"Gaza in Île-de-France" - Synagogue near Paris firebombed. HT: Forward.
A firebomb was hurled at a synagogue near Paris, part of a string of anti-Semitic incidents in Western Europe coinciding with Israel’s assault on Hamas in Gaza.
The firebomb went off Friday night at the entrance to the synagogue of Aulnay-sous-Bois, a northeastern suburb of the French capital, according to the National Bureau for Vigilance Against Anti-Semitism, or BNVCA. No one was hurt and the fire resulted in minor damage, Le Monde reported.
On July 8, the day that Israel launched Operation Protective Edge against Hamas in Gaza, a man described as having a Middle Eastern appearance assaulted a Jewish 17-year-old girl on a Paris street near the Gare du Nord train station by spraying pepper-spray on her face, BNVCA also reported.
The girl, identified by her initials, J.L., wrote in her complaint to police that the man, who was in his 20s, shouted: “Dirty Jewess, inshallah you will die.”
France and the Paris region in particular recently have seen an elevated level of anti-Semitic attacks. BNVCA President Ghozlan warned attacks may become even more frequent because of the fighting in Gaza.
“We have seen violence increase at periods of unrest in the Middle East and this is no small part the result of incitement and anti-Semitism at demonstrations against Israel,” he wrote.
In Belleville, an eastern suburb of Paris, a demonstration Saturday by a few dozen people against Israel’s attack on Hamas featured calls to “slaughter the Jews,” according to Alain Azria, a French Jewish photojournalist who covered the event. The crowd also chanted “death to the Jews,” he said.
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Update:
1h ago in from of Roquette Synagogue. Palestine became synonymous of "go ahead,kill a Jew a day."All over the world" pic.twitter.com/UeO9JatmgD
— Bezalel Ben-Zion (@dejerusalem) July 13, 2014Israel TV live: #France Jews worshiping in synagogue literally trapped inside, surrounded by protesters chanting "Death to Jews"
— Omri Ceren (@cerenomri) July 13, 2014Video of the islamists Rioting in front of synagogue in France: http://t.co/EJIhGIHbUz
— David Shor (@IshYimini) July 13, 2014
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