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Relatives and friends of Ilan Halimi, a Jewish man who was killed a year ago in an anti-Semitic attack in Paris, attending his reburial ceremony in a Jerusalem cemetery on February 9. (Pierre Terdjman / BauBau) Last update - 22:54 26/02/2007 Jewish group: Anti-Semitic attacks in France jumped in 2006 By Reuters PARIS - The number of anti-Semitic incidents in France jumped sharply in 2006, lifted by attacks following the brutal murder of a young Jew at the start of the year and by the war in Lebanon, a Jewish group said on Monday. CRIF, the representative council of Jewish institutions in France, said physical attacks on Jews rose 46 percent to 112 last year from 77 in 2005. Anti-Semitic "actions", including both assaults and lesser attacks such as throwing objects or causing material damage, rose 40 percent to 213 from 152, while the number of threats rose by 7 percent to 158. Advertisement CRIF said the rise in attacks appeared to have been fuelled by the murder of Ilan Halimi, a 23-year-old Jewish man whose death at the hands of a group of kidnappers in February last year shocked France. Halimi was found naked and tortured after three weeks in captivity and died shortly afterwards. The leader of the kidnappers said they had wanted to extort a ransom and denied acting out of anti-Semitic motives, but the Interior Ministry branded it an anti-Semitic act and it was followed by a spate of attacks on Jews in Paris. CRIF also said the war in Lebanon between Israel Defense Forces and Hezbollah guerrillas during July and August of 2006 sparked a rise in attacks in France which continued into September and October. "Anti-Semitic actions are carried out sometimes with real determination, sometimes simply because an opportunity presents itself," it said in a statement. The statistics were collected from reports by the service for the protection of the Jewish community (SPCJ), which counts both attacks reported on a hotline and information supplied by the Interior Ministry Bookmark to del.icio.us   Sarkozy's promise 'France will never compromise Israel's security' Israel's agenda Is an Israeli strike on Iran still on the government's agenda?   1.   Jews love France, hence so many still choose to live there! 22:05  |  Jacques 26/02/07   2.   Very sad! 22:17  |  Deborah 26/02/07   3.   Shut up and come to Israel already! 22:22  |  Don 26/02/07   4.   Don`t know what to think anymore 22:45  |  Eka 26/02/07   5.   Shocker 23:46  |  Rob 26/02/07   6.   Thank France 23:53  |  Lynn 26/02/07   7.   think France 23:55  |  Lynn 26/02/07   8.   In 2007... 23:59  |  Paulo 26/02/07   9.   France and anti-semitism 00:51  |  Lynn 27/02/07   10.   funny 02:12  |  Rob 27/02/07   11.   Thank God they`re on the lookout for "Islamaphobia" 03:13  |  McQueen 27/02/07   12.   There Must Be An Israel 03:48  |  Tobia 27/02/07   13.   #5, TOBIA, not good when it`s happening to you, is it 07:22  |  VIPER 27/02/07   14.   all jews should live in Israel 00:09  |  Wendy 28/02/07   15.   defense 19:51  |  mark clark 23/06/08

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