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Israeli minister calls for French Jews to emigrate immediately after Islamist beheading
The Israeli minister who oversees the immigration of Jews from around the world to Israel has called on French Jews to “make Aliyah”, or emigrate to Israel, immediately following the beheading in southeastern France. In a statement released to Newsweek, Zeev Elkin, the Israeli Aliyah and Immigrant Absorption minister, addressed France’s Jewish community, telling…
Le Pen calls for surveillance of mosques following attack
Marine Le Pen, leader of France’s nationalist Front National party has called on authorities to expel all foreign citizens suspected of fundamentalism and to begin monitoring prayers and gatherings at all mosques, after attacks in southeast France. The attack took place this morning in France’s Isère region, near the city Grenoble. One man was found beheaded with…
French decapitation attack suspect was on ‘radicalization list’
Yassine Salhi, the man detained Friday in connection with a deadly attack on a gas factory in southern France, was known to intelligence services but had not been actively monitored by security officers since 2008. French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said Salhi, 35, a father of three who lived in a suburb of Lyon, had been placed on a…
France on edge day after 2nd terror attack in 6 months
A day after a man was decapitated at a gas factory in France’s second terror attack in six months, residents questioned whether the nation is doing enough to stop terrorists. “It feels that these attacks are now happening back to back,” said Ilan Cohn, 21, a student in Paris. “I am afraid that there will…
French terrorism attack: suspect took selfie with severed head
The main suspect in the beheading of a businessman that French authorities are calling a terrorist attack took a selfie with the victim and sent the image via WhatsApp a Canadian mobile phone number, officials said on Saturday. French investigators were working to determine the recipient’s identity, but weren’t able to immediately confirm media reports…