At terror memorial, French PM laments Jewish emigration
- 8 years ago
France’s prime minister lamented the growing number of departures of French Jews for Israel, as he and Jewish leaders honored four people gunned down in a kosher market a year ago by an attacker claiming ties to the Islamic State group.
Saturday evening’s ceremony was part of a weekend of efforts to ease religious tensions and mark the anniversary of the attacks on the market and the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo.
Prime Minister Manuel Valls joined families of victims and survivors to mark the anniversary of the Jan. 9, 2015 shooting and hostage-taking at the Hyper Cacher market in eastern Paris, which ended with attacker Amedy Coulibaly slain by police.
“France would not be France” without its Jews, Valls said.
He called it intolerable “to see French Jews leave their country, in larger and larger numbers, because they no longer feel safe” or at home.
Saturday evening’s ceremony was part of a weekend of efforts to ease religious tensions and mark the anniversary of the attacks on the market and the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo.
Prime Minister Manuel Valls joined families of victims and survivors to mark the anniversary of the Jan. 9, 2015 shooting and hostage-taking at the Hyper Cacher market in eastern Paris, which ended with attacker Amedy Coulibaly slain by police.
“France would not be France” without its Jews, Valls said.
He called it intolerable “to see French Jews leave their country, in larger and larger numbers, because they no longer feel safe” or at home.