Anti-Semitism in France-The Case of Ilan Halimi

Ilan Halimi



I am linking an article about this story which was printed in the Brussels Journal and which has full details.

http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/4021

Essentially, it involves the case of a young French Jewish male named Ilan Halimi, who, in January 2006, was kidnapped by a group of young African immigrants led by Youssouf Fofana. For 2 weeks, Ilan was held in a residence and repeatedly tortured, cut with knives and burned over 80% of his body. He was found along a railroad track and died within hours.

Ilan was singled out by his captors because he was Jewish.

The subsequent arrests of these thugs, their prosecution and sentencing (light by our standards) has brought forth a new wave of anti-Semitic statements and threats to the Jewish community of France by Fofana and his supporters.

This is what the new anti-Semitism leads to. When you see and hear pro-Palestinian demonstrators in Ft Lauderdale yell, "Long live Hitler" and "Jews go back to the ovens", this is what it is all about. The same things are being said on the streets of Europe, where in many large cities, Jews are afraid to venture out wearing any symbol of their Jewishness. When you hear the demonstrators and vitriolic speakers spit out the words, "Zionist Jews", it is no disclaimer. The word "Zionist" is a word they use for cover. They hate all Jews.

Read the article in the Brussels Journal. And when you hear the anti-Semitic diatribes on our streets and in our universities, think of Ilan Halimi. This is what it all leads to.