On The Anniversary of the Toulouse Massacre in France by Mohamed Merah

The following by Guy Millière is reposted here with permission of Middle East Forum:

Europe: The Submission That Dare Not Speak Its Name

by Guy Millière  •  Apr 6, 2013 at 2:21 pm
Cross-posted from GateStone Institute

Exactly one year ago, a killer entered the courtyard of a Jewish school in Toulouse, France, and shot in cold blood a rabbi and three children. He said he had wanted to kill more, and to perpetrate a massacre, but that his gun jammed.

During the previous days, he had shot three French soldiers of Arab origin.

The killer was quickly located, besieged by the police for thirty two hours, then riddled with bullets when he tried to escape.

A few weeks later, his statements to the police during the siege were leaked. They showed that he defined himself as a "soldier of Islam" and that he was trained in Pakistan and Afghanistan by al Qaeda affiliates. He said that he wanted to kill French Arab soldiers because they were "traitors to their religion" and that "all traitors" had to be "eliminated." He also said that he hated "Jews," that Jews had to be "removed form the face of the earth" and that his only regret was that he did not have "the opportunity to kill more Jews." Political leaders and the mainstream media immediately said that these statements did not make sense, and they tried to describe him as a "lone wolf" and a "lost boy" who acted "irrationally." Sociologists explained that he'd had a "hard childhood," and that he'd had to face "French prejudices" all of his life. Radical Islam and hatred of Jews were almost never evoked.

In the months that followed, he became a hero -- almost a legend -- in all French Muslim suburbs.

Antisemitic Attacks Against Jews In France Increase After Toulouse

About France, on one hand we see the spread of the wildest anti-Semitism there. In France today, about 10 percent of the population are Muslims, and they of course decide the anti-Semitism that always was in Europe and is still now there, that gets different type of anti-Semitism based on anti-Israeli feelings and the propoganda. I must say that the French government are taking steps against that, but altogether if I'll have to advocate to our brothers in France, I'll tell them one thing - move to Israel, early as possible, and that what I'm saying to Jews all around the world -- I think it's a must and they have to move immediately.
Ariel Sharon, July 18, 2004, Reuters

And despite France's disdain for his warning to the French Jews, Ariel Sharon's words continue to be validated by the rabid Antisemtism in France.

If the growing disinterest in the murder of 4 French Jews in Toulouse back in March was not enough of a reminder of the dangerous situation of Jews in France, the vicious attack on 3 Jews in France over the weekend is a reminder:

Jonathan Rosenblum: Toulouse And The Difference Between Eisav and Yishmael

The following by Jonathan Rosenblum is reposted with permission:

Parashas Tzav -- Tragedy in Toulouse;
Fairness for Some

by Jonathan Rosenblum


Tragedy in Toulouse

Rabbeinu Bachye writes that Eisav is called a soneh of the Jewish people, while Yishmael is an oiyev. The difference between the two is that the former can sometimes show mercy, but not the latter. That cruelty, unmitigated by any trace of human mercy, was on ample in Toulouse last week when Mohamed Merah, a Muslim of Algerian descent, chased eight-year-old Miriam Monsonego, Hy"d, through the courtyard of the Otzar HaTorah school, grabbed her hair, and calmly executed her gangland-style, even after his first gun ran out of bullets and he had to switch to a second gun.

Early reports from Toulouse suggested that the murderer was a neo-Nazi. I hoped that would be the case. For if the killer were a neo-Nazi, there would be no sympathy for the murderer, no "explanations" of his savagery as a predictable response to harsh French laws against expressing support for Nazism. And the police would clamp down hard on neo-Nazi cells around France and hopefully be able to prevent Toulouse from spawning many imitators.

Arlene Kushner On Obama's Stabbing Israel In The Back -- Azerbaijan

From Arlene Kushner:

March 31, 2012
Motzei Shabbat (after Shabbat)

"Handwriting on the Wall"

First, an update for little Zakkai from his parents:

"After an agonizing few days (on top of the 6 agonizing weeks since this nightmare started), we have made a decision to have Zakkai undergo surgery at Children's Hospital Boston.  The surgery is scheduled for this coming Wednesday, April 4.  We will be heading to Boston on Tuesday, April 3, since he has to undergo pre-op testing in order to be cleared for surgery.