Shalom,

Dear Professor Eidelberg.
 
I forwarded  your short article to one of the African Forums  that I participate in - the Gambian  Listserve, 

http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html

The following exchange of views took place  and  we greatly concerened  as to how you view larger context of the problem:

Cornelius, I am sorry to say that Professor Paul Eideberg is not right on
all counts in his arguments. I believe one has to follow closely the Sarkozy
"project" for France from his position as minister of Interior prior to his
becoming the President of the UMP to understand what he reserves for France.
What has Prof Eidelberg to say about the following pronouncements
paraphrased here:

On immigration:

"France cannot accept mixed couples (a French national and non-french
national) bringing to france their espouses if these cannot speak French.
They must first learn french in their countries until they master it before
coming to France."

"Blacks and Arabs are the main causes of all the disruptions in the
surburbs."

"The form of immigration to be encouraged now should be 'chosen'
immigration" (this means only the intellectuals and the productive from the
third word particularlt Africa must be given visas to come to France"

This is the tip of the iceberg on Sarkozy's foreign policy. I believe Prof
Eidelberg is very subjective in his information on Sarkozy.

Fatoumata



On 15/05/07, Cornelius Edward Hamelberg <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
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> It's not only a questiuon for Francophone Africa.





Fatoumata,

 

I agree with you. And I hope that we will be taking a closer look and not only following developments but also trying to influence them towards a more positive and humane direction.

 

Thanks for the insights. We know the extreme importance of the French language as essence of their identity. The three dreadful paragraphs you’ve quoted are from his period as interior minister and he is known for his pronounced anti- Arab, negrophobist and anti –Semitic disposition. The papers say that these measures were designed to get Le Pen’s voters to swing to him although I find it hard to believe that his heart was not at all in it, when he authored such measures. Now that he is President will he persist in his villainy and transgressions of people’s Human Rights? And what about asylum seekers?

 

 Sure France is a sovereign nation 

 

Is this the way to solve the problems?  XENOPHOBIA and RACISM, PURE AND SIMPLE. and absolutely unacceptable is my gut response. I will forward your mail to Prof Eidelberg   - if you don’t mind and you could also do so if you would like to add to it or discuss it with him. This problem has to be approached by all human beings who are concerned with the rights and happiness of others. Opinion has to be mobilised against it.

 

Perhaps he will be talking about this on Arutz Sheva radio...........

 

The clauses that you quote on immigration read like a preamble to the Nuremberg Laws of Nazi Germany taking root in Modern France:

 

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=Nuremberg+Laws&meta=

 

Professor Eidelberg has a very Jewish pro- Israeli survival perspective on this and most if not all things and that is what is reflected in his very short commentary. I’m sure that he will get round to examining the broader picture in greater detail and I expect the EU to react. I expect the Arab and African countries (the Arab League and the Africa Union) from which émigrés depart to also protest, and that the UN and other such Human Rights bodies will able to stem this racist tide, which if allowed to go unchecked as policy in France, might sweep over the rest of what is taking shape as fortress Europe.

 

France has the largest Jewish population in Europe  (about 600,000)   followed by the UK and the steepest rise of anti-Semitism too – to the extent that there has been an increased Aliyah/ emigration from France to Israel – despite the sometimes unstable situation in Israel (Gaza, Lebanon, perhaps a new war this summer - and anything could happen with Iran at anytime.)

France also has a large and problematic Arab population of some 4 million facing (unemployment, racism, ghettoism, victimisation for merely being Arab or black.)

  

Of course we ought to stay on the alert about immigration and minority problems. 

 

 After all the problems, riots etc, I don't think that Sarkozy would like to stir the hornet's nest or provoke more riots , which I see as inevitable if he goes on with this..... At the moment I know very little about all this, but we should be keeping an eye on what's happening in France. It affects and will affect all of us, whether in Senegal or Algeria.....

 

 I’ll be forwarding this mail to Prof Eidelberg.

 

  Later,

 

 Cornelius

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