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November 18, 2003

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Jacques Chirac has rightly responded to growing anti-semitism in France by convening a special cabinet meeting and so on. But one part of his post-meeting press conference caught the eye:

"When a Jew is attacked in France, it is an attack on the whole of France," the president told journalists after the meeting.

"For centuries and centuries our fellow citizens of Jewish faith have been at home in France, as much as any other French man or woman. Anti-Semitism fully contradicts the values on which our country is built," he said.

Let's review a little, shall we? Alfred Dreyfuss in the 1890s. The Vichy regime from 1940-44. General intellectual anti-semitism.

Not really a great track record. Certainly not "centuries and centuries" worth.

 posted by Simon on 11.18.03 at 05:33 PM in the




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Uh, if I may, referring to your third example, to disagree with the policy of the State of Israel is not anti-semitism. Presently, the vast majority of European is very unhappy with what Israel is doing, but it does not qualify as anti-semitism, and is not at all driven by any kind of anti-semitism.

 posted by: Alexandre on 11.18.03 at 06:39 PM [permalink]

You might want to read an article by Natan Sharansky on the roots of anti-semitism. In the Novermber issue of Commentary magzine. Think you can find it at
www.opinionjournal.com

 posted by: Virginia on 11.19.03 at 07:07 AM [permalink]




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