Haaretz.com: PARIS – The flags are back at full mast, the snipers have descended from the roofs and the marchers have gone back to work. World leaders are heading home, the traffic has unsnarled, and the wind seems to have died down, just a little. But the Hyper Cacher kosher supermarket on the eastern side of Paris remains closed.

The “H” from the “CACHER” sign out front is hanging precariously. The blue electric lights of the “ER” at the end are blown out. Bullet holes scar the front door. The side door is boarded up. Police tape is stretched around the building and a low security barrier has been erected – and is getting covered with piles of bouquets, notes and placards.

Throughout the day and into the evening, as the temperatures drop again, the stream of visitors continues. Many leave bouquets – roses mainly, but tulips and daisies, too. Others try to light memorial candles, their lighters and matches losing out, again and again, in the battle with the wind. Placards play on every conceivable variation of the same slogan, mixing up the words: Charlie, Jews, Muslims, Police and France.

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