joedees@bellsouth.net wrote:

>
> I'm an Israeli living in Europe. I'm all for the continued existence
> of my country - but you have to understand that the way Israel treats
> the Palestinians ishardly better than the way Arabs treat Israel. The
> Palestinians have as much right as the Israelis to the land, the way I
> see it. But now, they're forced to live in a cross between slums and
> concentration camps. Is it any wonder Arabs hate Israel? Also, you say
> most Muslims living in Europe loath Europe. Well, I live there, and
> none of the Muslims I talked to gave me that impression. Far from it.
> They were well integrated in European society, and just as opposed to
> religious violence as you and I. What I'm saying is, you're speaking
> of the world in terms of black and white - America and Israel
> represent democracy, freedom, yadda yadda yadda. And all Muslims want
> to take over the world. Wrong. Everything here is shades of gray. And
> even if it has a great moral advantage on the Islamic world, the West
> isn't a figure of innocence here.
>
Well, welcome to the US should you decide to emigrate here.
Considering all the antisemitic attacks happening in France (and in
Europe generally) lately, I'm quite sure you would be much safer over
here.
>

I've been living in France since I was six and there hasn't been a single time where I was the victim of antisemitism. Nor have my parents or my sister. I think the antesimitism here is about as marginal as in the US. True, a high percentage of votes went to the far-Right (partly because there were so many abstentions). But those were mostly people who wanted to protest against are two main parties. As a matter of fact, there were many people who voted for the far-Right who are not exactly what you'd imagine: I remember that guy who was married to an Algerian but voted for them, and many Arabs/Jews who cheered for them because they figured they would 'take care of the other side'. Go figure.