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| London Becomes a Leading Destination for French Jews After Attacks |
| 2016-04-22 |
| [NYT] LONDON -- For Kevin Nakache, the breaking point came last year. First, one of his friends was gunned down in the attack on a kosher supermarket in Paris a few days after the Charlie Hebdo massacre. Then, in October, Mr. Nakache’s former Hebrew teacher barely escaped a knife attack in Marseille, his hometown in southern France, where violence against Jews is on the rise. Fed up, Mr. Nakache decided last fall to follow many other French Jews and leave the country. But rather than going to Israel, an increasingly popular destination for those choosing to leave France after the Charlie Hebdo attacks, or the United States, Mr. Nakache chose to emigrate to London, joining a growing stream of French Jews who see the British capital as a convenient and less threatening option as France grapples with the radicalization of young Muslims and a rise in anti-Semitism. "When people around you get attacked, it’s frightening," he said. "You start thinking you’re next." Watching the terrorist attacks on Charlie Hebdo unfold, "I just knew that the next victims would be Jews," he said. He was right. Four Jews, including his friend, died in the kosher supermarket in Paris after being taken hostage with 25 other shoppers by a militant claiming allegiance to the Islamic State. More recently, after Mr. Nakache left, a rabbi in Marseille was nearly hacked to death by a supporter of the Islamic State. "For goodness sake," he said, "why do they have to kill us just because we’re Jews?" |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #5 "For goodness sake," he said, "why do they have to kill us just because we’re Jews?" If snakes were more like bunnies or crows like songbirds, I would kill fewer snakes and crows I suppose. Social isolation and early indoctrination define behavior. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2016-04-22 11:42 |
| #4 London, the US, Francophone Canada -- probably in that order in terms of numbers of Frenchmen who've left France since Hollande became president, which includes French Jews. The Jews just add Israel to the list. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2016-04-22 10:05 |
| #3 "For goodness sake," he said, "why do they have to kill us just because we’re Jews?" That's the question isn't it? Although, you could ask "Why are they killers just because they're Muslims?" Which kind of is self answering, no? |
| Posted by: AlanC 2016-04-22 08:25 |
| #2 yep. I'm pretty sure they're also not on the refugee asylum list at the White House this go around again. I seem to recall there was another 'D' occupant of that address the previous time too. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-04-22 08:24 |
| #1 Out of fire into a frying pen? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-04-22 07:58 |