Zionist Fanatics Practice Serial Vandalism in Paris

[JohnyCanuck]

By DIANA JOHNSTONE

Paris.

Thousands of books drenched in cooking oil – that is the latest exploit of the Zionist fanatics who regularly attack property and people in Paris and get away with it.

In the early afternoon of Friday, July 3, five men, mostly masked, stormed into the “Resistances” bookstore located in a quiet residential neighborhood of the 17th arrondissement in northwest Paris. To the startled women working in the shop, as well as two customers, they announcing that they were from the Jewish Defense League and began ripping books off shelves and tables, dousing them heavily with cooking oil, and then smashing four computers before leaving rapidly in a waiting vehicle.

The bookstore is owned and operated by Olivia Zemor and Nicolas Shashahani, who are also the leaders of the very active militant group CAPJPO-EuroPalestine (CAPJPO stands for Coordination des Appels pour une Paix Juste au Proche Orient). In addition to a wide collection of books on the Middle East and other subjects, including fiction, the bookstore has a reading room and a lending library, gives courses in English and Arabic, and possesses a modest but well-attended auditorium where authors are invited to speak.

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But, he stresses, this is only one in “hundreds of violent actions” carried out by the French version of the banned US Jewish Defense League in recent years. There is no reason to expect them to stop so long as they can count on indulgence on the part of French authorities and the silence of the mainstream media. The vandalism on the Resistances bookstore was reported by the French news agency AFP, but the dispatch was apparently carried only by the small tabloid Le Parisien and not by the major newspapers, much less by television. Usually, almost the only people who are informed about such events are in the politically active circles targeted for intimidation.

http://www.counterpunch.org/johnstone07062009.html

[geek tragedy]

1. Yes, the great evil Jooooowish conspiracy has hit Paris.

The JDL are terrorists and thugs disowned by all supporters of Israel. But, don't expect to read that bit of nuance in a an anti-semitic shitrag like Counterpunch.

[JohnyCanuck]

2. Disowned by all supporters of Israel........

but apparently not by Israel itself.

LDJ or Betar members also have the advantage of a “sanctuary” – Israel. On October 25, 2006, a 68-year-old pro-Palestinian radical militant, Ginette Hess Skandrani, was attacked in her own home by three unknown men who beat her savagely, explaining only “you know why”. Hospitalized, her head wounds required several stitches. Last February 4, her aggressors were finally convicted and sentenced, but:

-- one of them, Ruben Colleu, was sentenced to two years in prison, of which 18 months were suspended – but he had already fled to Israel.

-- the second, Stevel Elie, was sentenced to three years in prison – but the French court had already given him permission to go to Israel “to do his military service” in Tsahal.

-- Only the third, Mike Sfez, was still around. Like Colleu, 18 months of his two year sentence were suspended, and the remaining six months could be transformed into social work.

http://www.counterpunch.org/johnstone07062009.html

[Behind the Aegis]

5. Try again...from your OWN posted article!

" A protest demonstration has been called for the evening of Wednesday, July 8, to demand that the government finally ban the JDL, just as it has already been banned in the United States and Israel."

[JohnyCanuck]

9. But then they still allow these French criminals refuge in Israel

and apparently even allow them to serve in the Israeli army. Which would make sense. Judging by the Israeli armies behavior in the recent assault on Gaza, these types would fit right in.

[LeftishBrit]

13. The Law of Return makes it difficult to exclude any Jew; but not impossible

If a person is a fugitive from justice, or deemed dangerous to the State of Israel, they can be excluded. As the JDL and related groups are banned as terrorists in Israel, I should think such people can be excluded; but no doubt a certain number get through.

As far as serving in the army, it's not a question of being 'allowed': military service is essentially compulsory in Israel.

[arcadian]

3. Damn, you're spinning so much it's hard to tell what direction you're going in.

Why don't you get this moved to I/P where nobody will see it. I'm sure you have aleted on it already. :eyes:

[IntravenousDemilo]

4. Since they were masked, is there a possibility that they were agents provocateurs? n/m

[anigbrowl]

6. self-professed militant group targeted by other militant group: film at 11

[Kurska]

8. Well if you're going to name yourself "Resistance" don't be shocked if you encounter some.

Anti-Semitic feeling is out of control in France, I'm not surprised Jewish fighting organizations are starting to pop up there.

[Dorian Gray]

11. Pretty much....

[Kurska]

7. This will be moved to I/P and then locked because Counterpunch is a banned source there.

Don't believe everything you read on the internet kid.

[cali]

10. Anti-Semitism is a bigger problem in France than "Zionist Fanatics"

You will never find Counterpunch decrying that. Have they done even one story on the hideous torture and murder of the young Jewish man who was abducted? Not to my knowledge.

[Dorian Gray]

12. Exactly

there are way more instances of anti-semitic vandalism and crime in France. This story (if true) shocks me in that it's the first instance of the reverse I've heard of. Doesn't make it right.

[LeftishBrit]

14. Very true - as is anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim violence by locals.