4 decades later, 1980 Paris synagogue bombing trial offers opportunity for closure

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PARIS (JTA) — The courtroom was crowded but the defendant’s seat was empty on Monday as a landmark trial in French Jewish history got underway, nearly 43 years after the synagogue bombing that Hassan Diab stands accused of orchestrating.

https://www.jta.org/2023/04/06/global/4-decades-later-new-trial-of-alleged-1980-paris-synagogue-bomber-offers-victims-opportunity-for-closure?

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Paris court gives 1980 synagogue bomber life sentence

PARIS (JTA) — Over 42 years after a bomb killed four and injured dozens outside the Rue Copernic synagogue, a court here has convicted a Lebanese-Canadian academic of the crime and given him a life sentence.

https://www.jta.org/2023/04/21/global/paris-court-gives-1980-synagogue-bomber-life-sentence?

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Found guilty of the French synagogue attack, Hassan Diab must be extradited

It was a Friday. A Shabbat evening during the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-found-guilty-of-the-french-synagogue-attack-hassan-diab-must-be/