Schlaglicht Israel Nr. 05/12 Aktuelles aus israelischen Tageszeitungen 8. März – 25. März 2012 1. Attentat von Toulouse Bei einem Attentat auf eine jüdische Schule in Tou­louse tötete der Attentäter sieben Menschen, darun­ter einen 30-jährigen Religionslehrer, zwei seiner kleinen Söhne(sechs und drei Jahre alt) und die achtjährige Tochter des Schulleiters. In Israel ent­fachten diese Morde eine Debatte über sich radikali­sierenden Antisemitismus in Europa sowie über die Sicherheit von Juden in der Diaspora. Heftig kritisiert wurde die EU-Außenbeauftragte Catherine Ashton dafür, dass sie am Rande eines Treffens mit palästi­nensischen Jugendlichen in Brüssel das Schicksal der in Toulouse ermordeten drei Kinder mit dem von in Gaza bei Militärschlägen getöteten Kindern ver­glichen hat. Jews, Get Out of Europe! „For as comfortable as life might be in the arrondissements of Paris, it is time for the Jews of France to come home. Before it’s too late, they should leave for Israel. The situation will only wors­en. Anti-Semitism is an eruption of barbarism in our civilization and the Jews have always been a ba­rometer of tolerance. Europe is living its new night­mare and classical anti-Semitism has become a potent and dangerous mix in countries with enor­mous Muslim populations. We will not be surprised if one day, under the Eurabian banner, these new Eu­ropeans will try to expel the descendants of the Hol­ocaust from the land of Israel. This second Shoah will be called“Peace and Justice for Palestine”. AS, Giulio Meotti, 20.3.2012 Anti-Semitism is mental illness „This act was not the product of mental illness, even if the murderer is now thought to be a serial killer. Actually, anti- Semitism itself is the mental illness. (...) Any Jew, whether in Paris or San Francisco, who looks at photos of members of the Toulouse Jewish community in and around the Ozar Hatorah school, with their external signs of Jewishness like kippot, can’t help but wonder: Will they bolster sec u­rity at the University of Toulouse, for example? The answer is clear. Security will be mainly be reinforced near Jewish and Israeli institutions. And not only in France. No wonder our sense of victimhood has increased.“ IHY, Yaakov Ahimeir, 20.3.2012 The day Europe died „The EU’s foreign policy chief, condem ned the mas­sacre while making note of children dying in Gaza. Such disgraceful equation reflects an incredibly twisted value system coupled with total blindness in the face of global and Mideastern reality.(...) It is no wonder that Hamas rushed to praise Ashton for her statements,(...). The European Union’s embarras s­ing“clarification,”(...) made no difference. If any­thing, it further demonstrated Europe’s spineles s­ness and the tendency to shift positions and ap­pease different groups, without adhering to a credi­ble, enduring moral compass. All that remains now is to watch the deterioration of the“old continent” into a new, murky horizon. On the one hand, Islamization trends are expected to grow, while on the other hand, radical nationalistic parties will con­tinue to gain strength. Europe of the late 20th Centu­ry, which vowed to uphold the banner of tolerance and liberalism, will slowly turn into a chaotic, angry region where various groups are fighting each other while shunning genuine moral values.(...) After all, her words accurately reflected the mood of her de­cayed, dying continent.“ JED, Yigal Walt, 21.3.2012 Israel, the Jewish haven „Despite all the doubts, Israel is the safest place in the world for Jews.(...) Indeed, a Persian leader is currently weighing options for annihilating the Jews. (...) Indeed, tens of thousands of missiles are cur­rently facing us from all directions. But where in the 1