The underside of Paris
A young Jewish man wearing a kippah was attacked and beaten severely by two men in an elevator in Paris. The below article from Il Figaro is translated by Fousesquawk.
https://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/un-homme-porte-plainte-pour-une-agression-antisemite-violente-a-paris-20200811
Investigation opened for anti-Semitic aggression in Paris
A young father was severely beaten. The attack arouses indignation from politicians
by Claire-Line Nass
Pub. 11 Agust 2020 at 11:21. Updated yesterday (12 August) at 12:17
Below photo: The attackers also stole his Rolex watch worth 10,000 euros
Thursday, August 6 at the end of the afternoon. David is going to his parents in the 19th (district) of Paris to get his 7-month-old daughter. As soon as he taps the code to enter the apartment building, two men slip behind him and follow him into the elevator. Once at the floor where David's parents live, the insults come: "Dirty Jew! Dirty race! We're going to kill you!" The two assailants, described by the young man of 29 years as being, "of African origin"- they beat him and choke him to the point of losing consciousness, then flee after having stripped him of his valuable watch. David's father, alerted by the noise, leaves his apartment and finds his son unconscious.
David files a complaint later in the evening. Examined by doctors at the medical-judicial unit of Creteil, he is excused from 10 days of work for temporary incapacity (ITT). "He was bruised everywhere, his brow and his eye were swollen. These men could have killed him. All this, just because he was wearing a kippah!" protests Sammy Ghozlan, president of the National Bureau of Vigilance Against Anti-Semitism (BNVCA). The case, assigned to the territorial security, has been opened for theft with violence, in concert, and due to religion of the victim.
Increase in the problem
"We are asking that everything be done to find the attackers. We are awaiting results of fingerprints and hair traces, and video surveillance cameras on the street are in the process of being checked by police," says Sammy Ghozhan. "If the prosecutor identifies the perpetrators, and they are brought before the criminal court, we will become a civil party," explains Mr Charles Baccouche, attorney for BNVCA. He notes, "In my eyes, there are way too many complaints of anti-Semitism; it is even shameful that an entity like BNVCA has to exist in 2020."
"Since the confinement, it's worse. I receive 3-6 reports of anti-Semitism a day"
- Sammy Ghozhan, president of the National Bureau of Vigilance Against Anti-Semitism (BNVCA).
The attack on David is part of a phenomenon of increased anti-Semitism in France in the course of recent years. Between 2017 and 2019, the number of anti-Semitic incidents, including threats like menacing gestures (homicides, leaflets, or injurious letters....) against Jews has increased 121%. In 2017, 311 anti-Semitic incidents had led to filing of complaints, against 687 in 2019, according to figures in the annual report on anti-Semitism in France, issued by the Interior Ministry and the Service for the Protection of the Jewish Community.
And this trend seems to be continuing in 2020. Since January, the BNVCA has filed "about 50" complaints for anti-Semitic acts or comments,"while last year, it was half as much," according to its president. "Since the confinement, it is worse. I receive 3-6 reports of anti-Semitic acts a day." The mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, and the president of the region, Valerie Pecresse, have expressed their concern for the victim. If he recalled that the keeper of the seals cannot intervene in an on-going affair," Eric Dupond-Moretti wrote Wednesday evening on Twitter that he knew, "the immense emotion that assails the entire Jewish community. It's the emotion of the entire nation and surely mine."
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If this were an isolated incident, it might not be so newsworthy. But as the article indicates, anti-Semitic attacks in France are common and on the rise. It is a national disgrace, and many Jews in France are choosing to emigrate in the face of the ever-increasing threat-chiefly from immigrants from the Middle East and Africa.
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