France

France:

Jewish presidential candidate fined for inciting racial hatred

Eric Zemmour fined 10,000 euros after calling migrants “killers, thieves and rapists”.

France shuts down Islamist mosque for antisemitic incitement

France closes Islamist mosque in resort town of Cannes for antisemitic incitement and links to two banned Islamist groups.

France: We are still far from an agreement with Iran

France's Foreign Minister says progress was made but Iran and world powers are still far from any agreement.

Macron VS. Anti-vaxxers

French Pres. promises to 'hassle' unvaccinated

French Pres. Macron says he won't 'vaccinate by force' but 'really wants to hassle' those who refuse vaccination against COVID-19.

French Jewish community leader awarded the Legion of Honor

Francis Kalifat, president of the Representative Council of French Jewish Institutions, has been made a Knight of the Legion of Honour.

Jewish woman badly beaten by teens robbing her Paris apartment

Elderly Jewish woman tied up and brutally beaten for half an hour as 16-year old assailants search her Paris apartment for jewelry.

France condemns Iran's satellite rocket launch

France says Iran's rocket launch is "all the more regrettable" as nuclear talks are ongoing.

Art looted by Nazis in France returned to Jewish owner's heirs

Paintings and drawings looted by the Nazis from a private art collection have been restituted to heirs of an Egyptian Jewish businessman.

French consulate refuses to register Judea and Samaria couples

Consulate does not recognize marriage certificates of French citizens who married in Israel and registered in Judea and Samaria.

'How could the country of rights for all men do such a thing?'

French-Jewish MP Meyer Habib rebukes French parliament for UN vote erasing Jewish history on the Temple Mount.

France: WWII memorial vandalized with anti-COVID pass slogan

Mont Valerien west of Paris vandalized with “Anti Pass” painted in large letters.

The Algerian Jew

Zemmour does not want yesterday's Algeria to be the France of tomorrow where Jews are kidnapped and tortured by the decolonized. Op-ed/

Jewish senior attacked in his Paris home by anti-Semites

Elderly Jewish man tied to chair, beaten and robbed in his Paris apartment by anti-Semitic assailants looking for where he kept the "gold."

France arrests suspect in murder of Saudi journalist

French police arrest man suspected of being member of hit squad that murdered Jamal Khashoggi.

Israel's Foreign Minister preparing for Vienna talks with Iran?

Foreign MIn. Lapid to meet British, French, officials ahead of Vienna resumption of talks on Iran nuclear deal.

French Prime Minister tests positive for COVID-19

Office of French PM Jean Castex says he will isolate for 10 days.

Eleven-year old repeatedly attacked near Paris for being Jewish

Two 14-year old suspects who allegedly attacked the boy every day for a week expected to face anti-Semitic violence charges.

French President confirms: Blue stripe on flag changed last year

French Pres. Macron changes blue stripe on country's flag back to original navy blue - and confirms it a year later.

France: ISIS sympathizer tries to escape jail with bedsheets

French prison guards thwart ISIS sympathizer's escape attempt from a Paris jail.

French lawmaker: Éric Zemmour part of the anti-Semitism problem

Marion Lenne, centrist French lawmaker, slams presidential candidate Éric Zemmour for 'strengthening clichés about Jews, double allegiance.'

France in fifth wave of COVID-19 pandemic, says Health Minister

The Health Ministry in France registered 11,883 new cases on Wednesday.

Murderer of French Holocaust survivor sent to life in prison

French court sentences killer of Mireille Knoll to life imprisonment with no possibility of parole for 22 years.

Schoolkids in France: 'Dirty Jew, we'll suffocate you with gas'

14-year-olds attack 11-year-old after identifying him as a Jew. They were arrested and will be indicted for 'anti-Semitic violence.'

Teen arrested for waving machete at French Jewish school

Teen hurls marbles at students, calling 'dirty Jews', while brandishing machete in front of Jewish high school in France.

Seven fined for anti-Jewish tweets against Miss France runner-up

Seven people were found guilty for anti-Semitic tweets against the runner-up of the Miss France 2021 competition and have been given fines.

Wartime letter sent by Churchill to French PM to auctioned off

A letter written by the British PM during WWII telling France he can't spare any additional airplanes set to be auctioned off.

