Amy Hamm: The West ignored the threat of radical Islam — now Jews are paying the price
Comments by Berlin's chief of police show that it's not safe to be openly Jewish in one of Europe’s largest cities — in 2024
Author of the article:Amy Hamm
Published Nov 22, 2024 • Last updated 1 week ago • 4 minute read
Hide your kippahs and hide your rainbows, Germans. Berlin’s chief of police, Barbara Slowik, recently suggested that Jews and gay people should avoid — or hide their identities in — the city’s majority Arab neighbourhoods. It’s simply not safe to be openly Jewish or homosexual in one of Europe’s largest cities. In 2024. Germany is coming undone.
In Germany: young Jewish soccer players were hunted down by a gang of knife-wielding Arab youth. In Canada: firebomb attacks on synagogues. In Germany: Jews warned by public officials that entire neighbourhoods are full of immigrants who “harbour sympathies for terrorists.” In Canada: designated terror group Samidoun shouts “Long live October 7!” and “Death to Canada!” on our streets. These are but a few examples.
Jewish students at the University of British Columbia (UBC) this past summer hung posters throughout campus that read: “I am a Jew. I hide my identity because I feel threatened and unsafe,” and “Stop terrorizing Jews.” No police chief instructed them to hide; Jewish students could detect the tenor — and a mounting risk of violence — on campus.
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/the-west-ignored-the-threat-of-radical-islam-now-jews-are-paying-the-price