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Fast Forward 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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Fast Forward 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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News College Students and Teacher Among 4 Jews Killed in Kosher Grocery Terror Attack
Just before Shabbat, Avishai Hattab told a Jewish radio station that he hoped to see his brother alive. But by Saturday morning, it was clear that Yoav Hattab, a 21-year-old Tunisia native living in the Paris suburb of Vincennes, had died at the hands of a radical Islamist, during a hostage situation Friday at a…
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Fast Forward Thousands Mourn Paris Kosher Grocery Victims at Vigil — Israeli Anthem Sung
Several thousand people came out Saturday evening to commemorate the victims of Friday’s deadly shooting at a kosher supermarket. The vigil Saturday featured spontaneous singing of the French and Israeli anthems outside Hyper Cacher — the shop where a self-described Islamist killed four and held more than 20 hostage, before police broke in and killed…
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Fast Forward 4 Kosher Grocery Terror Victims Are Named — All Are French Jews
The four victims killed in the terror attack on a kosher shop in the French capital were all Jews, the CRIF umbrella group of French Jewish communities said. CRIF identified the victims of the attack Friday as Yoav Hattab, Philippe Braham, Yohan Cohen and Francois-Michel Saada. “These French citizens were struck down in a cold-blooded…
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Fast Forward Amsterdam Pro-Israel Rally Scrapped Over Terror Worries
Citing security concerns, organizers of a pro-Israel rally in Amsterdam postponed the event indefinitely after meeting with police and city officials. The rally, which was announced last month as scheduled to take place on January 11, was “postponed because of the current situation in Paris and in coordination with the police, the municipality and security,”…
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Fast Forward Paris Grand Synagogue Shuts on Shabbat for First Time Since World War II
The Grand Synagogue of Paris was closed during Friday’s terror attacks and did not reopen for Shabbat services, marking the first time the synagogue has not held services since World War II. The synagogue was closed by French police during the hostage standoff at the Hyper Cache kosher supermarket, according to USA Today, despite being…
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Fast Forward Israel’s Los Angeles Consulate Accused of Mismanagement and Harassment
The Israeli Foreign ministry is investigating sexual harassment charges at its Los Angeles consulate. According to a report by the Israeli news site Ynet, an internal report by the ministry looked into claims that a staffer sexually harassed a colleague. When threated with dismissal, the alleged harasser, an HIV-positive U.S. citizen, threatened to sue the…
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