The uptick in violence against Jews in Europe is a result of widespread demonization of the State of Israel, Algemeiner Editor Dovid Efune said in an interview on CNN’s Erin Burnett OutFront on Sunday.
Commenting on video footage of an Israeli reporter who was harassed while roaming the streets of Paris wearing a kippa, Efune said, “It’s this demonization of the Jewish state, which translates into antisemitic acts, and it’s something that really needs to stop and it needs to be addressed.”
“It’s impossible to guard every single target,” he said, responding to a clip of Rob Wainright, Director of Europol, detailing the steps his organization is taking to protect Jewish targets.
“You’d have to have bodyguards following around every conspicuous-looking Jew who’s walking in the streets of Europe. You cannot protect the Jewish community fully in that way. What is needed, and what is more necessary, is to go after the root causes and a lot of that stems from the indoctrination.”
The discussion on CNN follows deadly attacks on Jewish targets earlier this month and last month in France and Denmark. In Paris, four Jews were killed by an Islamist gunman as they shopped for food in a kosher supermarket right before shabbos, and in Copenhagen a Jewish security guard was shot dead outside a synagogue.
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Please explain. (Or source)
Not disagreeing, just want to understand.
He was merely pointing out that today’s anti semitism is the same as before WW2 just packaged differently. But antisemitic nonetheless.
Someone talking about the Rebbe’s believes publicly! Kol hakavod Dovid!
I don’t think Dovid is blaming CNN as causal. if he is he doesn’t it state that very clearly or directly (to #3). These outlets are not the cause of such violence even if we don’t care for how they report or what they chose to report. Dovid actually seems to be saying that this is an issue that will need to be addressed on many levels–including by accurate reporting by the media. (this seems to be happening to some degree since he is saying this on CNN, no?). I think the idea that “OUR” media is the biggest factor… Read more »
There’s the old age historic anti semitism ehich emanated from the far right. There’s also the anti semitism which emanates from the far left. Many times it gets disguised as anti zionism. The current attacks in Europe are not coming from the far right. Of course anti semitism may still be an issue amongst the far right but they don’t translate it into violence. The recent verbal and physical anti Semitic assaults are mostly coming from muslims who anti semitism is motivated by anti zionism. This is something which didn’t really exist in that past.
You are correct but… I think Dovid’s point is that CNN and other media outlets are the cause for recent aroused antisemitism through their ongoing demonization of Israel.
As if there was no anti semitism before Israel came about…
What do ou think happened to all the Europeans from the times of the holocaust, it wasn’t fashionable anymore to hate jews, so they went home nad educated their children to love them???
They use Israel as an excuse.
The founders of zionism thought that there was anti semitism because Jews didnt have a home land, now you are saying that there is anti semitism because of that homeland.
They just hate us no matter what it’s been this way for ages and it still is.
Demonization of Israel is because of anti-semitism.