Journalist documents '10 hours walking in Paris as a Jew'
Kunal Dutta, The Independent 3:10 p.m. EST February 17, 2015
An Israeli journalist has filmed the anti-Semitic experiences he said he had to endure during a 10-hour walk around Paris.
Titled Ten hours walking in Paris as a Jew, the video sees Zvika Klein donning a kippah, or yarmulke, in front of the Eiffel Tower before wandering around the French capital.
While his reception in tourist areas appear peaceful, it is in suburban areas with high Muslim populations where he claims to have received "hateful stares, belligerent remarks, and hostile body language."
In one filmed sequence, a group of suburban youths can be heard saying: "A------. He's gonna get f----- from the front and back."
Walking past a school in one of Paris' neighborhoods, a boy can be heard saying: "Vive Palestine." Others appear to spit as he walks past.
The video was produced for NRG, an Israeli news website owned by Sheldon Adelson, a U.S.-based billionaire who is a friend and supporter of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. It comes amid government concerns of an exodus by France's Jewish citizens in the wake of increasing fears of anti-Semitism.
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