Tag: Emmanuel Macron
Hundreds protest at Temple Mount against Muhammad caricatures; three arrested
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...
Khamenei tweets: Why a crime to deny Holocaust?
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...
Israeli Arabs protest against French president over Muhammad cartoons
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 says pro-Hamas group connected to beheading of teacher
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...
France looks to restore influence in Lebanon, but Iran isn’t budging
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 Macron ‘ashamed of Lebanon’s political leaders’
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...
Pompeo to France: Hezbollah’s weapons will torpedo attempts to intervene in Lebanon
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday that France’s intervention to resolve the crisis in Lebanon is bound to fail unless the issue of Hezbollah’s weapons is not dealt with first.
“The United...
Wiesenthal Centre Appeals to French President Emmanuel Macron Regarding Antisemitism Spike over the Last...
Paris, 28 August
In a letter to French President Emmanuel Macron, the Wiesenthal Centre Director for International Relations, Dr. Shimon Samuels, presented a panoply of Jew-hatred across France in only the last week.
Samuels with President...
Holocaust-denying graffiti found on wall in French village burned down by Nazis
French politicians from across the political spectrum condemned Holocaust-denying graffiti written on a wall in the village of Oradour-Sur-Glane, where the Nazi massacre of many of its inhabitants took place during World War II.
French...
Report: European leaders call on Netanyahu to shelve sovereignty plan
Leaders of major European countries have been urging Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to shelve his plan to apply sovereignty to large parts of Judea and Samaria and the Jordan Valley, Channel 13 News reported on...