Following a spate of violent anti-Semitic attacks in Europe Benjamin Netanyahu addressed all Jews wherever they are through the Israeli cabinet, and subsequently through the media, saying ‘Israel is the home of every Jew and Israel is waiting for you with open arms.’ However former president Shimon Peres addressing an event in New York rejected the ‘aliyah-to-Israel’ call saying, I would like every Jew who wants to come to Israel to please come, but don’t come because of a political position, come because you want to live in Israel. Israel must remain a land of hope and not a land of fear. Jews can live all over the world. Just keep your children Jewish.’ Mike Huckabee, a likely 2016 Republican candidate for president, said terrorism is global and the one place that Jews can be protected is in Israel. See also