Kosher Grocery Assault Confirms Worst Fears of French Jews

[oberliner]

The worst fears of France’s already tense Jewish community came to be on Friday when an assailant believed to have killed a policewoman the day before took hostages at a Kosher supermarket in eastern Paris.

The suspect was killed when police stormed the market and several hostages were reportedly freed, but the fate of others remains unclear. Prime Minister Manuel Valls told reporters earlier that the suspect, believed to be Amedy Coulibaly, 32, had ties to the gunmen in the terror strike on Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday, who were killed in a separate police operation on Thursday.

The assault on the Kosher supermarket shook the Jewish community in France and abroad. As dual hostage situations unfolded, police ordered the closure of all shops in the tourist-filled Jewish neighborhood in central Paris, far from the supermarket under siege in the city’s east, according to the Associated Press. And ahead of the Sabbath Friday evening, the iconic Grand Synagogue of Paris was closed, USA Today reported.

http://time.com/3661697/paris-terror-attack-kosher-grocery-jewish/

[TexasMommaWithAHat]

1. I think many people here can understand the

the feeling of

"Not this shit again!"

[leftynyc]

10. Far too many have forgotten

the bodies are still warm and have moved onto figuring out what we can do to not piss off the vermin who get pissed off about cartoons and murder people shopping for the Sabbath. The "larger" picture is much too important for them to waste time with these piddly details (spit).

[jwirr]

23. I used exactly the same words this morning talking to a friend. This is a dangerous situtation and

blaming everyone in a group is not the answer.

I am sorry that Jewish people are getting attacked.

This has to stop before it gets so bad we cannot stop it again.

[Behind the Aegis]

3. And exactly how did Jews even play into this?

[uppityperson]

4. Beyond "us vs them"? I've no clue of why.

I do not understand the living in fear, hating and hurting each other thing. Sorry.

ETA, maybe hurting each other to give others the excuse to continue the cycle? I do not understand this.

[Behind the Aegis]

5. That's my point. My community wasn't even involved, yet is now a target.

Some keep trying to downplay it.

[uppityperson]

6. ETA this and previous post.

I do not understand this way of thinking or being, hurting each other to continue hurting each other. And I apologize for coming across as displaying as I in no way meant to.

[grossproffit]

9. Unbelievable, isn't it.

[uppityperson]

13. what, that what I wrote was misunderstood? I edited, trying to explain I was

writing about people, about the whole let's hurt each other crap. That is what I meant and my apologies for coming across reading like I meant otherwise.

[jwirr]

24. I think the roots of this attack lies in the ME and the feelings between the Arab states and Israel

there. Once it starts Jews all over the world are pulled in.

[uppityperson]

31. I self deleted because I am not able to find the words to expresses what I mean and

do not want to add to the pain from all of this crap

Jerks used some excuse to assault a kosher store, and I do not know what that excuse could possibly be that would make any sense. I do not understand the "us vs them" mentality of too many people, or the need to fear or hate someone who may be different than yourself. This whole thing is heartbreakingly awful and I fear too many will use it as an excuse to hurt others.

My apologies for posting poorly, my thoughts and words are not meeting up well.

[pnwmom]

7. Live not in fear. That didn't work out so well for European Jews in the 30's and 40's.

But now if they all just held hands and sang peace songs . . . .

[uppityperson]

12. I was talking about the larger picture of PEOPLE, not about Jewish people.

Argh. People all over of all nationalities, creeds, etc etc etc.

[TexasMommaWithAHat]

16. The Jews in France don't have the luxury of

thinking on some grand, philosophical scale. The last time they did that they lost several million people in the Holocaust.

[uppityperson]

18. I know. excuse me for ranting about how awful it is.

Excuse me for being heart broken and ranting abkut how awful that this is, will be used as an excuse to hurt and kill more French Jews and all sorts of innocent people. Excuse me for caring about people.

[TexasMommaWithAHat]

21. We'll see.

Although I despise the idea of pushback against innocent muslims in France, I suspect the "pushback" won't be deadly.

[uppityperson]

25. I do not understand people hurting each other, feeling those ways about each other

The world, life, is hard enough without this crap. There is reason to fear and that is heartbreaking

[MohRokTah]

26. If the Front National is as stupid as US wingnuts, the only deaths will be Sikh men. eom

[Yo_Mama]

8. Jews have not been attacking Muslims in France, so I view your post as a red herring.

French Jews have been leaving France in increasing numbers due to the bad security situation for them there.

[uppityperson]

11. I am talking about the larger world wide problem, not about French Jewish people

My apologies if I came across that way as I did not mean to.

[pnwmom]

17. The problem is that the OP is about French Jewish people.

[uppityperson]

19. And there will be assholes who will use this as an excuse to hurt them.

Which I think is awful. And assholes who want to continue the cycle to hurt others. Which I think is awful.

[GitRDun]

20. You hit the nail on the head!

Most of what I see is people assigning blame.

No one seems to want to work together to find ways they can move together emphasizing what we all have IN COMMON.

It's a shame.

[MohRokTah]

14. What's even worse is this has emboldened the Neo-Vichi far right party, Front National

It will be worse than it already is for French Jews if the Neo-Vichi gain power.

[Rhinodawg]

15. Its open season on Jews worldwide.

they want jews dead.

And just why are there any jews left in France ?

[grossproffit]

22. It's their home.

[KeepItReal]

27. I'm sorry Islamic fighters are killing other Muslims in obscene numbers.

This Sunni vs Shia religious war is going on non stop in Iraq, Syria.

Then add The Boko Harams of the world killing and kidnapping Christians in Africa...

Jews remain targets of these terrorist, but they are in no way the majority of victims in this murderous cycle.

[Behind the Aegis]

29. That poster said nothing about Jews being the majority of victims.

However, they are victims nonetheless and had nothing to do with the situation.

[TexasMommaWithAHat]

30. True. Islamic fundamentalists will kill each other over

differences in belief.

We should take note.

Who wants to import a Muslim "Northern Ireland" into their own country? Sovereign nations should take note. The west has had enough fighting over religion. I thought we were over that?

[uppityperson]

28. Because it is their home. Why should there not be?