Netanyahu to Danish Jews: 'Israel Is Your Home'

JERUSALEM, Israel -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu extended condolences to Denmark and its Jewish community following weekend terror attacks that took the lives of two people.

The first victim was a Danish filmmaker attending a free speech event at a cafe. The second victim was a Jewish security guard, gunned down a short time later in front of a synagogue as a bar mitzvah was taking place.

Police killed the suspected gunman, Omar el-Hussein, 22, a man with a history of violence recently released from jail.

"Our thoughts go to the whole of the Jewish community today," said Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt. "They belong in Denmark. They are a strong part of our community, and we will do everything we can to protect the Jewish community in our country."

Speaking at the weekly cabinet meeting, Netanyahu told ministers it's unlikely that the latest attacks will be the last.

"Extremist Islamic terrorism has struck Europe again, this time in Denmark. We send our condolences to the Danish people and to the Jewish community in Denmark. Jews have been murdered again on European soil only because they were Jews and this wave of terrorist attacks - including murderous anti-Semitic attacks -- is expected to continue," Netanyahu said.

"Of course, Jews deserve protection in every country but we say to Jews, to our brothers and sisters: Israel is your home. We are preparing and calling for the absorption of mass immigration from Europe. I would like to tell all European Jews and all Jews wherever they are: 'Israel is the home of every Jew,'" he continued.

A short time later, the cabinet passed a 180 million shekel plan "to encourage the absorption of immigrants from France, Belgium, and Ukraine."

Netanyahu said the cabinet will submit "additional plans later," saying "to the Jews of Europe and to the Jews of the world I say that Israel is waiting for you with open arms."

Meanwhile, Yemen's tiny Jewish remnant is considering immigrating to Israel, especially after the Houthi movement took control of Sana'a, the nation's capital.

Houthi's are part of Shiite Islam, which spews the same mantra of "death to America, death to Israel, curse the Jews, victory to Islam," as other Muslim terror groups.

A Yemini family arrived in Israel Friday, YNet.

"The problem of the Houthis is not with the Jews of Yemen but with Israel, which occupies Palestine," Reuters quoted a Houthi official.