The manager of an amusement park in France, detained after refusing the access of some Israeli children. Remember the “forbidden Jews” banners
The manager of a leisure park in the south of France was detained for alleged religious discrimination, after a group of Israeli children was refused, according to The Guardian.
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The children, between the ages of 8 and 16, were on vacation in Spain and reserved for Thursday the entrance to the Adventure Park, with Tyrolean, from Porté-Puymorens, near the border with Spain, in the Pyrenees, the Prosecutor's Office in Perpignan announced.
The French prosecutors said that the manager initially told some people that they refuse the group access for reasons related to “personal beliefs”, then offering explanations to others.
A message posted on Wednesday night on the social networks by the park representatives announced that the site will be closed on Thursday due to a storm, “to perform a complete verification of the installations.”
The park told the group that he could not visit. They went to another leisure park in France without incident, the statement said. The manager denied any wrong deed.
“Out of a line. We are dismayed,” said Perla Danan, the president of the representative council of the Jewish institutions in France, the Langedoc-Roussillon region.
“It started with graphites, insults and physical attacks, and now it is literally a prohibition for children between the ages of 8 and 16“, Added Danan, saying that this episode reminds him of the banners with the message”Forbidden to the Jews and dogs “during the Holocaust.” The values of France have been violated “she emphasized, writes News.
Jean-Philippe Augé, the mayor of Porté-Puymorens, a locality with about 100 inhabitants, said: “The DNA of our community is based on the spirit of collaboration and fraternity.” He added that the incident caused “total stupor” in the village.
The Jewish Observatory in France also expressed “deep indignation“In a statement issued on Friday:”Such an act of discrimination, which concerns minors exclusively on the basis of their nationality and origin, is extremely serious and undermines the fundamental principles of the Republic. ”
Discrimination on religious criteria It is a crime in France, punished by up to three years in prison.
In 2023, a sudden increase in anti -Semitic incidents was reported after Hamas attacks on October 7 in Israel and the subsequent war in Gaza. They included physical aggression, threats, acts of vandalism and harassment, arousing concern in Jewish communities and leadership.
This month, Emmanuel Macron promised to sanction an act of “anti -Semitic hatred“After the breaking of an olive planted in the memory of a French Jew who was tortured and killed in 2006.
