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From the Liveblog of
Friday, June 26, 2015
From the Liveblog of
Friday, June 26, 2015
Elkin urges French Jews to leave after factory beheading
An Israeli minister is urging French Jews to flee to Israel after an Islamist attack on a gas factory near Lyon where the severed head of a local businessman was pinned to the gates.
“I call on the Jews of France – come home! Anti-Semitism is rising, terror is increasing,” said Immigration Minister Zeev Elkin, a member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party.
“We are prepared to receive with open arms the Jews of France,” he adds in a post on Facebook.
“This is a national mission of the highest priority,” he adds.
Immigration Minister Ze’ev Elkin (Likud). (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
