French Jewish Teenager Attacked in Paris

From the French Blog Le Salon Beige
Translation by Stogie

An attack in a Parisian quarter: nothing but a very banal incident in our hyper-violent society. A 17-year-old Jew was attacked yesterday evening in the 19th urban district. He suffers from several broken ribs and skull fractures, and has been hospitalized in intensive care at Cochin Hospital. The victim was put into an artificial coma and is in stable condition.

The French President, abroad in Israel, announced his "deep indignation" and renewed "his complete determination to fight all forms of racism and anti-Semitism."

Five minors were arrested and held for questioning. Jewish groups have described the incident as an anti-semitic attack on an insolated person. However, confidential police sources describe a different scenario, that of ongoing scuffles over tobacco between groups of Jewish and African youths.

According to Ministry of the Interior spokesman Gérard Gachet, the motive was apparently anti-Semitism. François Fillon, Michèle Alliot-Marie, Rachida Dati, etc, all speak about a racist attack. UEJF and the National Bureau of Vigilance Against Anti-Semitism emphasize that Buttes-Chaumont Park, in the 19th borough, is a frequent scene of fights and name-calling between opposing groups of Jewish and North-African youths.

Stogie's analysis: The French news sources indicate this was not an isolated incident, but the result of ongoing strife between Jewish and North-African (spell that Muslim) youth in Paris. Of course, I do find it strange that we often hear of Jewish youth being beaten or murdered by French Muslims, but never the other way around. Maybe it isn't as morally ambiguous as the French media would have us believe.

Other sources say the boy was merely walking through a Jewish neighborhood wearing a kippa, a garment that identifies him as a Jew, when he was attacked by several youths wielding iron bars as weapons.

Update: Miguel Garroté of the French Blog Drzz reports that the 19th borough is in the process of Islamization. Jews moved to this neighborhood years ago to escape anti-semitism suffered in other districts, and the neighborhood now has 150 Jewish places of worship. After several years of peace, the Jewish community there is again subject to insults and attacks, as a result of Muslims moving in.

Garroté says the French mass media is very careful not to underscore this ongoing Islamization as a reason for the "galloping anti-Semitism" there. He calls it a "conspiracy of silence."

Aha, now we are getting to the truth.

2nd Update: A French reader writes (in the comments section):

An interesting analysis of more than 20,000 residents of France, classified by crime rates, has been published for the first time by Figaro. They are grouped by violent crimes (robbery, rape, etc) along with unprovoked assaults (because the victim gave a dirty look, wore a kipa, etc).

The statistics closely correlate with the number of African Muslims moving in [to a district], whether they be of the first, second or third generation. It seems that their mode of expression, of existence, of living is through violence, especially towards others who are not African.

This is why it is erroneous to speak of a "resurgence" of anti-Semitism. Actual hatred of Jews hasn't been seen in thirty years. What there is essentially arises from the African populations of the Muslim faith, whether northern or black. It's a new anti-Semitism, which can easily become anti-Catholic wherever Catholics are in the minority (who was it who said that Muslims respect only force?). You have to consult an analytical graph to understand the radical trends being imposed on our country.

P.S. The media take absolute precautions to avoid mentioning the ethnic origin of the aggressors...the poor things, we can't stigmatize them.

Emrys Myrdyn (translation by Stogie)