Travel Advisory

Via a link from Nuke France (Look to the right under "Blogroll"):

April 12, 2002

TRAVEL ADVISORY

FRANCE - In the last 18 months there have been over 400 hate crimes against Jewish targets in France including, in recent days, arson attacks against synagogues, Jewish institutions, beatings of Jewish school children and pedestrians and other acts of threats and intimidation in Paris, Marseilles, Lyon and other communities. As a result, the Simon Wiesenthal Center urges Jewish travelers to France to exercise extreme caution while traveling to that country.

BELGIUM - Since the Intifada II, Jews in Belgium have been subjected to threats, intimidations, and attacks including a daylight assault on the Chief Rabbi in Brussels. Many religious Jews no longer feel safe wearing the traditional skullcap in public. As a result, the Simon Wiesenthal Center urges Jewish travelers to Belgium to exercise extreme caution while traveling to that country.

For additional information and further developments, log on to www.wiesenthal.com.

In response to hundreds of inquiries, the Simon Wiesenthal Center is releasing its first ever TRAVEL ADVISORY covering two countries.

I don't recall hearing anything about this in the news back then. (Odd, how the media is all run by the Joooooooooos!) We are now hearing about similar things. This indicates that things are only getting worse. And these are the "civilized" nations of the world.