20-Mar-12 WV-France massacre raises xenophobia concerns

[John]

20-Mar-12 World View -- Toulouse France massacre raises concerns of xenophobia towards Jews and Muslims

Russia agrees to bizarre daily two-hour ceasefire proposal in Syria

** 20-Mar-12 World View -- Toulouse France massacre raises concerns of xenophobia towards Jews and Muslims
** http://www.generationaldynamics.com/cgi-bin/D.PL?xct=gd.e120320#e120320



Contents:
France on high alert after shooting at Jewish school in Toulouse
Nazi gang hunted for massacre of Jewish kids in France
Concerns rise over xenophobia in Europe toward Jews and Muslims
NYPD heightens security at Jewish sites
Russia agrees to bizarre daily two-hour ceasefire proposal in Syria
Cyber warfare will be war, and will likely also be war crimes
Nicolas Sarkozy rejects election help from Angela Merkel


Keys:
Generational Dynamics, Toulouse, France, Nicolas Sarkozy,
François Fillon, Marine Le Pen, NYPD, Raymond Kelly,
Syria, Russia, Bashar al-Assad,
International Committee of the Red Cross, ICRC,
cyber warfare, Germany, Angela Merkel

[Trevor]

Yeah, it does seem like xenophobia and hatred is going up on both sides. It'd be nice if they could come up with some way to ease tensions, but based on what I've seen over the past year, I find it rather unlikely. The tensions between native Europeans and immigrants seems to be in France, where Muslims make up about ten percent of the population and nearly 30 percent of their under-thirty population.

I wonder if the fact that Markel's efforts is not helping Sarkozy is another sign that times are changing. Seeing a foreign official campaigning on behalf of a president in the United States... well, I think we'd react rather badly to that.