Israel Matzav

Raus Juden Raus

Greetings from Paris Charles De Gaule, where there is no Kosher food available that I have found :-(

Meanwhile, in neighboring Germany, the Nazis of the past have arrived in the present and the only one condemning them is the head of the German Jewish Community. Dieter Graumann, the President of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, condemned an assault against an 83-year old man who was attending a rally for three kidnapped Israeli teenagers in Hamburg on Friday.

"The fact that here in Germany such pure hatred of Israel culminates in assaults, is frightening and extremely worrying. We wish the injured a speedy recovery and trust that the authorities quickly identify the perpetrators and hold them accountable," Graumann was quoted as saying.

The rally in support of the three kidnapped teens was organized by the German-Israeli Society of Hamburg and the organization Hamburg for Israel. Counter-demonstrators surfaced shortly after it began.

The 83-year-old victim who was brought to hospital for treatment was pushed to the ground so violently that he suffered a head-wound and was unable to walk, according to the Judische Allgemeine.

When the victim's daughter tried to help her father she was also kicked by the counter-demonstrators, according to the report. 

Inga Dinslage, Spokesperson for the German-Israeli Society of Hamburg was shocked by the attack.

Shocked? Why shocked?

Raus Juden Raus! (Leave Jews leave!).

Actually, from what I saw on a business trip to Frankfurt 13 years ago, it would probably be more effective to give that warning in Russian or Hebrew than in German.

In January 2009, German police broke into a private home in Duisberg, in Western Germany, and removed an Israeli flag from a window because Muslims found it annoying (the flag is pictured at the top of this post). Although the Germans eventually apologized for that incident, in September 2009, a German student was fined 300 euros (about $450 at the time - much less today) for displaying an Israeli flag during a 'spontaneous' demonstration by Muslims. And in October 2009, fellow blogger Robert Spencer traveled to Germany to violate a ban on displaying the Israeli flag during demonstrations.They've really changed in the last 70 years, haven't they?

Labels: European anti-Semitism, Germany, kidnapping, Palestinian terrorism

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 3:36 PM