This week in power: Denmark attack and Netanyahu invitation

A roundup of the most talked about political and global stories in the Jewish world this week:

European fears
“The Copenhagen police said on Sunday that they had shot and killed a man believed to be behind two attacks that killed two people, one at a cafe and one outside a synagogue,” ” target=”_blank”>said Miriam Raftery at the San Diego Jewish World. In the wake of the attack, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu encouraged European Jews to move to Israel. “Europe without Jews would be a disaster of mass proportions in this world, as it would reduce the number of places we can live and participate in free societies to a precious few,” ” target=”_blank”>asked the Jewish Journal's Rob Eshman.

Bibi's decision
After House Speaker John Boehner invited Netanyahu for an American visit, Democrats ” target=”_blank”>wrote William A. Galston in The Wall Street Journal. Despite the recent ruckus, President Obama is doing everything he can to keep people at bay, and at peace. “The Obama administration is considering various options to show Israelis and Arabs alike that it is still serious about pursuing a Palestinian peace agreement, despite the impasse reached last year in U.S.-brokered talks,”