Comments on: Eurovision Intrigue http://www.israellycool.com/2005/03/21/eurovision-intrigue/ Down Under Punditry in the Middle East Thu, 24 May 2012 05:51:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Anonymoushttp://www.israellycool.com/2005/03/21/eurovision-intrigue/comment-page-1/#comment-3099 Anonymous Tue, 22 Mar 2005 09:21:46 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/2005/03/21/eurovision-intrigue/#comment-3099 Are you kidding? The French are delighted. Their entrant is a perfect example of the 'ideal Jew' - she saw the light and moved to France. What could be a better example of the total lack of anit-semitism and anti-Israeli feeling than the fact that they're willing to send a Jew/Israeli to the Eurovision whilst at the same time celebrating the fact that this person had to (in their eyes) come to France to succeed.Let's not forget that anti-semitism is a very recent phenomenon in France. As recently as 2001 Jacques Chirac declared to the press <a href="http://qumran.com/For_a_Better_Understanding/canary_in_europe.htm" rel="nofollow">'There Is No Antisemitism In France'.</a> Are you kidding? The French are delighted. Their entrant is a perfect example of the ‘ideal Jew’ – she saw the light and moved to France. What could be a better example of the total lack of anit-semitism and anti-Israeli feeling than the fact that they’re willing to send a Jew/Israeli to the Eurovision whilst at the same time celebrating the fact that this person had to (in their eyes) come to France to succeed.

Let’s not forget that anti-semitism is a very recent phenomenon in France. As recently as 2001 Jacques Chirac declared to the press ‘There Is No Antisemitism In France’.

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