The National Bureau of Vigilance Against Anti-Semitism (BNVCA), a watchdog monitoring anti-Semitic incidents in� France, has condemned a violent anti-Semitic assault against a Jewish woman last Wednesday in Sarcelles, a Paris suburb.

The incident occurred around 6 pm when the Jewish woman and her child were sitting on a bench next to children of three young women of African origin who were playing with a ball. The ball then struck the boy�s head. The Jewish woman identified only by the initials L.D reminded the children that ball games are not allowed on the site as appears to be specified.

A fight then broke out between the mother and the three young women who violently assaulted her and shouted �Hitler did not finish his work� and �you’re a dirty race�, the watchdog said.

The victim filed a complaint with local police shortly after the assault.

Because the attack was so violent, it was recommended that the woman take a 15-day furlough from work to recuperate, said the BNVCA.

Sarcelles has a large Jewish community. Last summer, violent attacks against local synagogues and Jewish-owned businesses took place in the midst of Israel�s operation against Hamas in Gaza.

”We demand that the police investigation clarifies the facts and that the justice punishes severely any anti-Semitic violence, ” said the BNCA who decided to support the victim and and file a complaint.

The BNVCA noted that more and more often a banal incident degenerates into an anti-Semitic attack.

��Anti-Jewish speech as anti-Jewish acts have been liberated in particular among citizens belonging to communities who suffered from racism or discrimination,�� said the BNCVA, urging the authorities to make a distinction between anti-Semitism and racism.

(Source: EJP)