Who Will Protect European Jews When Public Schools Are Turning Jewish Students Away Because of The Implicit Threat Of Violence Coming From Muslims?

Who will protect the Jews?

From the Copenhagen Post:

A number of school administrators have come forth in recent days to confirm that they recommend Jewish children should not enrol at their schools.

According to school administrators, law enforcement officials and social workers, the on-going conflict in Gaza has led to heightened tensions between Jews and Arabs - particularly Palestinians - here in Denmark.

And although few headmasters of schools have faced the situation, most of those at schools with a high percentage of children of Arab descent say they try to prevent Jewish parents from enrolling their children there.

On Monday, headmaster Olav Nielsen of Humlehave School in Odense publicly admitted he would refuse Jewish parents' wish to place their child at his school.

The comments were made following an incident last week in which two Israeli citizen's were shot and wounded at a city shopping centre. Police believe the incident was a reaction to the Gaza conflict.

Other headmasters have now come forth to support Nielsen's position, adding that they are putting the child's safety first.

At Caroline Skole in Copenhagen's Østerbro district, video cameras watch over the playground and entrances of the school, which is surrounded by a 2.5 metre-high barbed-wire fence.

One parent whose child goes to the Jewish school said thinking about the extra security can be disturbing at times, but she felt it was necessary.

Rabbi Bent Lexner called the headmasters' concern 'theoretical. In reality, Jewish parents would never try to enrol their child in those schools.'

Public schools are instruments of the government. The governments first job is to protect the people from violence. If the government can not do that, then the government is illegitimate.

When a democratically-elected government becomes illegitimate the answer is to elect a new government. But, if all of the established political parties are pre-disposed towards anti-Israeli sentiments, then the Jewish people of Europe have little reason to see hope on the horizon.

The question is, is anti-Israeli sentiment the equivalent of anti-Semitism. My answer to that question is this; if the only political solution envisioned by a political party is one that will lead to the destruction of the Jewish sanctuary state of Israel then, yes, the policy of that party is, indeed, anti-Semitic.

Are there any mainstream political parties in Europe which do stand, uncompromisingly, for the continued existence of the state of Israel? And, if there are not, then the question is, do Jewish citizens have any reason to believe that they have a place in Europe?

Baron Bodissey poses an important question:

Who Defends the Jews of Antwerp?

In the nine days since Israeli operations against Hamas began, mass demonstrations against Israel and in support of “Palestine” have taken place in major cities all over the world. Some of them have escalated into violent confrontations with counter-demonstrators and the police, and attacks have been launched against Jews in the United States, Denmark, Sweden, the Netherlands, and Belgium, among other countries.

Muslim immigrants are prominent among the anti-Jewish demonstrators, but they are by no means the only participants. In Europe, indigenous fellow travelers from various political parties take part in the shouting and stone-throwing alongside their keffiyeh-clad immigrant comrades.

Notably absent from these appalling outbursts are representatives of the “right-wing extremist” parties. Communists, Anarchists, Socialists, and various and sundry other parties of the Left are well-represented among the supporters of Hamas, and occasionally join in with the “back to the ovens” Jew-hating chants.

But the “neo-fascist” parties are not involved. You won’t find Dansk Folkeparti (Danish People’s Party), or Sverigedemokraterna (Sweden Democrats), or Partij Voor Vrijheid (Party for Freedom) amongst them.

And you especially won’t find Vlaams Belang.

In fact, the leaders of Vlaams Belang have been prominent and consistent supporters of Flemish Jews since the crisis began — and for a long time before that. As far as I can determine, no other Belgian political party actively and openly supports Israel. See a couple of previous posts for more information.

This post is not to be viewed as an endorsement of Vlaams Belang. Instead, it is an acknowledgement that, as far as I can tell, Europe has turned it's focus, once again, to the black art of anti-Semitism. The Jews of Europe do not have any mainstream political party which represents their interest, except in the most meagre of ways. 

At this point, I believe, it is probably true that a Jewish person could call the police and expect help. In fact, it was the police that followed the Muslim rioters into the Jewish neighborhood of Antwerp the other day to lend protection to the residents therein. 

That means, to some extent, Jews can still rely on their rights as citizens. But, can they be assured further protection if the policies of the political parties continue to become more aligned with the Islamic world, and less traditionally Western?

Are the Jews the proverbial canary in the coalmine? I think they are. And so, I would expand Baron Bodissey's question; Who will protect the citizens of Europe from their governments?