In a series of arrests in May 2009, Egyptian State Security arrested seven suspects in connection with the attack on the French teens, one of whom justified possible attacks on the Bataclan on the grounds that “the owners are Jews”. According to a tally released by French authorities on Saturday, 127 people died and a few 180 were wounded. Last month, the theater served as the meeting place for a gathering of a few 500 Zionist Christians who came there in support of the Jewish state. This is a message to the organizers of Migdal, this pro-Israel and racist and Islamophobic organisation, that spends its time insulting the Palestinians, the Arabs and the Muslims.
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“Ethical because no morality allows for the killing of innocent people, legal because these acts do not respect war as it is decreed in the Muslim tradition and theological because these suicide bombers are convinced they’re going to heaven when they actually risk finding themselves in hell”.
“We have come to send you a little message”.
Terrorist teams targeted different venues – the national football ground, the Stade de France, where President Francois Hollande was watching a game; a group of local neighbourhood cafes; and the once-Jewish owned concert venue, the iconic Bataclan, where more than 80 people were murdered.
The crowd waved French and Israeli flags and signs reading “Tel Aviv Stands with Paris”, in front of Tel Aviv’s City Hall, which was lit to look like a giant French flag. “All French people now realizes that terrorism is not only the problem of Jews but that of all Westerners”. Your values are our values.
“And, because the world did not rise up, this terrorism, like a cancer, has spread throughout the world”, he said.
The Paris Jewish community suspended a number of planned events in light of the attacks, including a protest rally due to be held by Crif, the equivalent of the Board of Deputies, against the arrival in France of the Iranian president, Hassan Rouhani.
“On behalf of the Australian people, I extend our deep sympathy to the people of France”.
“This is a awful ordeal which once again assails us”, he said in remarks translated by Reuters.
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B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation Commission chairman Dvir Abramovich said: “We are deeply shocked and outraged by these barbaric and deadly attacks in Paris-which are beyond condemnation. Our hearts are with the bereaved families and we wish the injured a full and quick recovery from their wounds”. “But you must know that, with all the people we have behind us, we won’t be able to contain them for a long time”.
