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Politics : WAR on Terror. Will it engulf the Entire Middle East? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (4365)	5/16/2002 8:19:16 AM
From: HH	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 32591

Haim, I am no expert in European politics but I view the swing in french opinion as highlighted by the recent vote in a similar vein to that as concluded in Holland. By no means am I defending le Pen , but I view his recent success as a response to the overwhelming presence of north african ,primarily muslim, immigration in france. le Pen may be anti-semitic, but I dont think that was a factor in his success. ( I also firmly beleive it is this muslim segment of the population who are perpetrating the acts of violence against jews in europe) I am perhaps naive to anti-semitic sentiment in Europe and in particular france, but I can only express my own experiences. Having married into a french family for 27 yrs and having been affiliated with french business, I can not point to any memories of overt and blatant anti-semitism. No doubt, there exist the subtle and injurious forms of anti-semitism but no more, no less than experienced as a young protestant growing up in the deep south. (but even this is strained as it was one of my buddies who was in fact, jewish) HH