Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the same terrorism is driving the attacks in Israel and in Paris. “In Israel, as in France, terrorism is terrorism and standing behind it is radical Islam and its desire to destroy its victims,” Netanyahu said Sunday, referencing the West Bank attack Friday that killed a man and his…
French police questioned on Sunday relatives of one of the suicide attackers who brought carnage to Paris as a row over Europe’s refugee crisis re-ignited, with conservatives demanding an end to “the days of uncontrolled immigration.” Paris prosecutor Francois Molins told reporters that three jihadist cells staged co-ordinated hits on Friday night at bars, a…
Institutional Jewish activities ground to halt in Paris for safety reasons and out of respect for the 129 people who died in several terrorist attacks that rocked the French capital on Friday. Among the events cancelled was a protest rally that CRIF, the umbrella group of French Jewish communities, had planned for Sunday against the…
The Democratic presidential candidates pledged to lead the United States in the fight to crush the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria terrorist group, with each suggesting that the Obama administration has come up short. The candidates in the debate broadcast Saturday night by CBS eagerly embraced increasing U.S. engagement and called for the absolute…
Belgian police arrested three people on Saturday in raids in a poor, immigrant quarter of Brussels as they pursued emerging links between the Paris attacks and an Islamist bastion in France’s northern neighbor. Prime Minister Charles Michel said at least one of those held from the inner Brussels neighborhood of Molenbeek was believed to have…
As media attention focuses on the question of whether any of the Paris attackers entered Europe as refugees, I offer a few thoughts. First, it is important to recognize there is a risk that a small number of extremists might infiltrate refugee flows. Advocates for generous asylum policies — of which I am one —…
Jewish organizations, politicians and celebrities took to social media to show their support for France after the deadly attacks which rocked Paris on Friday night. The coordinated terror strikes that took place at several locations throughout the city, including an Eagles of Death Metal concert at the Bataclan theater, took the lives of over 120…
Populist leaders around Europe rushed to demand an end to an influx of refugees and migrants from the Middle East and Africa on Saturday after a wave of deadly attacks in Paris claimed by Islamic State militants. The carnage in the French capital, directly linked to the conflicts in Syria and Iraq, seemed bound to…
די ווילנער דאָקטוירים יעקבֿ וויגאָדסקי און צמח שאַבאַד זענען אויך געווען געזעלשאַפֿטלעכע טוער.
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