France to curb anti-Jewish Arab TV broadcasts

[GabysPoppy]

PARIS - France will soon pass a law to curb anti-Semitic television broadcasts coming from the Middle East and fine satellite operators who distribute anti-Jewish programs, Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin said on Saturday.

Raffarin told the annual dinner of the Representative Council of French Jewish Institutions (CRIF) that he and several cabinet ministers had seen some of these broadcasts and found them "unbearable to watch (and) revolting."

This followed an appeal by CRIF President Roger Cukierman to block anti-Semitic broadcasts from the Middle East, which officials here say encourage Muslim youths in France to attack Jews to take revenge for Israeli policy against the Palestinians.

"I believe deeply that our struggle against hate must take on a new dimension," Raffarin said as he announced the government would submit a bill to parliament to enable French judges to stop a satellite station that broadcasts anti-Semitic material.

http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/389318.html

[GabysPoppy]

1. More from France

France earmarks $18.6 million for security at Jewish institutions


http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/390403.html

PARIS - France has earmarked $18.6 million to help boost security for Jewish schools, synagogues and offices threatened by recent anti-Semitic attacks, Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy said yesterday.

"This is not just a problem for the Jews," he told the National Assembly. "Every time a Jew is attacked because he's Jewish, it's a stain on all of France."

"We are determined to eradicate anti-Semitism in this country," he said, adding that attacks on Jews and Jewish property had fallen by 37 percent between 2002 and 2003.

Also yesterday, Justice Minister Dominique Perben said police in the eastern town of Macon had opened an inquiry after a Jewish singer was harassed with cries of "dirty Jew" and "death to Jews" as she sang a song about Jerusalem last week.

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[MikeGalos]

2. Bravo!

It's nice to see France actually doing something about the growth of racist hatred in their country. Now, if only the rest of the world would take hating Jews as a bad thing...