Tag: France
France to recognize ‘Palestine,’ Macron announces
France is set to recognize a Palestinian state in the coming months, French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Wednesday.
"We must move towards recognition, and we will do so in the coming months," he declared...
Sa’ar meets French FM in Paris to discuss global threats
Israel’s Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar met with his French counterpart Jean-Noel Barrot in Paris on Thursday to discuss regional developments amid increasing threats to global stability.
The two held a “productive meeting” which included issues...
Le Pen convicted of fraud, banned from French presidential run
A French court on Monday convicted Marine Le Pen, a leader of the country’s right-wing National Rally party, of misappropriating European Union funds to finance the movement. She was disqualified from running in the...
French minister: ‘Hatred of Jews comes essentially from the Arab-Muslim world’
Hatred of the Jews now comes mainly from the Arab-Muslim world, French Minister of Overseas Manuel Valls said earlier this week.
In an interview with CNEWS-Europe 1 on Monday, Valls reacted to anti-Jewish slogans chanted at anti-racist...
Jean-Marie Le Pen, French far-right politician and Holocaust denier, dies at 96
Jean-Marie Le Pen, a Holocaust denier and right-wing extremist who led the French far-right National Front Party, died on Tuesday. He was 96 years old.
His family told AFP that he died in a care facility “surrounded...
800 French teens in Israel to volunteer, bolster ties with Europe
A delegation of some 800 French teenagers traveled to Israel last week for the first time since the Iron Swords War began as part of an initiative geared towards volunteering and strengthening ties with...
Swastikas painted on Paris home where Holocaust survivor murdered in 2018
A troubling wave of antisemitism has surfaced in France, where a Jewish resident is enduring persistent threats in a building already marked by tragedy. Nancy is facing relentless antisemitic harassment, including death threats and Nazi symbols,...
Netanyahu to Macron: UN did not create Israel, ‘heroic fighters’ did
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday issued a rejoinder to French President Emmanuel Macron's claim earlier that day that Israel was created by the United Nations.
"A reminder to the French President: It was...
British and French foreign ministers on way to Israel, Jerusalem says
The foreign ministers of France and the United Kingdom are set to touch down in Tel Aviv on Friday in a last-ditch attempt to prevent Iran from dragging the Middle East into all-out war,...
First half of year in France sees triple incidents of antisemitism from 2023
French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin discussed new data on the rise of antisemitism in the country following the Hamas terrorist attacks in southern Israel on Oct. 7.
The government official said on Friday at a ceremony commemorating...