France: "Yesterday Jews, now ordinary citizens"

The foundations of French society is that everybody is an 'ordinary citizen', everybody is 'French'.  There are no 'Jews'.

But, apparently, that is only true in theory.

Via Algemeiner:

Last week, French citizens residing in America received a letter from Gérard Araud, France’s ambassador to the US, responding to the tragic event in Paris on November 13.

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After expressing solidarity with the people of France and praising the United States and President Obama for “being on our side in the fight against extremism and terrorism,” Araud wrote: “These are the foundations of our model of society that the terrorists seek to destroy: Yesterday journalists and Jews; now ordinary citizens whose only crime was to enjoy life on a Friday night in Paris.”

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