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Breaking News Sharansky: Paris Supermarket Attack May Boost Immigration to Israel
The slaying of four Jews at a Paris kosher market may cause a substantial increase in the number of Jews who will immigrate to Israel this year, Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky said. Sharansky arrived in Paris Sunday along with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman. The three are in France…
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News Jewish Leaders Join Massive Paris March To Honor Attack Victims
Dozens of world leaders including Muslim and Jewish statesmen joined hundreds of thousands of French citizens marching in Paris amid high security in an unprecedented tribute to victims of this week’s Islamist militant attacks. President Francois Hollande and leaders from Germany, Italy, Israel, Turkey, Britain and the Palestinian territories among others, moved off from the…
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Breaking News Paris Kosher Supermarket Victims Will Be Buried in Israel
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acceded on Sunday to the request of the families of the victims of the terrorist attack at the Jewish supermarket in Paris and instructed all relevant government officials to assist in bringing them for burial in Israel. The funerals are tentatively scheduled to take place on Tuesday, January 13, according…
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Breaking News Both Brothers Behind Paris Attack Had Weapons Training in Yemen
(Reuters) – Both brothers who carried out the attack against satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo traveled to Yemen via Oman in 2011 and had weapons training in the deserts of Marib, an al Qaeda stronghold, two senior Yemeni sources said on Sunday. This is the first confirmation by Yemeni officials that both Cherif and Said Kouachi,…
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Breaking News Netanyahu Holds Out Israeli Haven for French Jews
(Reuters) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu coupled a show of solidarity with France on Sunday with a reminder to shaken French Jews that Israel is keen to welcome them as immigrants. Netanyahu and two far-right members of his cabinet flew to Paris on Sunday to join dozens of foreign leaders and hundreds of thousands of…
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Breaking News Video Shows Paris Gunman Declaring Loyalty to Islamic State
One of three gunmen behind the worst militant attacks in France for decades appeared in a video released online on Sunday, declaring his allegiance to the Islamic State armed group and urging French Muslims to follow his example. In the seven-minute video apparently intended for release after the actions, Amedy Coulibaly, who staged the attack…
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Breaking News French Jews on Edge After 4 Killed in Paris Kosher Supermarket Siege
(JTA) – The two hostage crises that transfixed France and much of the world on Friday epitomize the problem Islamic radicalism poses in the heart of Europe: They’re a danger to civilized society generally, but especially to Jews. Now it’s time for the authorities to wake up to the problem and confront it, French Jewish…
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The Schmooze I’m Still Drawing, Charlie
Lior Zaltzman As a cartoonist, I’ve often been scared to breach political topics in an overt way. My fear centers on the reactions I might get from family and friends, or from internet trolls — but never on any concern for my life. That reality has now changed. Can’t sleep tonight, thoughts with my French…
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