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Opinion | The "French" Jew is more than the French Israel today

2021-10-25T20:25:39.268Z


Arik Zamor, a 63-year-old Jew of Algerian descent, is stirring up the political system in France and is considered a serious candidate for the presidency.


They are all in shock.

In the media, in the polling stations, in the networks.

And of course also among the main political rivals, Emanuel Macron and Marin Le Pen.

Journalist Eric Zamor, who has not yet officially announced his intention to run for president (April elections), is arousing unprecedented enthusiasm among French voters.

His latest book, "France Has Not Yet Said Its Last Word," has sold hundreds of thousands of copies.

In meetings the crowd shouts at him "The next president!"

In a fervor that has not been observed for years.

Each of his TV appearances breaks ratings records, and recently a poll placed him in second place after the outgoing president from Macron.

How did a 63-year-old skinny man from an observant Algerian Jewish family stir up France?

For years Zamor has lamented the decline of the republic. In a bestseller he wrote in 2014, "French Suicide," he attacked French governments for opening the country's gates to millions of Muslim immigrants and foreign populations, who he says are increasing crime on the streets and degrading the nation economically and culturally. Zamor repeatedly warns of the existence of Islamist enclaves on the outskirts of major cities, where drug trafficking and radical Islam dominate side by side. To prevent civil war, he advocates, among other things, the immediate closure of borders and the deportation of delinquent immigrants.

Until recently, these ideas were only heard from Jean-Marie Le Pen and his daughter Marin. A twig overtook them. "He can dare much more, because he is a Jew," Le Pen Sr. recently remarked. Thus, Zamor did not hesitate to state that all minor immigrants are thieves and murderers, to compare Muslim immigration with the Nazi occupation, and to offer to oblige immigrants to call their children by only original French names. And the highlight: Zamor largely backs the Vichy regime, claiming, relying on the French-Israeli historian Alan Michel, that General Henri Philippe Petain defended the French Jews by handing over only foreign Jews to the Germans.

Why did Zmor protect Petan and how did he become a far-right hero? The answer to the question probably lies in the stories of the Sephardic Jews who immigrated to France after World War II. Most of them from the lower classes, North African Jews experienced dizzying success thanks to the quality state education in France and access to free higher education, including high schools such as the Institute of Political Science ("Sciences-Po"), where Zamor Jr. acquired his education. France opened the gates of medicine, law, media and industry to them, while at the same time the old Christian anti-Semitism faded until it almost disappeared. Jews became respected intellectuals, influential journalists, successful businessmen. The twig is a distinct product of that period, and out of gratitude for the republic, became more French than the French.

But this golden age has come to an end.

The Jews became a preferred target for radical Islam in which Zamor fought.

They were expelled from many neighborhoods due to Muslim anti-Semitism.

And this is exactly why many in the Jewish community support him, despite his justification for the Vichy regime.

This is also the reason why the heads of the community are very worried: the "little Jew" who is attacking Islam is already arousing a lot of hatred on social networks, and there is a fear that his victory will lead to a real civil war;

A war in which the Jews will be the first victims.

Source: israelhayom

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