“WHAT THE FRENCH CANNOT BRING THEMSELVES TO SAY, I WILL SAY TO THEM: YOU HAVE AN ISLAMIST INTIFADA.”
— Zvi Yehezkeli
Macron claimed that there is no Hamas in Judea and Samaria. In response, one could just as well say: There is no Hamas on the streets of Paris either.
In France, they explain that the protests are “related to education” and that they have simply “spiraled out of control.”
But Palestinian flags, chants of “Allahu Akbar,” arson, looting, and the desecration of synagogues tell a very different story: these are the children of immigrants who are completely disconnected from French society and its values.
That is the real story. But they cannot bring themselves to see it.
This is a wave of Islamist intifada. And no matter how strongly they insist otherwise, I maintain that this is exactly what it is — and I know it because I have been there, and I can see what drives these people.
This is not about human rights or freedom of speech. This is the beginning of a conflict that will rise in waves, slowly but surely, under different pretexts and disguises, and will continue to strike France.
And the French people will be the ones paying the price.
If these young people are protesting for “rights in educational institutions,” then why are you looting?
Why are you vandalizing and destroying property?
Why are you desecrating synagogues?
Why are you attacking the symbols of the French Republic?
What the French cannot bring themselves to say, I will say to them: You have an Islamist intifada, and it will be extremely difficult to eradicate because you have lost your way.
France already has a de facto Islamist state within its borders — so go ahead and recognize the existence of two states!
Good luck!
— Zvi Yehezkeli, Israeli journalist, Middle East expert, Arabist, and documentary filmmaker.
Zvi Yehezkeli is absolutely right 🎯about one crucial thing: we cannot keep turning a blind eye to radicalism, violence, and antisemitism while disguising them as social grievances.
But it seems that Emmanuel Macron either refuses to acknowledge the seriousness of what is happening or genuinely believes, perhaps out of astonishing naivety, that everything can be explained by rising fuel prices and the war in Iran.
Since when have high gasoline prices become an excuse for attacks on synagogues, antisemitism, and destruction?
Social frustration is understandable. Peaceful protest is a fundamental right. But hatred toward Jews has absolutely nothing to do with fuel prices or the pursuit of justice.
The greatest danger begins when those in power prefer convenient explanations over the courage to call things by their proper names.
If France truly wants to protect its future, it must first find the courage to confront reality.
Because the problems a nation refuses to acknowledge today may become the tragedies it can no longer prevent tomorrow.