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Tuesday 4 January 2011

“recognizable Jews, orthodox Jews” ... children should emigrate from the Netherlands to Israel or the United States... “I see no future for them here because of anti-Semitism, above all among the Moroccan Dutch, whose numbers continue to grow.”

The New York Times reports the words of Frits Bolkestein, the former leader of the Liberal Party in the Netherlands, a party which now heads the Dutch government; he advised thus:
'“recognizable Jews, orthodox Jews” that their children should emigrate from the Netherlands to Israel or the United States. He said, “I see no future for them here because of anti-Semitism, above all among the Moroccan Dutch, whose numbers continue to grow.”'
I believe that I have in the past said the same about Dutch, French and indeed British Jews; the time for Jews to be able to live safely and openly in many European countries is coming to an end. Some will leave soon fearing what is coming, many will stay and hope matters do not deteriorate as feared, even more will stay until it is too late - Which camp do you fall into? Which camp do I fall into?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Is "camp" the right word to use in this context?