Anti-Semitism Persists in France

June 11, 2003

Source: JewishPress.com

http://www.thejewishpress.com/news_article.asp?article=2486

On June 11, 2003 JewishPress.com ran an article on anit-Semitism in France, stating, "there are roughly 5 million Muslims and 650,000 Jews in France, the largest number for both communities in Europe. Most of the attacks on Jews occur in Paris suburbs and other neighborhoods where Jews and Muslims live in close proximity...The outbreak of the Palestinian intifada in September 2000 sparked a wave of Middle East-related anti-Semitic incidents worldwide, with the largest number occurring in France: 1,300 recorded since 2001, the highest level since World War II, according to the Simon Wiesenthal Center...As the number of incidents increased, some French Jews stopped turning to the police. Many accused the authorities of downplaying anti-Semitism." The article went on to look at anti-Semitism in France in-depth, surveying its "past and present."