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MosheFeingold

(3,051 posts)
Thu Mar 22, 2018, 02:45 PM Mar 2018

Paris Taxi Driver Tried To Kill Jewish Passenger

The original of this article (with video) is here:

http://www.maariv.co.il/news/world/Article-628435

It's in Hebrew, so I will more-or-less summarize.

An Jewish tourist visiting his brother in Paris has claimed that a taxi driver in the French capital threatened to slit his throat after realizing that he was a Jewish.

The Jewish man, Ronen Edri, took a taxi to visit his brother in Paris. The radio was very loud, so Edri asked the driver to turn down the radio so he could give him the address. The driver responded "Who are you? What do you think you are? You do not live here! you have no rights here! You are not even the owner of this vehicle!”

He said the driver then cursed at him and yelled, “I will show you what Muslims do to Jews.”

The driver made a phone call in French. Edri recorded the side of the conversation he could hear. The driver said, “this son of a whore, I’m going to cut his throat in my car.”

The taxi driver would not stop and pulled out a knife. Edri then jumped out of the car and broke his ankle.

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Paris Taxi Driver Tried To Kill Jewish Passenger (Original Post) MosheFeingold Mar 2018 OP
Shit! My brother is in Paris as we speak. Behind the Aegis Mar 2018 #1
You and I both know MosheFeingold Mar 2018 #2

Behind the Aegis

(53,921 posts)
1. Shit! My brother is in Paris as we speak.
Thu Mar 22, 2018, 03:31 PM
Mar 2018

I know this is likely a very isolated incident, but still. Of course, I worry more about him getting mugged. Knocking on wood!

MosheFeingold

(3,051 posts)
2. You and I both know
Fri Mar 23, 2018, 06:44 AM
Mar 2018

This is not remotely an isolated incident.

This is the status quo in Paris and much of Europe now.

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