Germany, France, Italy condemn anti-Semitic demos
“Anti-Semitic rhetoric and hostility against Jews, attacks on people of Jewish belief and synagogues have no place in our societies,” German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, France’s Laurent Fabius and Italy’s Federica Mogherini said in a joint statement issued in Brussels.
The three said that while they respect demonstrators’ freedom of speech and right to assemble, they will also do everything possible to fight “acts and statements that cross the line to anti-Semitism, racism and xenophobia.”
Since the outbreak of violence between Israel and Hamas, participants at anti-Israel demonstrations across Germany have frequently used anti-Semitic slogans and also called for Jews to be gassed.
In France, pro-Palestinian youths have clashed repeatedly with police, and on Sunday set fire to cars, pillaged stores and attacked two synagogues in the Paris suburbs, while Italy has also seen pro-Palestinian demonstrations.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/berlin-bans-anti-semitic-slogan-at-gaza-protests/2014/07/22/5bc46786-117d-11e4-ac56-773e54a65906_story.html
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Well before the latest I/P battle, Europe's Muslim population has been flexing its muscles recently, especially in France, so I'm not surprised they'd take things further during pro-Palestinian demonstrations.
