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| | Israel Sees a Surge in Immigration by French Jews, but Why? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12) |
 | | ERUSALEM, July 1 - More French Jews have been immigrating to Israel or buying properties here as potential havens, and the Israelis and the French are debating whether the trend is the result of a surge in anti-Semitic attacks in France or just a cyclical oddity. |
 | | Michael Jankelowitz, a spokesman for the Jewish Agency, said that as a result of attacks against Jews in France in the past three years, many Jews, particularly those whose religion is evident from their clothes, were feeling increasingly uneasy. |
 | | Gérard Araud, the French ambassador to Israel, played down the influx, suggesting in an interview that emigration is cyclical. |
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