Franceâs politicians and community leaders have criticised the âintolerableâ violence against Parisâ Jewish community, after a pro-Palestinian rally led to the vandalizing and looting of Jewish businesses and the burning of cars. It is the third time in a week where pro-Palestinian activists have clashed with the cityâs Jewish residents. On Sunday, locals reported chats of âGas the Jewsâ and âKill the Jewsâ, as rioters attacked businesses in the Sarcelles district, known as âlittle Jerusalemâ.
Manuel Valls, Franceâs primeministersaid: âWhat happened in Sarcelles is intolerable. An attack on a synagogue and on a kosher shop is simply anti-Semitism. Nothing in France can justify this violence.â
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The government had banned a demonstration planned in Paris for Saturday, but posters were seen around the area which said âCome equipped with hammers, fire extinguishers and batonsâ and promised a âraid on the Jewish districtâ.
France has around half a million Jews, the biggest population in Europe, and around five million Muslims.
The Society for the Protection of the Jewish Communityâs figures suggest that anti-Jewish violence is seven times higher than in the 1990s, and 40% of racist violence is against Jews, despite them making up just 1% of the population.
In March 2012, a shooting spree by Mohammed Merah in the south of France left three French soldiers, three Jewish schoolchildren and a rabbi dead. The gunman claimed a connection to al Qaeda.
More than a thousand Jews have made aliyah (the term used when Jews immigrate to Israel) in the past 10 days, according to the Israeli government.
"I came because of anti-Semitism,â said teary-eyed Veronique Rivka Buzaglo, one of 430 immigrants who arrived from France the day before.
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