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January 15, 2015 12:52
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As news of the attack on the Parisian kosher supermarket broke last week, social media was flooded with messages of support for the victims.

World leaders, communal organisations and ordinary people followed the JC in spreading the "Je Suis Juif" ("I am Jewish") hashtag, echoing the "Je Suis Charlie" and "Je Suis Ahmed" call after the attack on the French magazine offices in which Muslim policeman Ahmed Merabet was killed. #JeSuisJuif has been tweeted more than 20,000 times.

Profile pictures on Facebook were quickly replaced by the "Je Suis Juif" placard, with white letters against a black background. They were also held up by people at the solidarity rally in Trafalgar Square on Sunday.

At the march in Paris, UK Prime Minister David Cameron said that he was most moved by a placard that read: "Je Suis Charlie, Je Suis Flic [I am police officer] et Je Suis Juif."

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