The truth of the matter is the culprits are mainly the many Arabs/Islamics who have poured into Europe who are doing these things. Of course there are and always will be some white anti-Semites, but their numbers are few.
The French have been having problems with their Arab immigrants for years, such as the terrorist acts of blowing up the metros in Paris in the mid-90s.
Recently, a French man was killed by a gang of Arabs who were picking on his son in school. The father went to confront the thugs and they beat him to death. This caused much outrage in France, and it was the last straw for many people. Many of the French are sick and tired of the crime associated with these immigrants, and that is why Le Pen got enough votes for the runoff.
I don't understand why so many writers for the media want to give somewhat false impression. I believe they count on the fact that most Americans are clueless as to the fact that Europe is now full of Muslim immigrants. I know a lot of the writers are Jewish, but I feel it's unwise for them to blame the white European people over there while not mentioning the real problem which is the Arabs. I just don't think it's fair or mature, plus it could backfire on the Jews.
And were the members of this gang arrested, prosecuted, and jailed? Were the members of this gang eligible for the death penalty for this murder? Was the father allowed to carry a gun for self-defense?
I would guess that the answer to all three of these questions is "No".
If Americans are, as you say, "clueless" to the threats confronting the Europeans because of the deluge of Arabs/Islamists, could it possibly be because the Europeans spend all of their time criticizing the US and Israel, who are at least trying to do something about the situation, instead of dealing with the non-politically correct problem of getting rid of/deporting the troublemakers.
As do I. And the author is sometimes known more for his hyperbole than his consistency. Its not "the French" that are doing this although certainly France has no history to be proud of in regards to
The sizeable Muslim population with its sympathies to the Palestinian side vie with Jewish groups sympathetic to the Israeli side. The fact is that France has unfortunatly only become the latest soil on which the ongoing crisis in the mid-east has spilled over into. Simple as that.
Due to the high immigration rates from north africa whole ghettos and no mans lands that the police are afraid to venture into have grown up in French cities that never existed before. These people, many of whom have sympathies and often direct ties to groups in the mid east are now the ones that have brought the current crisis out of that region and into that one.
To look for the origins of why this is happening, it doesnt hurt to recognize the fact that France has been in the grip of the extreme left for decades. Criticism of the US, and its free market, the support for nearly flood immigration can all be traced back to this. The fact is, an official member of the mainstream Communist party held a title in the French gvt. and Jospin, as some of you know is an official member of the Socialist party. These are some of the concerns many of the mainstream right parties such as the Gaullist Chirac that have been critical of the left and the EU have attempted to bring to the table. Unfortunately, the rational debate has been nearly swept off the table by smear campaigns run by legions of the extreme left, and it has resulted in many serious issues ending up in the hands of extremist politicians.
French youths have also been attacked en masse by gangs of street thugs simply for being of ethnic French descent and being in the wrong part of town at the wrong time of day or night. These are the stories that dont get headlines. The perpetrators many times cannot be arrested because there exists a wall of silence due to cultural factors in combination with the fact that some lobbying groups resort to accusations of profiling if it is attempted.