A substantial crowd of French Jews who gathered in Paris to protest recent incidents of Jew-hatred (such as the gang rape of a 12-year-old girl) discovered to their chagrin that they have almost no “ecumenical” support for their cause. They’ve also learned not to trust the words of politicians — which is something they should have known already.
The following video shows a French TV report on the demo in Paris. Many thanks to Gary Fouse for the translation, and to Vlad Tepes and RAIR Foundation for the subtitling:
Video transcript:
| 00:03 | A demonstration has started this evening, in Paris, in front of the Hôtel de Ville. | |
| 00:06 | We are joined by Marie Schuster. Marie, good evening. You are at the scene. | |
| 00:11 | Tell us a little bit about this. First of all, is there a big crowd? | |
| 00:16 | Yes, well, indeed, behind me, at the Place de l’Hôtel de Ville in Paris, | |
| 00:22 | about 800 people are gathered by the call of the collective “Nous Vivrons”, | |
| 00:28 | a gathering that was organized in less than 24 hours. | |
| 00:32 | So, a lot of people, a lot of people of Jewish faith. | |
| 00:36 | We have been able to meet with some of them, who lament, by the way, | |
| 00:39 | that there is no national unity around anti-Semitism. | |
| 00:43 | They deeply lament that there are not more demonstrators of the Muslim faith, | |
| 00:47 | or of the Catholic faith, who come to support them, | |
| 00:51 | following this aggression and this anti-Semitic rape, | |
| 00:55 | and who come to support them in the fight against anti-Semitism in France. | |
| 00:59 | They also lament that few politicians are present here with them tonight. | |
| 01:05 | And yet, there are some politicians present tonight, | |
| 01:09 | since the Minister of Justice, Éric Dupont-Moretti, himself, | |
| 01:12 | spoke just a few minutes ago at the tribune. | |
| 01:15 | The Minister of Justice, who was thoroughly booed. | |
| 01:18 | A lot of demonstrators with whom we interacted explained to us | |
| 01:21 | that they blame politicians first of all | |
| 01:25 | for throwing gasoline on the fire for months. | |
| 01:28 | Éric Dupont-Moretti, who quickly came out of the tribune | |
| 01:31 | faced with an audience that did not receive him at all. | |
| 01:36 | This demonstration also shows the extent of the disarray of the Jewish community in France, | |
| 01:41 | which feels, as we were told, abandoned by the Republic, | |
| 01:45 | Jews of France who no longer believe in the words of politicians. | |
| 01:53 | Thank you Marie. This was Marie Schuster, live from Paris, at the Hôtel de Ville, in Paris. |
They are clearly unfamiliar with the Torah( Old Testament) the operating manual for Jews. This is the most important lack in their existence and G-d is reminding them of who is in control.