Tag: France
Father of France’s newly appointed prime minister, Gabriel Attal, was Jewish
Gabriel Attal, 34, the new prime minister of France appointed by President Emmanuel Macron, has attracted attention for his age (he is the youngest in the role to date) and his sexual orientation (he...
FM Cohen hosts French counterpart in Tel Aviv
Paris can play a "positive and significant role" in preventing all-out war with Hezbollah in Lebanon, Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen told his French counterpart Catherine Colonna in Tel Aviv on Sunday.
Colonna emphasized during...
US still wants Israel-Saudi normalization, top envoy says
Washington still hopes Israel and Saudi Arabia will normalize relations, despite the ongoing war against Hamas in Gaza, a top Biden administration official said on Thursday.
"I think that not every road is a straight...
180,000 rally against antisemitism across France, Macron a no-show
Thousands marched in Paris on Sunday, including prominent lawmakers, to condemn a sharp rise in antisemitic incidents in France since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip, prompted...
Antisemitism still haunts the European left
France’s Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin last week ordered the dissolution of a Catholic traditionalist association named “Civitas” following claims of antisemitism against one of its leaders. The individual in question was the essayist Pierre...
Investigation continues after French Jewish boy is threatened with death
In the French city of Lyon near the Cours Émile-Zola intersection on July 24 at around 5:30 p.m., three individuals assaulted an unidentified Jewish 13-year-old boy, shoving and pushing him against a wall. The...
At Lebanese border, Herzog warns Hezbollah not to test IDF
Israel's President Isaac Herzog visited a military post on the Lebanon border on Wednesday, delivering a stern message to Hezbollah amid increased provocations by the Iran-backed terror group.
"Let no one among our enemies be...
‘Act of cowardice,’ French Jewish leader says of judge reversing ban on speaker with...
First, a Palestinian-French lawyer, with ties to a terrorist group, was slated to speak in Lyon. Then the French city’s mayor canceled the conference. Following that, a judge intervened and reinstated it.
In the end,...
Israeli finance minister meets with Jewish leaders in France
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich met in France on Tuesday with representatives of Jewish communities and organizations, as well as representatives of Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael-Jewish National Fund and the Jewish Agency.
During the meetings, Smotrich...
French parliament rejects resolution calling Israel ‘apartheid’
After a group of far-left members of France’s National Assembly put forward a measure labeling Israel an “apartheid state,” the lower house of Parliament rejected it by a margin of 199 to 71.
“We can only reject...