Posts Tagged: France antisemitism
French Lawmaker Says Waving Palestinian Flag in Parliament Was Protest of ‘Massacre’ in Gaza
A hard-left French lawmaker sanctioned for raising a Palestinian flag in parliament on Tuesday said he would "rather be on the right side of history...
French Police Kill Algerian Who Set Fire to Rouen Synagogue
French police shot dead a knife-wielding Algerian man who set fire to a synagogue and threatened police in the city of Rouen on Friday in the latest antisemitic attack, officials said. "An armed man somehow climbed up the synagogue and threw an...
Paris Holocaust Memorial Vandalized With Blood-Red Handprints on Anniversary of Nazi Roundup
A Holocaust memorial in Paris was defaced on Tuesday with painted blood-red hands in what French authorities and Jewish leaders described as a "hateful rallying...
Pro-Hamas Protests Sweeping US Campuses Cross Atlantic, Engulf Elite Paris University
The wave of anti-Israel demonstrations that has erupted on university campuses across the US over the past week has spread to Europe, engulfing one of...
France Bolsters Security at Jewish Schools, Synagogues Amid Mideast Conflict as Passover Approaches
France will bolster security at Jewish schools and synagogues ahead of Passover, in part due to the ongoing war in Gaza and the escalating conflict between...
Leading French Politicians, Cultural Figures Call on European Parliament Candidates to Reject Antisemitism
More than 600 prominent personalities in French politics and culture have signed an open letter calling on candidates in the forthcoming elections to the European...
Macron Pledges ‘Uncompromising’ Fight Against Antisemitism in Address to French Jewish Leaders
French President Emmanuel Macron pledged an "uncompromising" fight against the antisemitism that has erupted across France since the Oct. 7 Hamas pogrom in Israel in...
French Cops Prevent Students From Mounting Pro-Palestinian Demonstration at Elite Paris University
French police on Thursday prevented pro-Palestinian students at the Sciences Po university in Paris from staging a demonstration, deepening the conflict over antisemitism and free...
‘Don’t Let Her In, She’s a Zionist!’ Macron Leads Condemnation of Pro-Hamas Protest at Top Paris University
French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday led a chorus of condemnation of a group of pro-Hamas students who blockaded a lecture hall at one of...
French Cops Arrest Assailant Who Beat, Abused Jewish Man as He Left Paris Synagogue
French police on Wednesday announced the arrest of a man alleged to have carried out a brutal antisemitic assault against a Jewish man as he...
France Moves to Strip Citizenship From Pro-Russian Activist With Record of Antisemitic Barbs
The French authorities have launched proceedings to strip the citizenship of a prominent pan-Africanist writer and activist with a long record of viscerally antisemitic comments...
Jewish Man Stabbed Six Times During Antisemitic Assault in Paris
Police in Paris have arrested a man over the stabbing of a Jewish man on Monday night by a former friend of the victim who...
Macron Denounces ‘Rampant, Uninhibited Antisemitism’ at Paris Ceremony for French Victims of Hamas Pogrom
French President Emmanuel Macron denounced the Oct. 7 Hamas pogrom in Israel as "the worst antisemitic massacre of our century" at a special ceremony in...
‘Zionist Fascists:’ Assailants of Jewish Students at Top French University Remain at Large
Police in France have yet to make an arrest in the case of three Jewish men who were brutally assaulted by a pro-Hamas mob on...
