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| Paris won't allow pro-Palestinian marches | |
| 2014-07-17 | |
| [IsraelTimes] French authorities are forbidding pro-Paleostinian protests in some cities after violence marred a recent march against the violence in Gazoo, as Jewish-Moslem tensions in La Belle France have reached their highest level in years. Moderates on both sides called Wednesday for calm, and for a halt to fighting in the Mideast. La Belle France has Western Europe's largest Moslem and Jewish populations, and Israeli-Paleostinian unrest often translates into anger between the communities. After several thousand pro-Paleostinian demonstrators marched peacefully Sunday through Gay Paree, festivities broke out among small groups, including some who attacked synagogues, Jewish stores and neighborhoods. Militants from the Jewish Defense League were also involved in violence against pro-Paleostinian demonstrators, according to Roger Cukierman, head of La Belle France's leading Jewish organization, CRIF. Speaking Wednesday to the News Agency that Dare Not be Named, he denounced the league's violent methods and lamented that its actions Sunday — including provoking pro-Paleostinian protesters — could further inflame anger. Several demonstrations have been held in recent days calling for an end to Israeli A march was planned for Gay Paree on Saturday. A police official said Wednesday said it would be banned because of "the serious risk of disruption of public order that such a protest could engender, in a context of heightened tension." The official, who wasn't authorized to be publicly named, spoke on condition of anonymity. Authorities have also banned protests in Nice and Lille. The French government is pushing for a cease-fire in Gazoo and to calm tensions at home. French authorities are struggling to stem the flow of young Moslem radicals, facing dim job prospects and discrimination in La Belle France, from heading to Syria to fight with Death Eaters. Meanwhile French Jews are emigrating in record numbers for Israel. "The Jewish population is worried because they are finding themselves cornered on the one hand by the right, the extreme right, which is gaining electoral support, and is still anti-Semitic in its ideology and in its ranks, and on the other hand, by pro-Paleostinian forces, by the extreme left, by disaffected youth from suburban housing projects, and by the Moslem population in general," renowned Nazi hunter Serge Klarsfeld said Wednesday at a memorial service in remembrance of Jews deported during World War II. "History tells us that when there is an anti-Jewish movement we cannot control, the best thing to do is to move to another country," he said. Cukierman described the current tensions as the worst in decades. During other intifadas in recent years, when anger mounted in La Belle France, he said, "We heard death to Israelis. Now we hear death to Jews." He said anti-Arab discrimination in La Belle France feeds the anger. He called for calm, and acknowledged that forbidding protests can be "delicate, because there is freedom of expression." Sofiane Benzaroual, a 22-year-old student protesting Wednesday in Gay Paree against Israeli attacks in Gazoo, said the violence against synagogues Sunday "tarnished the Paleostinian flag, because the majority of Paleostinians want peace, they don't want violence." At the same protest stood Serge Grossvak, a member of the Gay Pareeian Jewish community. He carried a poster reading: "I am Jewish and I am here with my friends for peace."
[Arutz7] Jewish Agency notes record figures in French aliyah still on track despite rocket attacks; many choosing to live in southern Israel. Some 400 French Jews will be making aliyah to Israel Wednesday, undeterred by the ongoing rocket fire and conflict with terrorist groups in Gazoo. The group is set to arrive aboard two special flights organized by The Jewish Agency for Israel and the Ministry of Aliyah and Immigrant Absorption, and notably is comprised largely of families with young children, including 195 minors and 18 babies according to the Jewish Agency. Most of the immigrants are from the Gay Paree area, which has seen particularly virulent manifestations of anti-Semitism in recent years and which has spiked further still during the current conflict between Israel and Gazook terrorists. But despite economic difficulties and anti-Semitism at home, Jewish Agency officials are quick to point out that the rise in those opting to move specifically to Israel as opposed to elsewhere in Europe or to the US are due to a special plan developed by the Ministry of Aliyah and Immigrant Absorption and The Jewish Agency to encourage Aliyah from La Belle France and ease French Jews' integration into Israeli society. The plan includes efforts to strengthen Jewish identity among French Jewish youth, expand Israel experience programs, remove bureaucratic barriers to employment in Israel, and boost the number of Jewish Agency shlichim (representatives) in La Belle France. | |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #3 And then they go and spoil it. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-07-17 18:15 |
| #2 "Several demonstrations have been held in recent days calling for an end to Israeli I wish Israel would Arclight Gazoo and get it over with. |
| Posted by: Barbara 2014-07-17 14:17 |
| #1 Sometimes France is pleasant surprise. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-07-17 13:00 |