The hastily-planned unity march held in response to Wednesday's terror attack on the Paris-based Charlie Hebdo magazine and Friday's terror attack on the Hyper Cacher kosher supermarket in Paris drew at least 3.7 million people – the rough equivalent of a 19-million person march in the US – from the leaders of France, Israel, Great Britain, the PA, the Kingdom of Jordan and Germany to Parisians of all backgrounds, including top Muslim, Catholic, Christian and Jewish leaders.
Paris Unity March Draws At Least 3.7 Million, French Official Says
Shmarya Rosenberg • FailedMessiah.com
It was billed as "a cry for freedom."
The hastily-planned unity march held in response to Wednesday's terror attack on the Paris-based Charlie Hebdo magazine and Friday's terror attack on the Hyper Cacher kosher supermarket in Paris drew at least 3.7 million people – the rough equivalent of a 19-million person march in the US – from the leaders of France, Israel, Great Britain, the PA, the Kingdom of Jordan and Germany to Parisians of all backgrounds, including top Muslim, Catholic, Christian and Jewish leaders.
After the march, France's president joined Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Great Synagogue in Paris.
Along with Netanyahu were Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman and Diasposra, Economy and Religious Services Minister Naftali Bennett.
The US sent Attorney General Eric Holder to the march – who had to be in Paris anyway for security talks – and the US Ambassador to France.
Many marchers carried signs reading "I am Charlie Hebdo" and ""I am Jewish" as acts of solidarity with the victims.
The size of the march and its bottom-up organization – there were no speakers or speeches at the march and no agenda other than French unity and, support for freedom of speech and liberty, and a stand against discrimination, racism and anti-Semitism are both unprecedented.