Paratroopers were deployed Saturday in Belgium to protect Jewish sites and other sensitive buildings as the head of Europol warned that further terrorist attacks could not be ruled out in the wake of the murder of 17 people in Paris by Islamist gunmen last week.

Rabbi Menachem Margolin, Director General of the European Jewish Association (EJA) refuted claims he called on all European Jews to bear arms, in a clarification statement released Saturday night.

In a joint news conference, Obama and Cameron urged US lawmakers to exercise patience and hold off on any legislation calling for further sanctions.

Premier releases statement hours after The Hague announces inquiry into war crimes allegedly committed by Israel and Palestinian rejectionist groups.

Obama and Cameron held two days of White House talks amid increasing concern in Europe about the threat posed by extremists.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday laid a wreath at the kosher supermarket in Paris where an Islamist terrorist killed four Jewish men last week in a hostage standoff.

Sweden’s Foreign Minister Margot Wallström has cancelled a visit to Israel officially for ‘’diary reasons’’ but an Israeli foreign ministry official confirmed that the cancellation was motivated by the fact that the minister was ‘’not really welcome’’ after her country’s formal recognition of a Palestinian state last October.

Jewish schools in Brussels and Antwerp will be closed on Friday because of increasing terror threat against sensitive targets, one day after a vast anti-terrorist police operation in Belgium against jihadists returning from Syria.

The preliminary inquiry could lead to charges against Palestinian and Israeli officials.

Arab ministers voice support for Palestinian efforts to join international conventions and treaties, including the ICC.