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Fashionable Antisemitism
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Fashionable Antisemitism

Both the left and the right in Germany
are anti-American, Anti-Israel and Anti-Semitic
>From an interview with Ha'aretz prior to the war against Iraq, German journalist Thomas von
der Osten-Sacken gave a description of the rise of anti-Semitism in Germany that is chilling
because it describes the phenomena common today in the U.S. as well:

[Osten-Sacken] "At the moment, you can hardly distinguish between the very far right wing
and the very far left wing."

[Osten-Sacken] "The far right openly supports Saddam Hussein, saying that he is fighting the
Jews and the Americans and thus supporting the German battle. And certain left-wingers from
an orthodox left-wing tradition think that Saddam Hussein is anti-imperialist,
anti-globalization, that he is fighting for the rights of the Arabs to self-determination.
Others on the left say that Saddam may be horrible, but another American war will not solve
any problems. The war will just help Israel's interest, so we should oppose it. This is also
the governmental policy at the moment."

[Ha'aretz] "The European and Third World left have developed an ideology that unites
anti-globalization, anti-Americanism, anti-Israel feeling and, to a certain extent,
anti-Semitism. What is the internal logic behind this combination?"

[Osten-Sacken] "This is not a very new phenomenon. In the German left, these attitudes
existed during the 1920s with the idea of `a shortened anti-capitalism' that distinguished
very sharply between financial capital and productive capital, and demonized financial
capital. This idea was later adapted by the Nazis, and is in itself anti-Semitic because
Jews are identified with the circulation sphere - with banks. Whoever does not criticize
capitalism in a Marxist way, but criticizes only the surface (aspects) of capitalism - the
huge banks or the monopoly capitalists - is automatically using an anti-Semitic phraseology,
even if he is not speaking about Jews or Israel. This is what some of the anti-globalization
rhetoric is about."

[Osten-Sacken] "These associations are so deeply written inside European ... history, that
you can be anti-Semitic without even mentioning Jews. This way of thinking was kept alive in
certain Leninist groups and in the far right wing in the '60s and '70s, and now it is more
or less unfolding in the mainstream movements. It is always a question of whether these
resentments, which are quite common, are taboo or whether the government is signaling that
they can be voiced. Until 1989, anti-Semitism and anti-Americanism were taboo in Germany.
These views found space on the left and on the far right. In the middle of society, they
were hidden in the signals and phrases communicated in the subtext. Now, due to the new
international constellation, the taboo has broken down and these ideas can be found in the
mainstream."
Swastika Carved Into Jewish Girl's Face

Historical Society of Jews from Egypt
Jewish Journal - 5/29/04

What's New in Paris?

by Carole Raphaelle Davis

Anti-Semitism  is  back in fashion. In France this season, Jew-hating is
all  the  rage,  literally. Attacks against Jews and their property have
escalated  to  an alarming extent. The French Jewish community (600,000,
Jewish population) is living in a state of anxiety.

Hostile acts against Jews are posted weekly on the French language Web
sites of the Representative Council of Jewish Institutions of France
and on Hate Crime Report Center
Here are just a few examples from the
last few weeks:
A 14-year-old boy wearing a yarmulke came out of the Our metro station and
was followed by two young men. They called him a "dirty Jew" and robbed
him in front of a crowd of witnesses. The men knocked the boy down, beat
him on the head and broke his nose. The boy begged for help from
passers-by, who simply walked away.
In central Paris, a teacher from a Jewish school was beaten up by young
men, who ripped the Star of David from the teacher's neck and trampled
her.  They called her a "dirty Jew" and lit her hair on fire. They also
told her, "We're going to burn all you Jews."

A group of four young men interrupted a class in the auditorium of the
University Medical School of Saint-Antoine in Paris. They yelled, "We're
going to kill all the Jews" and, "We're armed and we're going to take you
all down."

When a Jewish student confronted the men they beat him and robbed him. The
professor who was teaching the class said nothing and the men walked out
without a care while the class looked on in silence. The dean of the
University has been told of the situation but has not yet responded.

On the walls of the Rue Des Rosiers (in the Marais, the Jewish quarter),
once again there are signs of the Star of David in yellow paint
accompanied by the slogan, "And don't forget the showers of Zyclon,"
referring to the gas used in Nazi death camps.

Also in Paris, a 12-year-old girl coming out of a Jewish school was
attacked by two men. They beat her, held her down and slashed her face
with a box cutter. They carved a swastika into her face and walked away.
Her parents have filed a police report.

A swastika carved into the face of an innocent Jewish girl proves how
anger directed at Jews in France has moved beyond mere hate-speech and
racist vandalism.  The symbols of hate have jumped from desecrated
tombstones and subway walls to the actual skin of Jews.

Unlike the last big wave of anti-Semitism in France, the people who are
committing these crimes today are predominantly first-generation
descendants of immigrants from the former French colonies in North Africa
Muslim Arabs. Radicalized Islam is taking root all over Europe, encouraged
by the international Arab press, the successes of Al Qaeda and sympathy
for the Palestinian intifada. This malignant hatred is fueled by the
Internet, where thousands of French, European and Arabic-language sites
give voice to and connect cyber-haters in Internet chat rooms.  Virtual
Jewish blood is flowing from ever-growing e-mail lists while live
screaming for Jewish blood is heard at pro-Palestinian/anti-American
demonstrations on the Grands Boulevards of Paris.  A 12-year-old Jewish
girl walking home from school in Paris is not an Israeli in "occupied
territory," but these days she might as well be. She is defenseless and we
must step forward to protect her.
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