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Netanyahu in Paris to commemorate Vel d'Hiv deportation of Jews

July 16, 2017 5:40 pm

Netanyahu in Paris to commemorate Vel d’Hiv deportation of Jews

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in Paris to commemorate the victims of a mass arrest of Jews in Nazi-occupied France in 1942.

More than 13,000 Jews were rounded up and detained at a cycling stadium, the Velodrome d’Hiver, before being deported to Nazi death camps.

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Mr Netanyahu also held direct talks for the first time with French President Emmanuel Macron.

He is the first Israeli prime minister to attend the Vel d’Hiv commemorations.