Jerusalem: January 11, 2017. French Jews have been leaving France in greater and greater numbers and emigrating to Israel following increasing attacks on their communities. According to ChristianToday.com, this year 5,000 Jews have left France to settle in Israel. This continues a trend seen over the last few years. In 2015, 7,900 Jews left France and in 2014, 7,231 left. Since 2006, a total of 40,000 Jews have left the country. Although some experts say terrorism is not the reason so many French Jews are leaving the country, Daniel Benhaim, the head of The Jewish Agency of Israel, maintains that the threat of terrorism is the number one motivating factor for Jews leaving the country. Four Jews were killed in the attack on the Jewish Hyper Cacher supermarket in eastern Paris the same day 12 people were killed in the Charlie Hebdo attacks which took place two years ago. Another attack occurred at a Jewish school in Toulouse, France in 2012, as well as a kidnapping and murder of a young Jewish man in Paris in 2006. These incidents have reportedly contributed to the Jewish exodus from the country. However, France maintains one of the largest Jewish populations in Europe, with an estimated 500,000 Jews living there.