Community Magazine January 2016

CM: Why do they come to France? Karsenty: They’re taking huge advantage of the social load, the welfare state. But on the other side, they’re not happy with the way we live. Most of the problems come also from the information they receive. They have radicalization coming from our French media outlets, Agence France Presse, and Radio France, giving them reasons to hate Israel, to hate the Jews, to hate America. Then afterwards, they turn to al Jazeera and other TV, other media, and then it gets worse. And that’s it. People are indoctrinated, brainwashed to hate America, and the Western world and our values. CM: What was the moderate Muslim response to the attacks? Karsenty: Have you heard anything? CM: I’m asking you, you’re right there. Karsenty: I’ve not heard anything. And you know what is really funny, if I can use the word funny? Something incredible. When you hear that something is happening in Gaza or in Judea, Samaria, or anywhere around Israel, you have tens of thousands of Muslims marching in the streets of Paris demonstrating, and showing their solidarity with people in Gaza, Ramallah, whatever. CM: A Palestinian boy gets shot in the leg and everybody riots… Karsenty: We had 130 people shot dead in Paris. More than 300 injured people. Where is the outrage? Why aren’t they demonstrating in the streets? I think that’s a real, real important question.Where are these guys? CM: Was there an accurate description of the attack in media, especially in identifying the terrorists as militant Muslims? Karsenty: First, you need to know that AFP [Agence France-Presse] was talking about “militants.” On the other side, you need to know that they’re never saying Islamic or Muslim. These are two words that they are “prevented” from using. For example, when they talk about terrorism, they are just talking about terrorism; they are not talking about Islamic terrorism, never talking about radical Islam. They will never say “the Islamic state.” They will always try to find the acronym, Daesh [the Arabic acronym for Islamic State]. The acronym doesn’t use the word Islam. They like it somuch because it prevents them fromusing the word. CM: What do the Jews think now? “We told you so?” Karsenty: Some of the Jews are thinking that way. The problem now, is that we are all in the same boat, and we have all the same concerns. You realize that most people just don’t get it. They say, “We’re not Jews; we’re not cartoonists, so why are they targeting us?” Why? Because again, the media propaganda doesn’t tell us that we have a jihad against us. So people have no clue of what’s happening. The enemy is jihad, the enemy is radical Islam, Islamic terrorism, Islamic extremism. We have to tell the truth, that there is a cancer inside Islam. Islam needs a reformation. Islam is producing these kinds of sociopaths, these kinds of people who are really trying to destroy the world where they’re living. CM: There’s a lot of talk about Syrian refugees coming in by the tens of thousands to Western countries. Is this wise, in your opinion? Karsenty: These so-called migrants, don’t accept them in America! These are the waves of immigration that we had that destroyed our country. They destroyed our social security system, which destroyed everything. These people don’t share our values, don’t cherish work, and don’t cherish freedom – freedom of expression, freedom to eat what we please, and do as we please. They don’t fit with our culture, that’s it. Some of them of course are adopting [our way of life]. But we have a big group inside of these people that are not. In Closing ... Mr. Karsenty’s words ring true. It seems unbelievable that the French media is forbidden from connecting terrorism directly to Islamic militants. It’s unimaginable, but true, that Muslims have had such a strong influence in France that they can overtake whole neighborhoods, and can dictate policy to the French media and the government. Up until now many French citizens have buried their heads in the sand. Although the French people have been jolted by terror attacks, it still seems that many have not yet woken up to the threat they, all of Europe, and the Western world, face from radical Islam. We pray that voices such as Mr. Karsenty’s will be heard, loud and clear. On November 13, 2015, a series of coordinated terrorist attacks occurred in Paris. Three suicide bombers struck near the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, followed by suicide bombings and mass shootings at cafés, restaurants and a music venue in Paris. The attackers killed over 130 people, and caused injuries to nearly 400 people. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attacks. 36 COMMUNITY MAGAZINE