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Europe reacts to Jerusalem
changes as Netanyahu visits
the continent.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and French President
Emmanuel Macron meet on Dec. 10 at the Elysee Palace in Paris.
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Protests
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Saturday ahead of Netanyahu’s
nti-Israel and anti-
arrival in the French capital; they
Semitic demonstra-
chanted “Netanyahu war crimi-
tions pervaded Europe
nal” and called for the prime
last weekend as Israeli Prime
minister’s arrest. The French
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
demonstrators also called for
visited the continent days after
the Trump administra-
Palestinian terrorists
ABOVE: Protests
tion’s Dec. 6 recognition
Hassan Hamouri and
in Ramallah
of Jerusalem as Israel’s
Marwan Barghouti to
following Trump’s
capital.
be freed from Israeli
announcement
The civilian protests
prisons.
to move the
as well as widespread
Anti-Israel pro-
U.S. embassy to
opposition to the White
tests also occurred
Jerusalem.
House’s Jerusalem pol-
in Sweden, Italy,
icy changes within the
Austria and Germany.
European political establishment Demonstrations in southern
Sweden turned violent when a
may serve to deepen the chasm
group of men hurled firebombs
between Israel and Europe.
at a synagogue in Gothenburg.
Hundreds of anti-Israel pro-
Pro-Palestinian protesters in
testers convened at the Place de
Sweden chanted anti-Semitic
la République in central Paris
slogans encouraging the murder
of Jews.
“We have announced the inti-
fada from Malmö. We want our
freedom back and we will shoot
the Jews,” demonstrators chant-
ed, reported Sweden’s Sveriges
Radio.
In Vienna, a violent anti-
Jewish mob marched down the
city’s streets screaming in Arabic,
“Jews, remember Khaybar, the
army of Muhammad is return-
ing,” referencing the 7th-century
massacre of Jewish tribes in the
town of Khaybar, in what is now
Saudi Arabia.
Italian anti-Israel protesters
marched with Palestinian flags
and held signs calling Jerusalem
“the eternal capital of the State
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‘Pray
For Peace’
Local reaction to
President Trump’s
Jerusalem-
Israel’s-capital
announcement.
BARBARA LEWIS CONTRIBUTING WRITER
ABOVE: Jerusalem held a celebration
following Trump’s announcement.
M
ost Jews and Jewish groups are united in the
belief that Jerusalem is the eternal capital of
the Jewish people and of the State of Israel. It is
the location of Israel’s Knesset, courts and government
offices. It’s where the prime minister and president live.
But on Dec. 6, when President Donald Trump for-
mally recognized this fact, controversy abounded. Some
saw it as the fulfillment of a campaign promise or the
implementation of a 1995 act of Congress. For many, it
was just common sense. But others saw it as a foolhardy
move likely to raise tensions in the Middle East and pos-
sibly lead to violence, including increased terror attacks
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