Paris – French Prime Minister Manuel Valls has unveiled a 100-million-euro ($108-million) plan to fight rising racism and anti-Semitism, notably through tougher punishment.
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“Racism, anti-Semitism, hate of Muslims, of strangers and homophobia are intolerably rising”, Valls said Friday in Creteil, a Paris suburb, scene of an anti-Semitic attack on a couple in their home in December.
One measure would make racism and anti-Semitism an aggravating factor in any crime or offense.
Other proposals focus on the Internet – through creation of a state unit in charge of surveillance of hate speeches- and specific actions in schools.
Anti-Muslim acts have increased sixfold following the deadly Paris attacks by Islamic extremists in January, according to the French Muslim Council.
Police statistics show that anti-Semitic acts doubled last year.
Start with your government!
If you boycott only Israel for trying to protect their land (for what you think that Palestinians should get some of Israel’s land) – when many other countries commit mass murders – your government is anticemitic!
(Including other 15 governments in Europe)