The deadly shooting attack at a Copenhagen synagogue early Sunday would not mark the end of extremist Muslim terror attacks against European Jews, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned at Sunday’s cabinet meeting.
“We send our condolences to the Danish people, and also to the Jewish community in Denmark,” said Netanyahu. “Once again Jews are murdered on the soil of Europe just for being Jews. This wave of terror attacks is expected to continue, including these murderous anti-Semitic attacks.”
The shooting at the Krystalgade synagogue in downtown Copenhagen came just hours after a deadly shooting at a free speech event at a local community center that featured an artist who had caricatured the Prophet Muhammad. One person was killed in the earlier shooting, while 38-year-old Dan Uzan, a member of the Copenhagen Jewish community, was killed outside the synagogue. Uzan was guarding the site at the time.
Five police officers were also wounded in the shootings, two of them outside the synagogue. On Sunday, police said they shot and killed a man they believed had carried out both shootings.
Police have not yet released information on the identity or motives of the attacker.
In his statement, Netanyahu called for the Danish Jewish community to move to Israel.
“Obviously Jews deserve protection in every country, but we say to the Jews, to our brothers and sisters: ‘Israel is your home,’” he told cabinet ministers in a prepared statement.
“We are preparing for a wave of mass aliya [Jewish immigration] from Europe; we are calling for a wave of mass aliya from Europe. I want to tell all the Jews of Europe, and Jews wherever they may be: ‘Israel is the home of every Jew…Israel awaits you with open arms,’” he said.
Economy Minister Naftali Bennett, who also serves as Israel’s diaspora affairs minister, spoke to Jewish community leaders in Denmark Sunday and offered his condolences.
“The State of Israel stands by you in this difficult time, ready to assist in any way,” Bennett said, according to a statement from his office. “We can’t accept that Jews are simply shot on the streets of Europe. We will not let Jews become easy targets for anti-Semitic attacks.”
Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman said terror incidents in Copenhagen over the weekend prove the need for “a truly uncompromising war against Islamic terror and its causes.”
The Jews, Liberman said, were the canary in the coalmine.
“The string of terror incidents in Copenhagen, at the synagogue and at the free speech event, prove what we have been saying for years, that Israel and the Jews are the first to experience this terror because they are the front line in the terror war against the West and the entire free world,” the foreign minister insisted.
“The international community in its entirety cannot be satisfied with declarations and demonstrations against this terror, but must throw off the rules of political correctness and conduct an a truly uncompromising war against Islamic terror and its causes,” Liberman said.
Israel’s Foreign Ministry was in constant contact with the Israeli embassy in Denmark and is closely following the events, a statement from Liberman’s office said.
World Jewish Congress President Ronald Lauder also condemned the shootings and urged the Danish government to find those responsible while stepping up efforts to protect the local Jewish community against rising anti-Semitic violence.
“The World Jewish Congress deplores these despicable attacks, and stands in solidarity with the Jewish community and the people of Denmark,” said Lauder. “We are confident the Danish government will take all necessary measures to bring those responsible for these attacks to justice, and we urge them to help secure the local Jewish community against anti-Semitic violence.”
“These attacks in Copenhagen follow the similar, brutal targeting of Jews and others in Paris and across Europe,” Lauder said. “European governments should recognize that we are facing a vicious new wave of anti-Semitism and violence. It is crucial that Europe contends with this growing threat.”
JTA contributed to this report.

February 15, 2015 at 4:11 PM
Get encouraged by ” a Rosh ha Shana song from Latma ”on YouTube. The message of the song is ” Israels God is NOT sleeping – HE sees it all and HE does to all of Israels enemies like he did to Haman & Co – HE is finishing them off one by one !
Be calm, trust in HIM and see how Israels enemies are taken away by HIM ! Am Israel chai !
February 15, 2015 at 4:17 PM
Reblogged this on Oyia Brown.
February 15, 2015 at 4:22 PM
See how HE works : He said, ”I’ll curse those who curse Israel ”. Now, looking at Scandinavia ( Sweden & Norway especially ), look how bad Jews are treated there ( little protection from muslim terrror / thereby forced to leave these countries ) – SEE how these countries now face and fear Russian agression . Russia in 2013 has even trained a nuclear attack on Sweden (!) / Norways army is fearing a russian takeover of its north with NATO just watching……Thats how the curse works…….Do they listen? Do they learn?
” HE who watches over Israel does NOT sleep ! ”
February 15, 2015 at 4:32 PM
Nobody is perfect – I had my disagreements with Bibi too – but the scriptures do say that its Israels God who installs leaders. I’m actually very glad to see Bibi as PM – he is a leader of the people of Israel, has his feet on the ground and as a battle proven officer he KNOWS the business of survival, he is a man and no crook as so many other leaders around the globe (…..).
Lets pray for him that he seeks and gets guidance from Israels God !
February 16, 2015 at 10:07 PM
1 Samuel 8 – Israel asks for a king:
6 But when they said, “Give us a king to lead us,” this displeased Samuel; so he prayed to the Lord.
7 And the Lord told him: “Listen to all that the people are saying to you; it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected me as their king.
February 15, 2015 at 6:26 PM
What is Happening in Europe is the tip of the iceberg.Islamic agendas are at work to create chaos.
February 15, 2015 at 9:43 PM
Omar El-Hussein, Copenhagen Terrorist, Freed from Jail 2 Weeks Before Attack
http://www.frontpagemag.com/2015/dgreenfield/omar-el-hussein-the-copenhagen-terrorist-freed-from-jail-2-weeks-before-attack/
February 19, 2015 at 12:06 AM
yes….all jewish people should be in isrrael -their property matters as well as all the money invested in foreign soil, once and forever! talves this is the modus operandi of the world recognize Israel as a nation among the others!
February 19, 2015 at 12:07 AM
GOD IS WRITING RIGHT BUT TRAILS TORTUOUS!