Tag: France
EU hypocrites take territory while blasting Israeli annexation
The member states of the European Union—both individually and collectively via the Quartet—are in a tizzy and hypocritically warning Israel against annexation, even as those same countries continue to occupy numerous territories that they...
June 4, 1936: Leon Blum becomes the first Jew to be elected as Prime...
On June 4, 1936, Leon Blum, a socialist, became the first Jew to be elected Prime Minister of France. His government introduced major reforms, such as instituting a 40-hour work week, collective bargaining for...
Report: France wants tough response if Israel goes ahead with annexation
France is pushing members of the European Union to consider threatening Israel with tough consequences if it goes ahead with its plan to annex parts of Judea and Samaria.
Belgium, Ireland and Luxembourg want to...
Coronavirus has taken lives of at least 1,300 French Jews
Between 1,300 and 2,000 French Jews have succumbed to the coronavirus, according to the country’s Jewish burial service.
Hundreds have been flown to be laid to rest in Israel, according to a report from the Makor...
J’Accuse! Our Dreyfus and theirs
Two months after its shellacking in the United Kingdom’s general elections, the Labour Party continues to remind British voters of why they chose the “anyone-but-Jeremy-Corbyn” option.
Last week, it was the turn of John McDonnell—Corbyn’s...
Macron criticized by French magistrates for wanting trial for Sarah Halimi case
Top judiciary officials in France criticized French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday after he urged for the anti-Semitic murderer of Sarah Halimi to be put on trial.
Halimi, an Orthodox Jewish woman in her 60s, died on...
Germany returns Nazi-looted art to descendants of French Jewish collector
The German government on Wednesday returned three works of art stolen from a Jewish lawyer and collector during the Nazi occupation of France to descendants of their original owner, reported France 24.
The two paintings—Dame en...
French president scolds Israeli security at Jerusalem church in Old City
French President Emmanuel Macron berated Israeli security personnel on Wednesday during a visit to Jerusalem’s Old City, after they pushed ahead of his own security detail to enter the Church of Saint Anne, which...
Israel irked by Macron-Abbas meeting ahead of Holocaust forum
Israeli officials on Tuesday expressed displeasure over the decision by French President Emmanuel Macron, who is on a three-day visit to the country for the Fifth World Holocaust Forum, to meet with Palestinian Authority leader...
Iran warns Europe that its soldiers ‘could be in danger’
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani warned on Wednesday that European soldiers in the Middle East “could be in danger” after France, Britain and Germany on Tuesday triggered the dispute resolution mechanism of the 2015 nuclear deal, a...