Bernard Cazeneuve invited by CRIF at Nice dinner

 

The CRIF Dinner at Hotel Negresco in Nice on December 16, 2015 was attended by 300 guests around Christian Estrosi, MP and Mayor of Nice, recently elected President of the PACA region, accompanied by his deputy Martine Ouaknine, Jerome Culioli, President of CRIF South East and Roger Cukierman, President of CRIF, in the presence of Francis Kalifat, Vice President, Treasurer, Francois Guggenheim, President of Regions, Adolf Colrat, Alpes Maritimes Prefect and many regional politicians and representatives of law enforcement and the different religions and communities. Jerome Culioli and Roger Cukierman discussed the situation of the Jews in France and the tragic events of 2015, while paying a tribute to the forces of "Operation Sentinelle" and dedicating the evening to the late Charles Gottlieb, resistant and deported, "memory passer" of the Voyages of Memory, whose untiring efforts in the service of remembrance has also been welcomed by several personalities... 

 

Roger Cukierman, President of CRIF, congratulated Christian Estrosi for his courage and tenacity in defending the values of the republic and thanked his opponent to have withdrawn on the second round. He then criticized the campaign of ram raids and knife in Israel and the attacks in Paris, the atrocious death of 130 victims so young, so innocent. He painted a disturbing picture of antisemitism in France: while the Jewish community is only 1% of the national population, it suffers 50% of racist and antisemitic acts, which amounted to 1,000 per year. Mr Cukierman also lashed the antizionism manifested through the actions of boycott of Israeli goods by the BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) and the recent adoption by the European Union (three days after the attacks in Paris!) of labeling the products from East Jerusalem, the West Bank and the Golan Heights. Why no such requirement for products coming from the east of Cyprus, occupied by the Turks, or Tibet, occupied by China? "The European Union treats Israel as the Jew of Nations", he stressed. Roger Cukierman concluded by recalling that the French law bans anti-Semitism and called to "do everything for our children to have a future of serenity" ... Read more.

 

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