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Shimon Samuels, Director for International Relations of the Simon Wiesenthal Centre in Paris: "Our Centre urges your immediate investigation of this case and protective and judicial action, as continued silence is tantamount to complicity."
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PARIS (EJP)---The Simon Wiesenthal Centre expressed shock at the firebanding of a Jewish boy at an Oslo secondary school barbecue earlier this week.
In a letter to Norwegian Minister of Justice, Grete Faremo, the Centre's Director for International Relations, Shimon Samuels pointed out that "apparently, this child has been the subject of anti-Semitic bullying and violence for the past two years, reportedly, because his father is Israeli.”
“What is even more astonishing is that, despite the mother's report of assaults on her son to NRK radio evening news in 2010, there has been no reaction by the school, the police or governmental authorities,” Samuels added.
“The boy has stated that he must stay clear of Norwegian and Muslim children and hide his parentage to avoid continued anti-Semitic attacks".
“These young school hatemongers are the Breivik racists of Norway's future. You have a responsability to protect every threatened child and, especially, this victim targetted simply for being Jewish,” he wrote in his letter.
The Centre stressed that "the silence of the school, the police and your government is too reminiscent of another Norway, under the WWII Nazi collaborator, Quisling."
"Our Centre urges your immediate investigation of this case and protective and judicial action, as continued silence is tantamount to complicity," concluded Samuels.