Tag: France
French authorities arrest two suspects connected with Holocaust-survivor’s murder
French police discovered the charred body of a Holocaust survivor covered with stab wounds after a fire broke out in her Paris apartment on Friday. The local Jewish community fears the murder was motivated by anti-Semitism,...
French consulate employees arrested for smuggling weapons from Gaza to Judea, Samaria
A driver and security guard employed by the French Consulate in eastern Jerusalem were arrested by Israeli police last month for allegedly smuggling weapons from Hamas in the Gaza Strip to Judea and Samaria,...
Macron to Jews: France will fight anti-Semitism, but not recognize Jerusalem
French President Emmanuel Macron told an audience on Wednesday that he would fight anti-Semitism online and in the streets of France in order to protect the country’s Jews.
“There are hatreds that are rising again;...
No hate of Halimi? French won’t see anti-Semitism for what it is
Flush from his victory over far-right candidate Marine Le Pen in the French elections last July, President Emmanuel Macron decided to address head on the horrific murder of a Jewish pensioner in Paris three...
8-year-old Jewish boy beaten in Paris suburb, French president condemns attack
For the second time in a month, a Jewish youth was assaulted in a Paris suburb.An 8-year-old boy wearing a yarmulke was beaten by two teenage boys on Tuesday in Sarcelles. French authorities have stated that...
In Search of Justice in France
In one of his, essays Henry James remarked that "ife is, in fact, a battle. Evil is insolent and strong ... goodness very apt to be weak." Recognizing that this is not illusion, it is heartening that...
French kosher shop burns down on attack anniversary
Prosecutors said the store in the southern Paris suburb of Creteil caught fire in the early hours, days after it was vandalised with anti-Semitic graffiti.
"The damage is believed to be very severe," Creteil prosecutor Laure Beccuau told AFP.
A...
School must serve non-pork option to Muslims and Jews, says French court
A French court has ordered schools in the town of Chalon-sur-Saône to provide pork-free meal options to Muslim and Jewish students, overturning a 2015 decision by the mayor to no longer provide alternative fare.
Explaining the...
Mélenchon agrees with Le Pen: France not responsible for Holocaust
Leftist French leader Jean Luc Mélenchon has said France bears no responsibility for the actions of the pro-Nazi Vichy government during the Holocaust, according to Haaretz — echoing the remarks of far right wing leader Marine le Pen.
Mélenchon...
Macron denounces anti-Zionism as ‘Reinvented form of anti-Semitism’
Standing at a site from which thousands of French Jews were sent to their deaths during the Holocaust, President Emmanuel Macron of France on Sunday deplored his nation’s wartime role in abetting murder and...