So French Jews were not so smart when they were opposing his program to limit Muslim immigration?
He's in the same vein as Lavel, Petain, Mitterand, De Gaulle and almost every other bigoted, cowardly, appeasement-minded slimeball that has led that country in the 20th century, with the possible exception of Leon Blum.
There are some Jewish voters in Beligium that aligned themselves with the Vlaams Bloc, but I think that was more of a temporary alliance of necessity.
If there was a genuinely democratic, conservative, philosemitic, patriotic party-which explicitly rejected Europe's past association with Nazism and fascism, and demanded that the Islamic fifth column be forced to either assimilate or emigrate-then I'm sure it would have the support of the remaining European Jewry, although I don't see that happening any time soon.
I've read about Megret's break with the FN-years ago-but I wasn't aware of a new political schism.
Well let's remember that on a percentage basis, French newpapers were much better at reprinting the Danish cartoons than the American media.
Okay the above is a bit off topic but among all the French bashing, I thought I might just remind folks of this.
I agree. French Jews and everyone else should have supported Le Pen while the Muslim immigration explosion was in its infant stage. Calling Le Pen an anti-Semite is a red herring and inaccurate. Opposing him in years past seems to me much more "objectively anti-Semitic" than supporting him would have been.