{"id":26958,"date":"2015-11-15T00:23:33","date_gmt":"2015-11-15T06:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=26958"},"modified":"2015-11-15T00:30:10","modified_gmt":"2015-11-15T06:30:10","slug":"french-jews-call-for-merciless-war-on-jihadists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/french-jews-call-for-merciless-war-on-jihadists\/","title":{"rendered":"French Jews call for \u2018merciless war\u2019 on jihadists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(JTA) \u2014 France\u2019s umbrella group of French Jewish communities, CRIF, called for \u201cmerciless war\u201d against radical Islam.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_26959\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Paris-police.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26959\" class=\"wp-image-26959 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Paris-police-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"Police officers secure the  Stade de France stadium during the international friendly soccer France against Germany, Friday, Nov. 13, 2015 in Saint Denis, outside Paris. Two police officials say at least 11 people have been killed in shootouts and other violence around Paris. Police have reported shootouts in at least two restaurants in Paris. At least two explosions have been heard near the Stade de France stadium, and French media is reporting of a hostage-taking in the capital. (AP Photo\/Michel Euler)\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Paris-police-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Paris-police.jpg 880w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/198;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26959\" class=\"wp-image-26959 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Paris-police-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"Police officers secure the  Stade de France stadium during the international friendly soccer France against Germany, Friday, Nov. 13, 2015 in Saint Denis, outside Paris. Two police officials say at least 11 people have been killed in shootouts and other violence around Paris. Police have reported shootouts in at least two restaurants in Paris. At least two explosions have been heard near the Stade de France stadium, and French media is reporting of a hostage-taking in the capital. (AP Photo\/Michel Euler)\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Paris-police-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Paris-police.jpg 880w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-26959\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Police officers securing the Stade de France stadium during the soccer match between France and Germany in Saint Denis, outside Paris, Nov. 13, 2015. (Michel Euler\/AP Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>CRIF\u2019s unusually harsh-worded <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Le_CRIF\">statement <\/a>Saturday followed news that at least 127 people were killed in a series of terrorist attacks in Paris and its northern suburb of Saint-Denis, which French President Francois Hollande said were an \u201cact of war\u201d committed by the Islamic State.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe global war against the monstrosity of jihadist fanaticism must become an absolute priority of democratic nations,\u201d CRIF wrote in a series of messages on Twitter. \u201cWe must fight it without mercy, without relenting, in order to vanquish it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In another statement, CRIF said it shared the \u201cextreme mourning of the nation\u201d and offered \u201cits most saddened condolences\u201d to the families of the casualties.<\/p>\n<p>CRIF President Roger Cukierman told JTA he was not aware of any plan to target Jews specifically in the attacks committed on Friday. But SPCJ, the French Jewish community\u2019s security service, wrote in a statement Saturday that the attacks raised\u00a0\u201cvery serious concerns\u201d among French Jews.<\/p>\n<p>In another unusual move, SPCJ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/spcjfr\/posts\/986695128058384\">posted <\/a>on its Facebook page specific instructions to community leaders, including one\u00a0to \u201cmake sure all congregants are aware of any cancellation\u201d of synagogue services, lest they linger at the entrance of closed houses of worship or walk together to open ones, \u201cthereby putting them at even greater risk\u201d than holding services as planned.<\/p>\n<p>The authors of the SPCJ notice also wrote that the attacks suggested detailed research work by the terrorists, which requires \u201cbreaking up the routine\u201d at Jewish organizations and synagogues.<\/p>\n<p>The Anti-Defamation League in a statement Saturday expressed \u201cshock and horror\u201d at the attacks, as well as \u201cdeep concern\u201d\u00a0at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/2015\/11\/14\/default\/before-bloodbath-paris-bataclan-theater-received-threats-over-pro-israel-events\">reports <\/a>that one of the venues targeted, the Le Bataclan concert venue, had been in the past the subject of threats over its hosting of pro-Israel events and of a reported Al Qaeda plot in 2010 to attack it over France\u2019s perceived role in the blockade over Gaza, or over the supposed Jewish affiliation of its owners.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe hope the French authorities will investigate the possibility that virulent anti-Semitism was a motive in the attack,\u201d Jonathan A. 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