Europe’s Jews ‘live in fear again,’ deplores European Commission

Tags, attacks, demonstrations, desecration… The European Commission condemned, on Sunday November 5, the “resurgence” of anti-Semitic acts since the start of the war between Hamas and Israel, believing that “Jews in Europe today live in fear again”. “The surge in anti-Semitic incidents across Europe in recent days has reached exceptionally high levels, recalling some of the darkest periods in history”wrote the European executive in a press release.

“In these difficult times, the EU stands with its Jewish communities. We condemn these despicable acts in the strongest possible terms. They go against everything that Europe stands for, our fundamental values, of our way of life”, adds the European Commission. She cites Molotov cocktails thrown at a synagogue in Germany, Star of David tags on buildings in France, the desecration of a Jewish cemetery in Austria, attacks on stores and synagogues in Spain, and hostile slogans chanted. during demonstrations.

In France, since October 7, 857 anti-Semitic acts have been recorded, i.e. “so much in three weeks” that on “the whole past year”, underlined Tuesday the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin. Paris police chief Laurent Nuñez, for his part, reported on Sunday 257 anti-Semitic acts over the past month in the Paris metropolitan area. A young Jewish woman was stabbed on Saturday at her home in Lyon, with a possible “anti-Semitic mobile” according to the prosecution. Anti-Semitic tags were also discovered on Friday near a school campus in Strasbourg.