Barcelona Terror Attack

The Chief Rabbi of Catalonia in Spain has warned his community is doomed because of the authorities’ reluctance to confront radical Islam.

Rabbi Meir Bar-Hen says he has been encouraging his congregants to leave Spain, which he branded a “hub of Islamist terror for all of Europe,” for years before the attacks Thursday and Friday, he said. At least 14 victims and five suspected terrorists were killed in Barcelona and the resort town of Cambrils, 75 miles south of the city.

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We spoke to Victor Sorenssen, director of the European Association for the Preservation and Promotion of Jewish Culture and Heritage (AEPJ) who is also a spokesperson of the Jewish Community of Barcelona.

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