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French President Emmanuel Macron in 2018. Credit: Alexandros Michailidis/Shutterstock.

Macron asks for change in law after French court won’t prosecute Halimi’s killer

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France’s President Emmanuel Macron urged an immediate change to French law after a court ruled that a man who murdered a Jewish woman in 2017 was not responsible for his actions because he was high on...
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin with French President Emmanuel Macron at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, Jan. 22, 2020. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Rivlin urges France to stand by Israel, oppose ICC probe

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Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Wednesday called on the French government and other European countries to oppose the International Criminal Court’s decision to investigate the Israel Defense Forces for war crimes. In a letter published...
French President Emmanuel Macron during a meeting at the G20 summit on July 8, 2017. Credit: Wikimedia Commons via Russian Federation.

French lawmakers pass bill to combat Islamist extremism, separatism

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France’s National Assembly passed a bill on Tuesday trumpeted by President Emmanuel Macron as a means to address the problem of Islamist extremism and separatism. “It’s an extremely strong secular offensive,” French Interior Minister Gerald...
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif at the Munich Security Conference in 2019. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Balk/MSC.

Iran says nuclear deal non-negotiable, rejects new participants

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Iran’s Foreign Ministry said on Saturday that its 2015 nuclear agreement with six world powers was non-negotiable and rejected any changes to the participants in the accord. The announcement came in response to French...
Palestinians protest against the publications of a cartoon of Prophet Mohammad in France, as well as French President Emmanuel Macron's comments on Islam, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on Oct. 30, 2020. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.

Hundreds protest at Temple Mount against Muhammad caricatures; three arrested

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Hundreds of people demonstrated at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem on Friday against French President Emmanuel Macron and his pledge to protect the right to caricature the Islamic prophet Muhammad with three arrested for...
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Dec. 27, 2017. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Khamenei tweets: Why a crime to deny Holocaust?

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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei tweeted on Wednesday asking why it’s a crime to doubt the Holocaust, though it is permitted to insult the prophet Muhammad. “The next question to ask is: Why is...
French President Emmanuel Macron visits the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City on Jan. 22, 2020. Photo by Shlomi Cohen/Flash90.

Israeli Arabs protest against French president over Muhammad cartoons

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Around 200 Israeli Arabs gathered in Jaffa on Saturday outside the residence of France’s ambassador to Israel to protest against French President Emmanuel Macron’s statement that France would not ban cartoons of the prophet...
French President Emmanuel Macron at the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem on Jan. 22, 2020. Photo by Marc Israel Sellem/POOL.

French president says pro-Hamas group connected to beheading of teacher

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French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Tuesday that a pro-Hamas group is connected to the beheading last week of a history teacher in Paris. The suspect in the murder has been identified as 18-year-old Abdoullakh Abouyezidovitch Anzorov, a...
French President Emmanuel Macron holding a press conference while visiting Beirut, Lebanon in early September. Source: Screenshot.

France looks to restore influence in Lebanon, but Iran isn’t budging

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The multiple explosions in Beirut on Aug. 4 ravaged more than just part of Lebanon’s capital city. The government completely crumbled in the aftermath, and Hezbollah began to take heat from some quarters of...
French President Emmanuel Macron at the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem on Jan. 22, 2020. Photo by Marc Israel Sellem/POOL.

French president Macron ‘ashamed of Lebanon’s political leaders’

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French President Emmanuel Macron criticized Lebanon’s leaders on Sunday for not putting the country’s interests first and respecting an agreement laid out by France to fix the crisis-ridden country. “I am ashamed of Lebanon’s political...