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(IsraelNN.com) Jews in the majority-Muslim Albert Camus neighborhood of Paris have reported four anti-Semitic attacks in the past three weeks, according to Yediot Acharonot.  In each incident Jewish teens were threatened and beaten for being Jewish.

In the first incident, a large group of Muslims forced Jews to leave a local playground, which the Muslims said was “Palestinian territory.”  Just days later, two Jewish teens were beaten while walking along a local street.  Shortly afterwards, a Jewish teen was beaten and called a “dirty Jew,” and a second teen was assaulted the next day. 

The violent attacks were not the only anti-Semitic incidents to take place in the neighborhood.  Local Jews reported that even young Muslim children had insulted and cursed local Jewish children.  A special police unit has been assigned to patrol the area in an attempt to prevent violence.