Hat tip Atlas Shrugs and Algemeiner
This story may have been overlooked in the shock over the murders at the Jewish Museum in Brussels. In Paris, two men were severely beaten-apparently with brass knuckles- outside a synagogue.
http://pamelageller.com/2014/05/two-jewish-men-beaten-within-inch-lives-outside-paris-suburb-synagogue.html/
I have also noted that certain Jewish organizations including in the US like the Anti-Defamation League have expressed concern over the electoral victories by rightist parties in Europe in the past week including the Front National in France. They fear that it will fuel more anti-Semitism. I don't know because I am not an expert on the right-wing parties in Europe other than they are opposed to Islamic immigration. That, predictably, leads to charges of racism.
Of course, I would not support any party in Europe that has anti-Semitic elements-or racist elements either. Yet, I do support parties that strive to save their societies from Islamization and that hate and violence that accompanies it. I attach, of course, the caveat they do so lawfully and peacefully without causing a reaction and hate against innocent Muslims.
I would caution Jewish groups to make a clear distinction between those in Europe who are reacting to Islamic acts of violence and refusal to assimilate and those that are anti-Semitic, anti-immigrant, and racist as well.
Parties in Europe that are anti-Islamic would also be inclined to be anti-Semitic, if there were enough Jews left in Europe after 1945 to be a juicy target. Racism is mostly opportunistic in nature.
ReplyDeleteTo the extent that Muslim immigrant populations are targeting what few Jews are left in Europe, this is derivative from a conflict hundreds of miles away that actually matters to those engaged in it.
But, these attacks in Europe are mostly the work of individual thugs who need an excuse for their actions. Its not much different from the drunken slob in California who wanted to torch the grocery store owned by a Japanese-American couple, immediately after Pearl Harbor. (Some sailors on their way back to report for duty formed a line to defend the couple).
Siarlys--there you go again. You are still improperly using the possessive pronoun "Its" (third paragraph, first line) rather than the proper contraction "It's" with the apostrophe.
ReplyDeleteAnd this after I previously corrected you for EXACTLY the same error, and for using the wrong word ("cite" rather than "site")after you corrected Gary for using the wrong word. What am I to do with you??
Why elwood, I am happy to have found so much common ground with you that ALL you can find to criticize is my grammar. We all need proofreading now and then, although I must note that while I am aware of these things, fast typing into a commbox is more prone to error and less deserving of careful proofing than most prose.
ReplyDelete(Gary's spelling error did substitute an entirely different word and change the meaning of what he said substantially, which is why he promptly corrected it.)