Monday, March 19, 2012 | Ryan Jones
The victims of the attack at the Ozar Hatorah school were later identifed as Yonathan Sandler, a teacher from Jerusalem; Sandlers two children, 6-year-old Aryeh and 3-year-old Gavriel; and the 8-year-old daughter of the school's principal. Several more people were wounded in the attack.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a statement deploring the "loathsome murder of Jews" and expressing confidence that French President Nicolas Sarkozy "will do everything possible to find the killer, and we will help with that."
Several Israeli lawmakers insisted more drastic action is called for.
"The attack on a Jewish school sets off a red light for all the People of Israel," said Likud Knesset Member Danny Danon in remarks to Israel National News. Danon said he intends to call an emergency Knesset session over the French school shooting and the general increase in global anti-Semitism.
MK Yaakov Katz of the National Union Party wasn't waiting for that Knesset session, and issued an immediate call for the Jews of France to immigrate to Israel.
"There is no Jewish future in France," insisted Katz. Read the rest on:
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