October 20, 2003

Rabbi Assaulted on Paris Street

A French rabbi was attacked and physically assaulted in a Paris suburb Friday on the eve of the Simchat Torah holiday weekend, French television reported.

Rabbi Michel Serfaty was walking to a synagogue in the Essonne neighborhood when several men reportedly began pushing him. One of the attackers then got out of his car and punched him in the face.

French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin condemned the attack, saying, "The government was determined to fight anti-Semitism and religious intolerance".

Well, whaddaya know...?
And on the same day old Jacques Chirac refused to allow the EU to condemn Mahathir's fatwa on Jews, too.
No matter what Froggy leaders like Chirac and Raffarin say publicly, Islmamists know that they can have open season on France's Jews with impunity.
Sure, they'll get a slap on the wrist from the gendarmes, but then they'll be released to go back on the streets and do the same or worse.