French and German leaders have urged Jews to stay in their countries, following a call by Israel prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to emigrate to Israel.
“France is wounded with you and France does not want you to leave. … The place for French Jews is France”, said French prime minister Manuel Valls.
He said he was “sorry” that Netanyahu called on European Jews to come to Israel.
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