"A firebomb was hurled at a synagogue near Paris, part of a string of anti-Semitic incidents in Western Europe coinciding with Israel’s assault on Hamas in Gaza. The firebomb went off Friday night at the entrance to the synagogue of Aulnay-sous-Bois, a northeastern suburb of the French capital, according to the National Bureau for Vigilance Against Anti-Semitism, or BNVCA. No one was hurt and the fire resulted in minor damage, Le Monde reported.
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In Belleville, an eastern suburb of Paris, a demonstration Saturday by a few dozen people against Israel’s attack on Hamas featured calls to 'slaughter the Jews,' according to Alain Azria, a French Jewish photojournalist who covered the event. The crowd also chanted 'death to the Jews,' he said."
As reported by The Times of Israel (http://www.timesofisrael.com/clashes-in-paris-as-thousands-march-against-israel-offensive/) yesterday:
"Several thousand demonstrators walked calmly through the streets of Paris behind a large banner that read 'Total Support for the Struggle of the Palestinian People'.
But clashes erupted at the end of the march on Bastille Square, with people throwing projectiles onto a cordon of police who responded with tear gas. The unrest was continuing early Sunday evening.
Media reports said that hundreds of Jews were trapped inside a synagogue in the area and police units were sent to rescue them.
A person in the synagogue told Israel’s Channel 2 news that protesters hurled stones and bricks at the building, 'like it was an intifada.'"
Coverage by The New York Times or CNN? Where?
Jews trapped inside a Paris synagogue? Think about it before you plan your next vacation in France.
