[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by Livia

In 2012 a teacher and three children were shot dead in Toulouse, southern France. This hasn't just started with the Paris killings, it's been going on for a long time. The Jewish community are a massive target, although it saddens me to see that the community is having to be protected by armed police.

DemolitionRed mentions Jews "openly supporting Israel". Well, I don't know many Jews who do actively and openly support the Israeli state in everything they do. As for last year's military action, it started when three young Jewish hitchhikers were murdered by Hamas.

It seems sad to me that while ordinary Jewish people - not Israelis, let's make that clear - have to be protected by armed police that people are worrying about an anti-Muslim backlash.

It does more than make me 'sad' - it makes me angry and bewilders me.