Re: And there is no telling how many of these "anti-Semitic" incidents were perpetrated by Betar/Mossad/etc.
If anything, the French Jewry put its (smear) campaign of Betar provocations on the back burner... After all, if rabbi Farhi had REALLY been assaulted by an Arab freak, he'd be interred in an Israeli graveyard by now.... (*)
Friday, February 28, 2003 Adar1 26, 5763
Uneasy calm on the French front
After two years of endless attacks, French Jewry is experiencing a somewhat quieter interlude. But some fear that a war with Iraq could trigger a renewed wave of anti-Semitism
By Daniel Ben Simon
PARIS - Gabriel Farhi came to the meeting accompanied by two bodyguards. The police car that brought him parked in front of the hotel. Since the affair that stirred up a storm in France began, his life has changed beyond all recognition. Everywhere he goes he is accompanied by bodyguards, his children are guarded on their way to school, his house is secured and the street where he lives is guarded all hours of the day. From an unknown rabbi, he has become a guarded personage. Thus shall be done to the man who has embarrassed an entire country.
The affair, which began at the beginning of last month, has still not left the public agenda. At first, Rabbi Farhi was depicted as an innocent victim, later he became a dubious victim, and at the peak he was suspected of being a criminal. Since then he has chosen to remain silent, upon the advice of his lawyer and of the police.
He came to the meeting in order to refute vicious reports that have appeared in the Israeli media. He has family in Israel and it is important to him that the Jewish people know that he has fallen victim to an evil plot. Before he took a seat in the lobby of a hotel in Montparnasse, his bodyguard made sure that he was in no danger.
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haaretz.com
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