According to French media, the Jews are leaving France in droves. After a slew of murderous attacks they don’t feel safe anymore.
Some people might rejoice, but this does not augur well for the land of “liberté, égalité, fraternité ».
If history repeats itself (and it does) France is in for a lot of troubles.
In 1598, after years of conflict, Henry IV of France issued the Edict of Nantes, granting Protestants (also known as Huguenots) the right to legally worship their religion.
According to Wikipedia,
“It marked the end of the religious wars that had afflicted France during the second half of the 16th century.
In October 1685, Louis XIV, the grandson of Henry IV, repealed the Edict and declared Protestantism illegal. This act, commonly called the ‘revocation of the Edict of Nantes,‘ had very damaging results for France. While the wars of religion did not re-ignite, intense persecution of Protestants took place.
All Protestant ministers were given two weeks to leave the country unless they converted to Catholicism and all other Protestants were prohibited from leaving the country. In spite of the prohibition, the persecution including many examples of torture caused as many as 400,000 to flee France at risk of their lives.
Most moved to Great Britain, Prussia, the Dutch Republic, Switzerland, South Africa and the new French colonies in North America.
This exodus deprived France of many of its most skilled and industrious individuals, some of whom thenceforward aided France’s rivals in the Netherlands and in England.”
The latest Jewish exodus from France bears a lot of similarities with the repeal of the Edict of Nantes.
Last year, around 5000 Jews left France and this year it is estimated that another 7000 will depart for Israel.
The departure of educated, industrious, law-abiding Jews will impoverish France and create a dangerous vacuum that will be filled by neo-Nazis and Muslim extremists.
An explosive combination.
Just as the Protestants were forced to flee France in 1685, Jews are now compelled to follow the same path.
This new Jewish exodus will be extremely detrimental for a country where unemployment is already high and where people are already dangerously polarized.
And what would be a country without the self-depreciating Jewish humor?
Can any Muslim country laugh at itself or are they so straight-laced that they can’t even smile?
I’m Jewish. I don’t work out. If God had wanted us to bend over, He would have put diamonds on the floor.
Joan Rivers
My grandmother was a Jewish juggler: she used to worry about six things at once.
Richard Lewis
A country where people are afraid to laugh or voice a dissenting opinion is a country primed for dictatorship, tyranny and violations of human rights.
I am Charlie!
Alain
This is so much better than fighting!
