TIMES OF ISRAEL
Bataclan theater long a target of anti-Zionist groups, report says
by Staff and AP
November 14, 2015

French magazine Le Point said early Saturday that the Bataclan theater [site of annual IDF benefits], targeted in Friday night’s Paris terror attacks, has for years been the target of anti-Zionist groups as its Jewish owners often put on pro-Israel events. (The Jewish owners actually sold the theater in September, it emerged on Saturday.) The publication quoted a member of the extremist group Army of Islam, who told French security services in 2011 that, “We had planned an attack against the Bataclan because its owners are Jews.” The Eagles of Death Metal, the band performing at the theater when the attacks began, played in Tel Aviv’s Barby club in July. READ MORE