Tag: France
France’s Jew-hatred bill faces pushback from UN special rapporteurs ahead of parliament debate
A group of U.N. special rapporteurs has raised concerns about a proposed French law to combat antisemitism, warning that it could infringe on free expression protections, ahead of a debate on the measure in...
France probes Paris bomb plot, possible Iran link
French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez on Sunday said he suspected a “link” between an attempt to set off explosives outside of a Bank of America office in Paris on Saturday, and the U.S.-Israeli joint...
Far-left lawmakers booed out of memorial event in Toulouse
At the 14th annual commemoration ceremony on Thursday for the murder of four French Jews at a Jewish school in Toulouse, participants booed representatives of the far-left France Unbowed (LFI) party, forcing them to...
French Jewish leader blasts judiciary for ignoring Jew-hate
Yonathan Arfi, the president of the CRIF umbrella group of French Jewish communities, leveled the accusation on Feb. 19 in the presence of Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu during the annual dinner of Arfi’s organization.
He...
French-Israeli slams ‘genocide’ summons as effort to criminalize defending Israel
Rachel Touitou, summoned by a French judge over alleged complicity in genocide for protesting aid to Gaza, says charges against her and fellow activist Nili Kupfer-Naouri are a test case aimed at later prosecuting...
Dreyfus posthumously promoted, 130 years after being wrongly accused of treason in France
Alfred Dreyfus, the French Jewish military officer who was falsely accused of treason in 1894 in France, has been posthumously promoted to the rank of brigadier general, AFP reported on Tuesday.
French President Emmanuel Macron...
Christians protest Amsterdam venue’s Chanukah boycott
Leaders of Dutch Christian Zionists protested on Thursday in Amsterdam against the Royal Concert Hall’s decision to cancel a Chanukah concert because it features a cantor who serves in Israel’s army.
Separately, France’s culture minister,...
World leaders praise Gaza agreement
World leaders from across the globe on Thursday welcomed Israel and Hamas’s agreement to the first phase of U.S. President Donald Trump’s ceasefire deal, reflecting both intense global relief that the end to the...
No ‘unilateral recognition’ of Palestinian state, Rubio tells French counterpart
Marco Rubio, the U.S. secretary of state and national security advisor, told Jean-Noël Barrot, the French foreign minister, that Washington is strongly opposed to “any unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state,” according to Tommy...
Israel stuns France in EuroBasket 2025 match
Israel defeated France 82-69 in the group stage of the EuroBasket 2025 men's basketball championship in Katowice, Poland, on Sunday night, in a historic win for the blue-and-white team.
At one point in the first half, Israel...