Félix Freoa was already intending to emigrate to Israel with his wife and four children in March or April. He and his family have been planning the move for the last couple of years. But after Friday’s deadly hostage-taking at a kosher supermarket they know well, they could wait no longer, and brought forward their departure. “That afternoon, we applied to go next month,” said Félix. Continue reading…
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Why are French Jews heading to Israel in such numbers?
At the Jerusalem funeral of the four French Jews murdered in the HyperCacher supermarket, Claude Bloch was standing near the back listening to the French ecology minister, Ségolène Royal, deliver her eulogy on behalf of the French government. Continue reading…
Charlie Hebdo poster burned in protest as Muslim leaders condemn cover
A Charlie Hebdo poster was burned in the Philippines on Monday as 1,500 people staged a protest march against the depiction of the prophet Muhammad on the cover of the magazine a week after the deadly attack on its offices. Continue reading…
Charlie Hebdo: ‘All is Forgiven’ reviewed: typically cheeky but poigant
A week after the massacre of eight of its journalists, Charlie Hebdo staff have published a “survival issue” of the French satirical magazine that adds poignancy to its usual irreverence and vulgar sense of humour. Continue reading…
PM: France ‘still under threat’ from attack by Paris gunmen’s associates
France’s prime minister, Manuel Valls, warned on Tuesday that the country was still under threat from accomplices of the gunmen who terrorised Paris last week and from global terrorist networks. Continue reading…
Anne Penketh 