Tag: France
France returning Klimt art, sold under duress in 1938, to heirs of Jewish owner
France’s culture minister Roselyne Bachelot announced on Monday that the French government will return a painting by famed artist Gustav Klimt to the heirs of its Austrian Jewish owner, who was forced to sell...
Killed in helicopter crash in France, Olivier Dassault, 69, leaves personal legacy upon family...
On Sunday afternoon, March 7, my phone rang. The call came from a friend in Paris telling me about a fatal helicopter crash in which one of the victims was my dear friend, Olivier...
Security overpowers knife-wielding man outside Jewish school in Marseille
Security forces outside of a Jewish day school in Marseille in southern France stopped an armed, would-be assailant who showed up at the school on Friday before going into a nearby kosher market.
According to...
Report: European powers scrap US-backed plan for IAEA rebuke of Iran
Britain, France and Germany have withdrawn their support for a U.S.-backed plan for the International Atomic Energy Agency’s board to criticize Iran for curtailing its cooperation with the agency, Reuters reported on Thursday.
The three countries were...
France: Iran must make ‘clear and immediate’ gestures to resume nuclear talks
French President Emmanuel Macron told Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday that Tehran must take immediate action if it wishes to resume talks regarding the 2015 nuclear deal, according to an official statement.
“Having reminded...
Hate mail to French Jewish Parliament member: ‘Soon the camps again’
The Paris prosecutor’s office opened an investigation after a Jewish member of the National Assembly, France’s lower house of parliament, received anti-Semitic hate mail, according to the European Jewish Congress.
Parliament member Yael Braun-Pivet published...
French lawmakers pass bill to combat Islamist extremism, separatism
France’s National Assembly passed a bill on Tuesday trumpeted by President Emmanuel Macron as a means to address the problem of Islamist extremism and separatism.
“It’s an extremely strong secular offensive,” French Interior Minister Gerald...
Blinken to discuss Iran with European allies as White House convenes NSC
U.S. Secretary of State Tony Blinken was slated to discuss Iran and other foreign-policy issues with his British, French and German counterparts on Friday.
“The secretary will have an opportunity to discuss with some of...
Belgian court convicts Iranian diplomat of bomb plot in France
A Belgian court sentenced an Iranian diplomat to 20 years in prison for his role in planning a 2018 bomb attack on the annual rally of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)...
France gives $10 million to pro-BDS Palestinian group
France’s government has given roughly $10 million to a Palestinian group that supports boycotting Israel, despite the fact that in the country, promoting BDS is illegal.
The French Development Agency, or AFD, which focuses on...