PARIS – “As in last year’s infiltration of the ‘Yellow Vests’ demonstrations by antisemitic, ant-Zionist and Holocaust denyingneo-Nazis, so yesterday, Jew-hatred was exposed at the rally inspired by ‘Black Lives Matter’, in an around the Place de la République in Paris,” stated the Simon Wiesenthal Centre Director forInternational Relations, Dr. Shimon Samuels.
Right-wing extremists unfolded a provocative banner from the rooftop of one of the surrounding buildings, whereas some in theSquare responded screaming “Sales Juifs!” (“Filthy Jews”) and chanting “Vive la Palestine!”
Stickers on lamp-posts, printed for the occasion, blared:
The Centre has requested the Paris Municipality to clear such anti-Israel political stickers... but, during this period priorto upcoming Mayoral elections, there has been little response from the authorities...
“We therefore call upon the leaders of ‘Black Lives Matter’ to publicly condemn antisemitism, whether from extreme right or farleft infiltration into their movement,” concluded Samuels.
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