Anti-Jewish Mobs in Europe Protest War in Gaza

[King_David]

In the Parisian suburb of Sarcelles anti-Semitic violence ran rampart on Sunday, July 20th

All around the world, Jewish communities are being harassed and tortured, as blame falls on all Jews for the conflict between Israel and Palestine. Violent protests flared last weekend, against Israel in Paris, while peaceful demonstration occurred around the world, including London, Chile, and Belgium. In Paris, thousands of protestors joined in anti-Semitic hate marches against Israel, in defiance of the ban on pro-Palestinian protests.

In Paris, police had banned Saturday, July 19th’s demonstration following brutal anti-Semitic violence after similar marches. France's Prime Minister Manuel Valls defended the decision to not allow Parisian protests. Hundreds of people, including many women and children, took to the streets regardless, and there were cheers as two Israeli flags were burned in front of the crowd. "We are all Palestinians," chanted the protesters. Some threw stones at the cordons of riot police before running off, starting a game of cat-and-mouse with police. In the resultting running clashes, two small vans were set on fire, as well as numerous bins, while the streets were littered with broken glass and debris.

Despite the ban, a second violent anti-Israel protest flared on Sunday, July 20th, in the Parisian suburb of Sarcelles, a large community of Sephardic Jews. Hundreds gathered in Sarcelles; dozens of local youth broke windows, looted shops, set cars on fire and attacked a synagogue.

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[R. Daneel Olivaw]

1. Violence is never the answer. Neither is the wholesale murder of Palestinians.

[HooptieWagon]

2. Anti-Jewish protests are only going to increase...

... as the death toll of Palestinian civilians increases. Some people aren't going to discern the difference between the government of the Jewish State, and Jews living elsewhere who may or may not support its actions.

[King_David]

3. It's not a new phenomenon and has nothing to do with Israel

It is however , the reason that Israel exists.

[HooptieWagon]

4. I realize that.

But the protests didn't spring from a vacuum, and not everyone knows, or cares, about the difference between the Jewish State and Jewish religion.

[aranthus]

5. Oh they know the difference between Jews and Israel, it's just that

they only recognize the difference when it suits them. These same people will turn around and claim that they aren't anti-Semitic; they are just protesting Israel.

[King_David]

6. Exactly

That's very common and fascinating to watch this reversal everywhere in Internet forums too.