Shame of Palestinian leader Abbas at Charlie Hebdo demo

Nothing shows the West's lack of seriousness about terrorism more than the shameful presence of Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas at the mass demo in Paris. If the Charlie Hebdo massacre had taken place in Israel, Abbas would have named a square after the killers

What on Earth was Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas doing at Sunday's mass demonstration in Paris against terrorism in general and the twin massacres by Islamists of the Charlie Hebdo journalists and the Jews at the Kosher supermarket last week?

If you don't get the point instantaneously you're part of the problem, or at least you've probably spent too much time watching, reading and listening to the BBC... which may, of course, amount to the same thing.

It beggars belief. Abbas's Palestinian Authority glorifies terrorism as a matter of policy. Countless squares and streets in the areas that he controls have been named after terrorists who have slaughtered men, women and children.

It is not in any way a cute point, but if the people who murdered the journalists at Charlie Hebdo and the Jews in the Kosher supermarket had been Palestinians, and the civilians they had murdered had been Israelis, Abbas would have already named a square after them.

It is the grossest expression of opportunism for Abbas to be in Paris for the demonstration at all. He's there because he's worried that terrorism has been given a bad name, not because he opposes it.

As for the clowns who invited him, well, it's just another illustration of our total lack of seriousness. But, by now, who could be surprised by that?

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Tunis chief rabbi's son among dead hostages

Yoav Hattab, 21, and Yohan Cohen, 22.

Yoav Hattab, 21, the son of the Chief Rabbi of Tunis*, is among the four hostages shot dead in the islamist attack on the Hyper Cacher supermarket in eastern Paris. It is likely that the other victims were also of North African origin. Y-Net News reports:

The four victims of the terror attack on a kosher supermarket in eastern Paris on Friday were named Saturday by CRIF, an umbrella group of French Jewish communities.

The victims, all Jews, were identified as Yoav Hattab, 21, the son of the Chief Rabbi of Tunis, Philippe Braham, in his 40s, Yohan Cohen, 22 and Francois-Michel Saada, in his 60s. One of them - reportedly Yohan Cohen - tried to snatch one of the attackers weapons away and was shot in the head.

“These French citizens were struck down in a cold-blooded manner and mercilessly because they were Jews,” read the CRIF statement.

The possibility of bringing the four victims to Israel for a state funeral is being examined.

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Joodse cartoonist komt op voor vervolgde christenen

De aanslag in Parijs is in ieder geval geen reden voor de Amerikaans-Israëlische cartoonist Yaakov Kirschen om zijn toon te matigen. Kirschen die al veertig jaar met zijn pen strijdt tegen antisemitisme, heeft een nieuw onderwerp ter hand genomen: de christenvervolging in het Midden-Oosten.

In zijn strijd tegen het antisemitisme haalde Kirschen met zijn cartoons en zijn tekeningen regelmatig grote kranten als de The Wall Street Journal en The New York Times. Kirschen heeft nu besloten om de aandacht te richten op wat hijzelf omschrijft als een van de meest genegeerde problemen: de vervolging van christenen in het Midden-Oosten. Volgens Kirschen worden christelijke minderheden afgeslacht, vermoord en verdreven. Hij stelt dat er simpelweg een etnische zuivering plaatsvindt, waarbij het Westen gewoon de andere kant op kijkt.

In een interview met CBN News zei Kirschen dat de totale apathie hem de grootste zorgen baart.Het is totaal krankzinnig dat de kerken zich hier niet tegen uitspreken. En het is onbegrijpelijk dat er geen demonstraties op straat worden georganiseerd.

Bron: Joodse Omroep

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Jewish cartoonist among victims of massacre at Charlie Hebdo

Jewish caricaturist Georges Wolinski was among the 12 victims of an attack Wednesday on the Paris headquarters of the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine.

The assailants cried out “Allah is the greatest” in Arabic and that their attack was to “avenge the prophet,” the French daily Le Monde reported. They reportedly fled in a hijacked car, running over a pedestrian and shooting at officers.

Charlie Hebdo, which regularly runs articles and caricatures critical of religion, has published a series of satirical cartoons of the Muslim prophet Mohammed.

Wolinski, 80, a Tunisia native who moved to France as a teenager, also was a cartoonist at the magazine.

“It’s clear that this was a planned attack against Wolinski and the other cartoon artists,” said Richard Kenigsman, a well-known Jewish caricaturist and painter from Brussels

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Schietpartij en gijzeling in joodse winkel

Gijzeling in de joodse supermarkt Hyper Casher in Parijs

In Parijs is een gijzeling aan de gang in een joodse supermarkt. In de winkel in de voorstad Vincennes zouden zeker vijf klanten, onder wie een paar kinderen, gegijzeld worden door een gewapende man, meldt het Franse persbureau AFP.

Er zou zijn geschoten. De politie bevestigt dat niet, maar zegt wel dat er een gewonde is. De gijzelnemer rende volgens een ooggetuige al schietend met een kalasjnikov over straat en ging toen de winkel in.

De dader is volgens bronnen van AFP de man die gisteren in de Parijse wijk Montrouge een agente doodschoot.

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