As the fighting in Gaza continues, anti-Semites across Europe are attacking the continent's Jews under the pretext of protesting Israel's killings, The Daily Beast website reports today (July 25, 2014).
Since the beginning of the current conflict between Israel and Hamas, eight synagogues in France have been attacked. In Germany, a prominent Muslim imam gave a sermon asking Allah to kill all of the "Zionist Jews."
Amos Yadlin -- a former head of the intelligence directorate for the Israel Defense Force -- said the rise of anti-Semitism in Europe ironically makes the case for immigration to Israel much stronger. "The irony of anti-Semitism in Europe today is that it encourages Jews from countries like France to immigrate to Israel, thus making it stronger," Yadlin said.
The Jewish Agency for Israel -- which encourages Jewish immigration to the state -- estimates that 5,000 Jews will emigrate from France to Israel this year. This is the highest figure of French Jewish immigration to Israel since its founding in 1948.
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