Jewish cemetery desecrated hours after Israeli premier calls for mass migration of Jews

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PARIS (RNS) A call by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for European Jews to move to Israel has sparked anger from French authorities, but may also resonate among the region’s embattled Jewish community, following the recent attacks in Copenhagen and the desecration of Jewish tombs in France.

Netanyahu made the invitation Sunday (February 15) at a weekly cabinet meeting, saying Jews deserved protection in every country. “But we say to Jews, to our brothers and sisters; Israel is your home,” the prime minister said, according to a statement from his office. “We are preparing and calling for the absorption of mass immigration from Europe.”