Posted on 06/17/2006 6:37:29 PM PDT by white trash redneck
PARIS (EJP) --- French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy has ordered increased police protection and more patrols in a Paris Jewish neighborhood, during a visit Wednesday afternoon three days after a group of Black extremistes threatened Jews.
The men, belonging to an underground group called Tribu-KA appeared in the small commercial street of Rue des Rosiers, shouting “death to Jews” and saying they were searching for members of the Jewish right-wing groups Jewish Defence League and Beitar.
Sarkozy, who is a 2007 presidential election candidate, has been considering visiting the Marais neighborhood since he was alerted on Sunday’s anti-Semitic incident.
The minister met on Monday with Jewish community leaders who informed him of the incident and, according to EJP sources, advised him to wait before he came to Rosiers street, fearing such a visit would encourage the extremist group.
“The state’s duty is to protect all its citizens and among them the Jews," Sarkozy said after meeting with shopkeepers.
He added “nothing would be worst than if Jews started to defend themselves on their own," calling Tribu-KA’s ideology "delirious".
Sarkozy admitted that police took a long time to arrive to the quarter. On Sunday, police arrived only 20 minutes after it was alerted by shopkeepers.
A police office located less than a hundred metres from Rue des Rosiers was recently closed.
A French right-wing leader, Philippe de Villiers, was also expected to visit the Marais only a few minutes before Nicolas Sarkozy.
Legal action considered
On Tuesday the Interior Minister had asked the Justice Department to examine law suit options against the Black extremist group which marched through quarter.
In a letter addressed to Justice Minister Pascal Clement ,Sarkzoy said the group may be indicted for racist incitement.
“The public prosecution opened two investigations following the incident," Sarkozy said. “The group could be targeted as a whole and its members indicted separately.”
| Anti-Semitism is rising in France |
 In 2005, the number of anti-Semitic acts decreased in comparison with 2004. From 200 to 90 anti-Semitic acts and from 774 to 406 threats. But during the first three months of 2006, we have registered 29 anti-Semitic acts and 98 threats. Nicolas Sarkozy, French interior minister |
He said he aimed for the group to be dissolved using the 1936 law on private organised combat groups but that it would be extremely difficult since this type of procedure was rarely implemented.
Sarkozy explained why no gang member was arrested. “On a penal aspect, the men from Tribu-Ka stayed on the edge of the acceptable. They couldn’t be indicted for what they did on Sunday.”
The minister and the Justice department declared Tuesday that the group’s Internet site might be prohibited as a first measure against Tribu-KA.
First "youths", now "blacks". The French can't even name the enemy.
He added “nothing would be worst than if Jews started to defend themselves on their own,"
Quel horror!
Imagine that, jews defending themselves against french antisemites !!!
Do our MSM and government do any better? After all, what's up with this "war on terror?" That term is just as evasive as the "youths" and "blacks."
Just like in the US. Dial 9-1-1 and die.
Jews defending themselves is unthinkable to the collectiv(ist) Euro mindset.
Always has been.
They are much more comfortable watching Jews march into the ovens. So much tidier than resisting.
That's why the state of Israel horrifies (most) Europeans -- armed Jews who refuse lie down and be slaughtered.
I like Sarkozy, and I appreciate the gesture, but I don't see what's wrong with Jews trying to defend themselves. All free people should be able to defend themselves, against those that would do them harm or take away their freedoms. Besides, if the police do their job, the self defence groups can lie low, and the members go back to making a living.
And if the police fail to do their jobs? Next time, it'll be harder to throw French Jews into the ovens.
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