France fears spillover from Gaza conflict

Israel’s assault on the Gaza strip, January 2009, has triggered French government fears of a spillover of tension to Muslim and Jewish communities in France, which at 6m and 600,000 are the largest in the European Union.

ESO: Background information: EU calls halt on closer Israel links http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-calls-halt-on-closer-israel-links/

France24, 17.1.09: Israel heads for truce vote as Gaza fighting continues http://www.france24.com/en/20090117-israel-poised-truce-vote-

France24, 15.1.09: A fourth French synagogue petrol-bombed, in Paris suburb http://www.france24.com/en/20090115-paris-synagogue-petrol-bombed-gaza-attacks-anti-semitism-sarkozy

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