(JTA) As the body count in hostilities between Israelis and Palestinian rises, so do fears that European Jews will be targeted in a phenomenon that many here call “the import of the conflict.”
That’s what happened when Hamas and Israel exchanged blows in 2014, triggering the worst wave of antisemitic violence in Europe since the Holocaust in terms of its prevalence and scope.
That summer, dozens of men, most of them from Muslim background and some of them coming from a large pro-Palestinian rally, besieged a crowded synagogue in Paris. For long minutes, Jewish men held the crowd at bay as the attackers hurled heavy objects at them, including pieces of furniture from a nearby café.
EXCLUSIVE: Former Bank of England economist Jonathan Hoffman, 68, said he was terrified as he and fellow pro-Israel protesters were spat upon and assaulted in Whitehall.
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The Latest: South Korea extends guidelines to slow spread
By The Associated PressApril 4, 2020 GMT
TOP OF THE HOUR: Chinese man sentenced to 18 months in jail for failing to report overseas travel South Korea extends guidelines to slow spread of new infections
SEOUL, South Korea South Korea has extended government guidelines urging people to social distance to slow the spread of the coronavirus for two weeks as infections continue to grow in the densely populated Seoul metropolitan area.
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During a meeting on anti-virus measures on Saturday, Prime Minster Chung Sye-kyun expressed concern over rising infections linked to recent arrivals amid broadening outbreaks in Europe and the United States.