France Says It Must Not Be Arab-Jewish Battleground

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[RCW2001]

France Says It Must Not Be Arab-Jewish Battleground
Last Updated: April 02, 2002 12:10 PM ET
By Rebecca Harrison PARIS (Reuters) - France must not become a battleground where Jews and Muslims re-enact the bloody Middle East violence, national leaders said Tuesday after a series of attacks on Jewish targets in the country. Unknown arsonists tried to burn down a building at a Jewish cemetery in Strasbourg Monday night, following attacks on synagogues and a Jewish butcher's shop over Easter weekend. Right-wing pro-Israeli activists clashed Tuesday with Palestinian supporters waiting at a Paris airport for militant French farmer Jose Bove, deported from Israel after visiting Arafat in his besieged office. "Showing solidarity over the Middle East conflict is one thing. But it's totally unacceptable that this leads to conflict between communities, that some blame Jews for what is happening there, and others Arab circles," Socialist Prime Minister Lionel Jospin told RTL radio. President Jacques Chirac decried the violence after meeting a delegation of Jewish students. Police quickly stepped in to break up the fighting at Paris-Orly airport but the pro-Palestinian group continued to chant: "We are all Palestinians" and "Fascist Zionists." In Germany, a gang of seven or eight men attacked two American Jews walking on one of Berlin's smartest streets on Sunday after visiting a synagogue. In Brussels Monday, unknown assailants hurled firebombs at a synagogue. BATTLEFIELD ANNEX? The French daily Le Figaro voiced concern about rising tension between France's Jewish community -- Europe's largest -- and its four to five million Muslims, suggesting the country could become "an annex of the battleground in the Middle East." Jewish leaders in France said the attacks might signal a fresh wave of anti-Semitism reminiscent of the Nazi era. Israel's ambassador to France said young Arabs were behind recent anti-Jewish attacks that were directly linked to the worsening Middle East violence. Tuesday Israeli troops with tanks invaded more West Bank towns after a wave of Palestinian suicide bombings. "I am worried about all these acts," ambassador Elie Barnavi told LCI television. Some Jewish leaders say violence against Jews in France has shot up since the start of the Palestinian uprising against Israel 18 months ago. They accuse the French government of turning a blind eye to what they call organized terrorism. "The French government is very good at speaking out against right-wing extremism. But it has laryngitis when it comes to anti-Semitism," Abraham Cooper, associate dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center monitoring neo-Nazi activity worldwide, told Reuters by telephone from the center in Los Angeles. The European Union's European Monitoring Center on Racism and Xenophobia said it had recorded a rise in attacks on Jewish communities in Europe, but said this followed the September 11 attacks and was unrelated to Middle East violence. In January, Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Michael Melchior said France was "the worst western country for anti-Semitism." Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon made similar comments. Saturday, the day after Israeli tanks surrounded Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's headquarters in the West Bank town of Ramallah, thousands joined pro-Palestinian protests across France, one of the first western nations to advocate an independent Palestinian state. (Additional reporting from Brussels and Berlin)

[Brellium]

Well Viche France we quite willing to help the Nazi's and willing expelled many jews, doesn't suprise me in the least that the same lands that were once Viche are again targeting Jews.

On a side note: 42 months equals 3 1/2 years or as Christ said days day and a half or in Revelations as times time and a half. Also 42 months equals 1260 days as the old Christian calender was 30 days to a month, thus 42*30=1260 or the number mentioned in the Revelations also. Normally this would all be moot, but as Christ laid it out it was years. Prophecy requires 40 to any number to symbolize years, and thus in the Christian calender there were 360 days which the days are divisable by 40.

The question then becomes when does the 1260 year prophecy start?

[rmlew]

Michael2001 wrote:
"Jews were here while we were still a part of England."

Tom Schmancy responded:
Not quite true since their numbers were very few. The significant influx of jews into the US was at the turn of the last century. Later after jews gained politcal and financial power they were able to create a zionist state through their power in the US and Britain.

Economic power. As opposed to the Oil companies or companies trading with Arab countries?
Everyone has a lobby, but you only see one lobby. Interesting.

In my opinion, their power has tainted and corrupted the foreign policy that our founding fathers wanted, neutrality.
Would that be the Democrat-Republicans who wanted to intervene on the side of the Revolutionary French or the Federalists who fought a quai war with them?
Was it Jefferson who helped arm Simon Bolivar and fought the Barbary Pirates or James Monroe with the Monroe Doctrine, decalring US control over the hemisphere. Perhaps it was Madison and the Hawks who tried to conquer Canada in 1812.

The truth is that the Founding Fathers were split on foriegn policy. Also, many of those who supported neutrality did so because the US was weak and could not risk fighting the Great Powers. Today we are the Superpower.

On september 11th we paid the price for our international bias when The World Trade Center (not The American Trade Center) was attacked.

Was that the bias to prop-up Arab regimes and give them arms against Israel or the support for Israel? The Us has played both sides.

Our founding fathers warned us, and if we continue to ignore what they've said (which Bush and the internationalists are wont to do) we'll surely suffer the consequences.

Please see above about the Foudning Fathers.
Tom, are you new or just a retread?

[SauronOfMordor]

Once again Larry, the idea that all Jews are Liberals is exposed as a falsehood.

Not all are, but a large majority are. I'm married to one of the few Republican/Libertarian ones. My sister-in-law is also Republican, but she's a Messianic Jew (Jews-for-Jesus) married to a Baptist Christian, so I'm not sure if she counts. All the rest of my in-laws are raving Democrats, though

[SauronOfMordor]

That being said, it seems more likely to me that bin Ladin's real problem is with the House of Saud. Striking directly at the House of Saud is not feasible right now, but we support the House of Saud, so we become a target. And the Palestinian issue is merely a cover, sufficient for the naivete that runs rampant in the Middle East...

Follow the money. The fate of the Palestinians, one way or the other, will not line anyone's pockets

But whoever replaces the House of Saud, will be in control of trillions of dollars in oil assets...

[Michael2001]

The majority of supporters of Israel in this country are not Jewish.

[freeasinbeer]

Without a doubt one of the funniest posts I have seen. Bravo!

[section9]

Speaking of funny, haven't the French surrendered yet?

Be Seeing You,

Chris

[wattsmag2]

COMING SOON

TO A COUNTRY NEAR YOU

MUSLIMIFADA

[rmlew]

I'm glad to see that the words of Jefferson and Washington have little importance to a modern and more enlightened person like yourself. I wonder how you feel about the outdated constitution that they wrote?
If you would review post# 83, you would know that was talking about the founders. If I am an enlightened liberal, then you are an illiterate.
To be fair, I never directly mentioned Jefferson, though I did so indirectly. The War with the barbary Pirates occured during his watch. Moreover, as Secretary of State and later VP, Jefferson supported going to war against Britain to defend France, pursuant to our void Treaty with royalist France.

By the way, our being a superpower will only last for so long. Have you ever heard of the term "imperial overstretch"?

True. That is one reason why I support a strong Israel checking the Arab countries. If Israel does it, the US doesn't have to.

[Michael2001]

I prefer to ally ourselves with the 1.2 billion muslims in this world instead of the 17 million jews, after all I see one group being slightly outnumbered. Call me practical.

I prefer to ally with the side of good. Call me naive