Posts Tagged: Antisemitism in France
Israeli PM on Desecration of Jewish Cemetery in France: Antisemitism Is a ‘Plague That Endangers Everyone’
Following the desecration of dozens of graves at a Jewish cemetery near the eastern French city of Strasbourg on Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
Vandals Desecrate 90 Jewish Graves in East France Ahead of Marches
Vandals have daubed swastikas and antisemitic slogans on around 90 graves in a Jewish cemetery in eastern France, local officials said on Tuesday, shortly before...
France Vows Crackdown After Surge in Antisemitic Incidents
France's prime minister on Tuesday described a wave of antisemitic acts across the country as disgusting and promised a tough response after government statistics showed...
Jewish Groups Welcome Paris Restaurant’s Suspension of Staff Photographed Making Antisemitic ‘Quenelle’ Salute
Jewish groups are welcoming the move by a famous Paris restaurant to suspend staff members who were recently photographed making a notorious antisemitic gesture. The incident...
French Imam Indicted Over Antisemitic Sermon in Which He Cited Hadith Urging Violence Against Jews
The imam of the Grand Mosque of Toulouse, Mohamed Tatai, was indicted this week for “public verbal provocation to hatred or violence” following an investigation...
French Minister Pays Respects at Desecrated Jewish Cemetery
French Interior Minister Christophe Castaner on Friday paid his respects at a Jewish cemetery near Strasbourg, days after 37 of its tombstones and a monument to Holocaust...
Terrorist Who Stabbed French Soldiers Outside Jewish Community Center Faces Special Court Trial
An Islamist terrorist who attacked three French soldiers standing guard outside a Jewish community center in the southern city of Nice in 2015 is one step...
‘One Less Holocaust Denier on This Earth:’ Robert Faurisson, Notorious French Nazi Apologist, Dead at 89
Robert Faurisson -- the French academic honored by the Iranian regime and convicted in France during a four decade-long career as one of the world's leading...
Antisemitic Vandalism at Paris Business School Draws Condemnation
Antisemitic inscriptions -- including swastikas, rifle sights and the word “Juden” – were discovered on Friday in a study room in a student residence at...
Granddaughter of Holocaust Survivor Murdered in Paris: We Cannot Be Silent Anymore
Keren Brosh brought many in the crowd at The Algemeiner’s fifth annual “J100” Gala last Thursday in New York City to tears with her emotional...
France Keeps Blackening Israel
Relations between France and Israel have been ambivalent and complex for decades. Among the most prominent are those where the French government sets out to...
French Court Convicts Antisemitic Gang for Brutal Robbery, Rape of Jewish Couple in 2014
Three members of an antisemitic gang who robbed a young Jewish couple in Paris in 2014, and raped their female victim during the ordeal, have been...
Poll: 52% of French Public Believe Zionism Is a ‘Racist Ideology’
JNS.org – An online poll in France this month found that 52% the French public believe Zionism is a “racist ideology” and 54% believe Zionism is an...
Shot Gun-Wielding Man Threatens Staff of Holocaust Memorial in Northwestern France
A young man described as a "nationalist" threatened the employees of the Memorial of the Deported in the French region of Mayenne on Tuesday. The memorial is...
