The Vichy police sent my brother to Auschwitz in 1942. He was almost nine years old. Maurice Papon, one of the Vichy officials who oversaw the round up of Jews, passed away today near Paris. He was almost ninety seven years old.

As investigated by the British historian David Pryce-Jones, the Quai d'Orsay's archives tell a lot about France three major obsessions in international affairs ever since the 19th century : hostility towards the Anglo-Saxon powers, antisemitism, islamophilia.

According to the French Attorney General, Ilan Halimi was selected as a prey by the "multiethnic" gang " because he was  Jewish".

This is the third bad ethnic experience in Europe over just one year, after the murder of Theo Van Gogh in the Netherlands and the ensuing riots, and the 7/7 bombings in Britain.

One French youth out of four or three may be Muslim today, and even one out of two in some cities.

Ban of Rabidly Anti-Semitic Lebanese TV Station Shows Impact of War on Terror.

Jews, immigrants and demographics : the true story of the present antisemitic crisis.