Posted by
Cary Wesberry on Sunday, March 16, 2008 4:38:51 PM
(IsraelNN.com) A group of young Parisian Jews interrupted Israeli President Shimon Peres's speech before a crowd of thousands in a gala evening Thursday and blamed him for the deaths of yeshiva students at Mercaz HaRav a week earlier, because of his transferring tens of thousands of assault rifles to Arab factions in Judea, Samaria, and Gaza.
The incident occurred towards the end of a gala evening held in honor of Mr. Peres at the Palais des Congrès in Paris. The evening consisted of a series of speeches by Jewish functionaries and French government officials, as well as artistic interludes. France's Chief Rabbi Joseph Chaim Sitruk implored Peres to keep Jerusalem united and whole.
Peres got up to speak at the end of the evening. He described the cooperation between France and Israel as "wonderful" and at a certain point mentioned that his visit had begun with a memorial prayer at a synagogue for the eight yeshiva boys who were massacred at Mercaz HaRav in Jerusalem a week earlier.
'You killed them!'
At this point a Jewish man stood up and shouted at Peres: "Thousands of Israelis were murdered because of you since Oslo!" As part of the Oslo accords, the Rabin-Peres government transferred tens of thousands of assault rifles to Yasser Arafat's forces reasoning that Arafat would help defend Israel by fighting other Arab terror factions.
Then ten young people also stood up and began to shout "traitor" in Hebrew ("boged!"). They also accused Peres of being responsible for the killing of the eight Mercaz Harav students. "Your guns killed them!," they shouted.
According to an eyewitness, Peres replied to the youths: "I don’t know who you are to say who is traitor and who is not, but if you speak so loudly, this shows that you are a fringe minority."
After a full 15 minutes, the youths were evicted from the hall by security guards who were employed by the Jewish community.
The "youths" had every reason to name Peres as a traitor to his country. Wilfully transferring arms to those you know full-well are going to immediately turn them on your own people is literally aiding the enemy. Those who arm the Palestinians are just as responsible for the murder of Jews as those who pull the trigger. The Palestinians have never been appeased and they never will be until every single Jew in Israel is dead. Maybe Peres was only trying to speed up the process. His actions surely speak to that. The Jews who protested him in Paris are patriots and should be praised for their actions. At least they have the guts to stand-up for their country, which is much more than anyone can honestly say about men like Peres and Olmert.