the Eastern front.
De Gaulle despised the allies for the way in which he was treated. While the leaders of the continental governments like Belgium, Holland and Poland were accorded diplomatic deference as "governments in exile", De Gaulle was not. The French government was not in exile, it was in place and fully functioning in Vichy as Nazi collaborators. So when the allies planned and executed major military operations, the "exiled" government leaders were briefed before the operations and consulted for their inputs, whereas De Gaulle was never briefed before the operations, only after. He never forgave the allies for treating him as a second class participant in the war effort. But then again, the allies could never trust the French with knowledge of the conduct of the war before the fact, lest the information too easily find its way to the official French government and thence to the German high command.
Perhaps the Cathedral of Notre Dame is destined to become another Hagia Sophia.
And then there was the disgusting Klaus Barbie case, where the french delayed for years for fear of revelations about the war time activities of high ranking frenchmen in industry and government.
indeed the children of Izieux, 50 children ,shamelessly betrayed and deported to their deaths by barbie were never avenged.
yet the Italians hid hundreds of Jewish children without betrayal or deportation!
The eiffel tower will become a minaret, and Notre dame will be raised to the ground as as happened to many historic Kosovo churches.
But the stories of grass roots french courage amongst lowly priests and farmers are indeed often heroic except they were betrayed by the government officials in the same way that they are being betrayed today.
In the meantime many jews will leave France and will be welcome elsewhere.
I am reminded of the extraordinary dhimmitude of Dreyfus, who although innocent, was willing to accept the label of traitor to appease the french military.
today many french jews demonise israel in the same manner!
How sad.
talking of self hating french jews, there is one even worse and of course he is NOt french but English!
i refer to leftoid Gerald Kaufmann whose name is like the sound of Chalk on a blackboard.
He once called ISrael a Pariah State in the UK house of Commons
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1259087,00.html
you will find the latesy drivel attack on "the Wall" And what rubbish it is too !
But you know, there is nothing that pleases the Guardian more than a Jew attacking Israel.
No wonder his local synagogue threw him out!
martin kimmel dissects the rubbish superbly at
http://users.starpower.net/mk26/index.htm
The French are a self loathing lot,(They just don't realize it. First they lead Europe down the road to dhimmitude, then they wonder why their huge Muslim population is turning on them. Would you respect someone who lets you spit on them and their friends?
As for the Jewish people living in that time bomb of a country, they would be best served by heading Sharon`s advice and get out now. Take their assets and families and go. Let the French deal with the riff raff they gladly import.
I was in France earlier this month, and man, aside from Paris proper, the Muslim ghettos we drove through were damn scary. What to do...I guess the demonization of Israel to deflect attention from Europe itself is starting to turn on the gutless Euros.
They think that as long as the Muslims have Israel to kick around,(And America), their sorry rears will be covered. But as Bat Ye'or, Robert Spencer, Daniel Pipes and others havre argued, Europe has not been making the right choices and is down right oblivious (The common person on the street anyway) to the storm clouds, dark and omenous gathering...
Finally, the French government should be ashamed to demand an explaniation from Sharon's government, do they think that their anti-Semitism and proxy war against Israel has gone unnoticed?
How do you say Le dispicable in French?
www.drudgereport.com
...Sharon urges French jews to emmigrate to Israel to escape antisemitism...
watching a fascinating program on the ancient ETRUSCANS, i was astounted by their culture abd linbralism. even their slaves were given their own houses!
And life was a continual pursuit of Pleasure.
The Romans stole the Etruscan culture adn even the roman numeral system from them.
So here we have an evolved culture which degenerates into one whose sole purpose is the "good life" adn when the time comes to defend themselves against the "Barbarians" (first the Gauls I believe), they have forgotten the rough uncultured art of self defence! Needless to say the intellectual left would have refused to take up arms and the empire soon vanished almost without trace.
Afterwards, i made the rapprochement to french culture today. Better to appease and pay than defend oneself from the inevitable.
I remember reading some time back about arms in the Roman society. The early Romans were a rugged and probably well-armed lot, not unlike American frontiersmen and farmers before the Revolution. However, by the Imperial days, they were disarmed and indeed looked upon weaponry with disdain, meaning that the Germanic people (who were tough and liked their weapons) had an easy time of it.
The entire process seems to repeat itself whenever a society becomes prosperous and comfortable. If a weapon is simply a part of a larger mindset, that being the will to fight for a cause or principle, I think thought lately is disarmed even in America. What can be said of laws which defend the rights of those who support people who wish to destroy our nation? Or our leader who repeats, over and over, that a satanic and murderous religion is instead a "religion of peace?" This, to me, is on the same intellectual level as the Imperial Roman citizen who wished not to be armed and could only watch his villa be sacked and burned.
I fear a Lot of people are going to be doing some serious thinking if we have another 911, Anduril.
Unfortunately the Left politicians and media are going to be trying to steer that. Let's hope they don't succeed, or Reza will be cheering until it is all said and done.
what will happen to the museums and art work of france ,in the near future ? are we going to lose the history of France ,,because they let the muslims overtake their country ???
so sad :(