ADL Calls on President Chirac to Take a Stand
Against Rising Anti-Jewish Sentiment in France
New York, N.Y., October 30, 2001 … The Anti-
Defamation League (ADL) today expressed deep
concern over a recent rise in anti-Jewish
violence and anti-Semitic and anti-Israel
rhetoric in France. Among the latest incidents
are the burning down of part of a Jewish school
in Marseille, where arsonists left the
messages "death to Jews," and "bin Laden will
conquer."
"We are deeply concerned by the recent rise of
anti-Jewish, anti-Semitic and anti-Israel
sentiment in France," said Abraham H. Foxman, ADL
National Director, in a letter to President
Jacques Chirac of France. "In the face of this
mounting evidence, French authorities have
remained far too passive. Jewish organizations
and the Israeli Embassy have had few allies in
the expression of concern."
Mr. Foxman called on President Chirac to "come
forward with clear and strong denunciations of
the anti-Jewish violence, and incendiary anti-
Semitic and anti-Israel rhetoric. We urge France
to honor its tradition of human rights by taking
the responsibility to protect its large Jewish
community and to show understanding for Israel's
right to defend her existence."
In addition to the latest incident, last month
several young Moslems attacked a group of young
Jews who had gathered by the Champs Elysee. There
have been reports of a rising tension in the 19th
and 20th arrondissements (neighborhoods) of
Paris, where Jews and Arabs live close to one
another, and there has been a rise in the number
of acts of vandalism against synagogues in the
Paris region.
The Anti-Defamation League, founded in 1913, is
the world's leading organization fighting anti-
Semitism through programs and services that
counteract hatred, prejudice and bigotry.
http://www.adl.org/presrele/asint%5F13/3945%
5F13.asp
Against Rising Anti-Jewish Sentiment in France
New York, N.Y., October 30, 2001 … The Anti-
Defamation League (ADL) today expressed deep
concern over a recent rise in anti-Jewish
violence and anti-Semitic and anti-Israel
rhetoric in France. Among the latest incidents
are the burning down of part of a Jewish school
in Marseille, where arsonists left the
messages "death to Jews," and "bin Laden will
conquer."
"We are deeply concerned by the recent rise of
anti-Jewish, anti-Semitic and anti-Israel
sentiment in France," said Abraham H. Foxman, ADL
National Director, in a letter to President
Jacques Chirac of France. "In the face of this
mounting evidence, French authorities have
remained far too passive. Jewish organizations
and the Israeli Embassy have had few allies in
the expression of concern."
Mr. Foxman called on President Chirac to "come
forward with clear and strong denunciations of
the anti-Jewish violence, and incendiary anti-
Semitic and anti-Israel rhetoric. We urge France
to honor its tradition of human rights by taking
the responsibility to protect its large Jewish
community and to show understanding for Israel's
right to defend her existence."
In addition to the latest incident, last month
several young Moslems attacked a group of young
Jews who had gathered by the Champs Elysee. There
have been reports of a rising tension in the 19th
and 20th arrondissements (neighborhoods) of
Paris, where Jews and Arabs live close to one
another, and there has been a rise in the number
of acts of vandalism against synagogues in the
Paris region.
The Anti-Defamation League, founded in 1913, is
the world's leading organization fighting anti-
Semitism through programs and services that
counteract hatred, prejudice and bigotry.
http://www.adl.org/presrele/asint%5F13/3945%
5F13.asp
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