Antisemitisk fackföreningsledare hotar judiska barn...

Generalsekreteraren i det socialistiska belgiska

lärarförbundet Hugo Deckers avskyr Israel.

Det är han säkert inte ensam om.

Däremot är han förhoppningsvis ensam om

att avreagera sig genom att hota judiska

skolbarn till livet....

Efter Israels motstånd mot UNESCO:s tokeri

att göra den fiktiva staten "Palestina" till medlem

mailade Deckers den judiska tidningen Joods

Actueel :

"If this is the (Israeli) reaction, I would be

happy as union leader to bring the Jewish

schools in Antwerp in the news. I fear you

are going to scare".

Vad är det karlen säger ?

Om detta är den (israeliska) reaktionen, skulle jag

vara lycklig som facklig ledare att få de judiska

skolorna i Antwerpen i nyheterna.

Jag är rädd att du kommer att bli skrämd.

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Kan man upfatta det som något

annat än ett direkt hot om fysiskt

våld mot de judiska skolbarnen ?

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Chefredaktören kommenterar:

In his response, chief editor Michael Freilich said:

"This is yet another proof of the new anti-Zionist

antisemitism in which Jews over the world are

threatened and accused of actions on which they

have no control." 

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He continued: "We have said many times but will

repeat it: Jews in our country are Belgians, Flemish.

They have no influence on the situation in the

Middle East.They do not go to the army, pay

no taxes and cannot vote. Yes, they have an

opinion about the conflict, and like everyone

else they are free to express an opinion about

anything and everything, whether the military

action in Libya, the euro crisis or the situation

in the Middle East. We live in a free country.

To blackmail people because of their views

or because of their religion is totally illegal."

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"The reaction of Hugo Deckers is scandalous

and reflects very little respect for our

democratic values ​​and poor knowledge

about the difference between a religion

and a nationality," Freilich added.
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European Jewish Press
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Fousesquawk
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Tillägg:
Den kraftiga reaktionen på Deckers
hotelser, inte minst från medlemmar
i hans eget förbund, tvang honom till
en lam påtvingad "ursäkt".
Joods Actueel svarade på det mailet:
You must recognize that your parallel is
completely in error, that your vague threat
against a Jewish school is frankly
scandalous and is a misuse of your position
with OCED, and you have set a poor example as
an important functionary.
You hold Jews responsible and bring the
Middle East conflict to Belgium.
In your letter, you neglect these errors.
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We are not looking for apologies or retractions.
Israel can withstand criticism as any democracy must.
We ask you to consider the consequences of your words.

"Varannan ung muslim antisemit"

Barry Rubin berättar om en tänkvärd

undersökning i belgiska skolor.

Kopplingen mellan antisemitism och

islamism, som vi ser på så många håll,

framgår här (över)tydligt:

The Flemish-language newspaper De Morgen

(link only in Flemish) has a major article about

a survey of Muslim students in Brussels high

schools. The professor who conducted the

survey concludes that half  "can be described

as antisemitic which is a very high rate.’’

Five times higher, in fact, then among Flemish-

speaking Belgians, who historically have been

relatively anti-Jewish.
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Incidentally, what was being measured here

was not antagonism toward Israel but traditional

anti-Jewish stereotypes. No doubt, the former

attitude is even stronger.
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The anti-Jewish sentiments among Muslims

don't vary depending on education level or

living standards. Obviously, they aren't

getting it from Belgian society.
"The antisemitism is theologically inspired,"

says the sociologist, Professor Mark Elchardus.

"There is a direct link between being Muslim

and antisemitic feelings. Catholics, too, are

negative toward Jews too, but their sentiments

are by far less strong.’’
**I think the following points are reasonable

to assume:

--These students don't learn anything in school

that is going to change their minds. Note that

these are overwhelmingly people born in Europe

and are native-speakers of the local language.

--Regarding the local media, given the hostility

to Israel it is probable that antisemitic

stereotypes and feelings will be reinforced

rather than diminished.

--It seems reasonable to assume that this

statistic basically applies to other European

countries.

--Hostility to Jews is likely to climb as this

sector of the population grows. It is estimated

that about six percent of Belgians today are

Muslims, climbing to ten percent in 2030. However,

the fact that these people are disproportionately

living in big cities increases their influence on

the society.

--Even though only a small proportion of Muslim

 immigrants will engage in anti-Jewish violence,

the level will increase sharply.

So will discrimination plus other activities against

Jews grow as these attitudes influence other parts

of society or, which amounts to the same thing,

non-Muslim institutions try to appease that sector

of the population.

--Pretending that this problem doesn't exist and

that only neo-fascist white skinheads exhibit

antisemitism is not going to help deal with this

issue.

--I'll bet that antisemitism and not Islamophobia

is actually Europe's number one "hate" problem

but very few politicians or leaders are going to say

that.
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Uppföljning:
Fler än hälften av muslimska
gymnasister antisemiter