Jews in France are leaving because of the anti-semitism they face, and oh, guess where Europe has one of the largest populations of Muslims? France, but I’m sure that’s a coincidence.
French Jews are leading an exodus from Europe to Israel, chased away by acts of antisemitism and a growing climate of intolerance towards the continent’s biggest Jewish community.
For the first time since Israel’s foundation in 1948, France topped the list of countries from which immigrants moved to Israel. About 7,000 left in 2014, double the number in 2013, according to figures published by the Israeli immigration ministry.
And the New York Daily News recounts the history of attacks that is leading to the exodus:
In 2012 Mohamed Merah shot dead seven people, including three children at a Jewish school, in Toulouse, southern France.
In May last year, a Frenchman shot dead four people at the Jewish museum in Brussels, in neighboring Belgium.
There were huge demonstrations in Paris, which led to synagogues being attacked, following Israel’s actions in Gaza last year.
And last month a couple were attacked in their Paris suburb home. The wife was raped, in what was described as an anti-Semitic attack.
“The reasons for these departures is the very worrying climate which has prevailed for years. It’s a phenomenon that touches all social classes and all ages of Jews in France,” said Elie Korchia, the vice-president of a prominent Jewish organization, the Consistory of Paris.
Remember how liberals keep saying America needs to be more like “tolerant” Europe? Keep this in mind of what their “utopia” really looks like.