[Dr. Aaron Lerner - IMRA: Mind boggling. The only group that knew in
advance the probable route of the event were the terrorists. And yet, the
French put the leaders of the world in a bus that was not armored and made
it easy for an assassin to take aim by choosing " vehicle without tinted
windows so that the citizens walking alongside the vehicle would be able to
see them" !!! Add to that - "the route was not examined by security guards
in advance"!!!]
Netanyahu feared for his safety in Paris march
Le Monde report says prime minister was highly nervous before joining world
leaders in march against terrorism, expressed concern over lack of armor on
bus.
Ynetnews Published: 02.03.15, 14:08 / Israel News
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4622419,00.html

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had feared for his safety and expressed
concerns about the security arrangements made for the massive anti-terrorism
rally in Paris last month following the attacks at the Charlie Hebdo offices
and at a kosher supermarket in Paris, French daily newspaper Le Monde
reported over the weekend.

French video footage which captured Netanyahu waiting for a bus to take him
to the rally, cutting in line and nervously talking on the phone, has been
cast in a new light after details emerged about the behind-the-scenes drama
of the world leaders' participation in the march.

According to the report, Netanyahu stood at the corner of a yard, and put on
a bulletproof vest with the help of one of his bodyguards. A French security
guard working for the president then approached President Francois Hollande
in order to give him instructions in the event of a security incident. "I'll
be right in front of you, don't move around," the guard told the French
president.

The French report claimed that Netanyahu was very nervous, and that he had
expressed his concerns to the French president. "Did you check everything?
Is the bus armored and bulletproof? Have the buildings along the route been
checked?" Netanyahu asked. Hollande replied in the affirmative. However,
according to the report, the bus was not armored and the route was not
examined by security guards in advance.

The report further claimed that the Israeli prime minister expressed his
dissatisfaction over the fact that the windows of the bus were plain glass,
saying it exposed the leaders to danger. However, French officials had made
it clear that they had deliberately chosen a vehicle without tinted windows
so that the citizens walking alongside the vehicle would be able to see
them.

Netanyahu, the magazine claimed, ignored instructions from the French guards
and chose to surround himself with three security guards, unlike the other
leaders who were each accompanied by a single guard.

The anti-terrorism march was held at noon on a Sunday. According to the
magazine, Netanyahu informed the French he would attend the rally a day
before it was scheduled to begin. The French president then reportedly asked
his staff to contact Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. At
around midnight, Abbas received a phone call from Hollande.

"Mahmoud, you know that I never ask anything of you. You have to come here.
Your presence, together with Netanyahu, will make this march a rally of
peace," the French president told Abbas.

The French, Ynet has learned, were not very enthusiastic about Netanyahu's
participation in the rally. Ynet learned that the country's officials were
angry that the prime minister attended the rally with two senior ministers
and an MK - while most countries only sent one senior official, and created
difficulties for the Israeli delegation.

Furthermore, the French Foreign Ministry had preferred that Netanyahu would
not attend, as "his arrival could raise difficulties," Channel 2 television
reported then. The French media, meanwhile, reported that Netanyahu's
arrival in the French capital could divert the spotlight from the fight
against terror, and instead center the attention on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.