French chief rabbi calls Jewish journalist an ‘antisemite’

Chief Rabbi of France denounces right-wing French journalist and possible presidential candidate as an 'antisemite'.

Germany, France, UK, US concerned about Iran's nuclear program

Leaders of Germany, France, United Kingdom and United States expressed "grave and growing concern" about Iran's nuclear program.

Far-right politician 'may be Jewish, but doesn't speak for Jews'

A far-right Jew could make political history in France. Many French Jews say he’s dangerous.

Europe's population is being replaced-and France leads the way

French writer: Politicians say we must stop the climate from increasing by 2 degrees in 100 years, but do nothing about immigration.Op-ed.

Israel holds secret talks with France on spyware crisis

Top Israeli official secretly traveled to France for talks in bid to end diplomatic crisis over spyware hacking scandal.

Paris street named for murdered Holocaust survivor

Paris Mayor dedicates street in memory of 85-year-old woman who was stabbed to death by her neighbor because she was Jewish.

Could a far-right Jewish candidate be France's next president?

Journalist Eric Zemmour, an anti-Muslim immigration activist, outpolls other right-wing candidates in France.

France: EU coordinator's visit vital for Iran nuclear deal

France says pending visit to Tehran by the European Union’s coordinator for talks to revive the Iran nuclear deal is vital to its future.

In France “justice” serves Islamism

"Hang..the whites.No mercy, let them all die together,..torture them as a group," sings a French singer, but that is not hate speech.Op-ed.

Jewish film thought destroyed by Nazis restored after 80 years

1931's Europa had taken on a mythical status in the film world as an early avant-garde film that was supposedly destroyed by the Nazis.

French Senate adopts IHRA definition of anti-Semitism

Resolution was overwhelmingly supported by a majority of parties with a show of hands in the Senate.

Multicultural barbarians are emptying France of its Jews

An unprecedented exodus has taken place in France. Muslims enter, Jews flee - and the decision makers call it "multiculturalism". Op-ed.

French police chief to be named Righteous Among the Nations

Rural town of Vabre's police chief Hubert Landes warned Jews before a mass roundup, so they could escape arrest and flee to safety.

Australia submarine deal: France on the outside looking in?

With Australia becoming a leading partner in the fight against Chinese influence, France scathing over scrapped submarines deal.

France outraged

A major shift in alliances has caused outrage in France. Op-ed.

French court acquits imam for quoting text against Jews

Senior imam who in a sermon recited a religious text commanding Muslims to kill Jews has been acquitted.

Paris attacks suspect: Deaths of innocents wasn't personal

Central defendant in 2015 Paris attacks trial says the attacks were retaliation for French air strikes on ISIS.

Suspect in gang attack on Jewish man in Lyon, France arrested

Leader of gang, reportedly a minor, held by police after Jewish man called anti-Semitic slur and assaulted at the end of Rosh Hashanah.

Call for action: Combat spread of 'Qui?' movement across France

Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM) warns of popular new anti-Semitic trend gaining traction across France.

Paris trial opens for Jean-Marie Le Pen accused of anti-Semitism

Far right party founder will not appear in person at trial over accusations he made anti-Semitic comment towards French pop singer.

France and Germany urge Iran to return to nuclear talks

French Foreign Minister says it is urgent for Tehran to return to talks, while Germany asks it to resume talks "as soon as possible."

French woman charged for yelling "Heil Hitler" at Jewish family

Woman who reversed car up to family and yelled Nazi salute along with calling Jews "the shame of France" faces prison term and large fine.

Founder of French website listing Jews facing multiple charges

Since removed website "I am everywhere" listed figures it claimed where Jewish, and referenced anti-Semitic WWII publication.

Turkey repatriates Jewish man jailed for buying party drug

French-Jewish man returns to France after 4 years of imprisonment in Turkey for buying drug popular in France.

French-Jewish MP: Macron made the right decision on Durban

French-Jewish MP Meyer Habib welcomes France’s decision not to participate in UN Durban IV conference.

France latest country to boycott upcoming Durban IV conference

Office of President Emmanuel Macron says that it is concerned by history of anti-Semitic remarks made at the UN racism conference.

French website listing high profile Jews condemned by government

Site claiming many high profile figures are Jewish referenced main pro-Nazi newspaper from Vichy France in its name.

French woman detained for poster at COVID-19 protest

France's Interior Min. Gérald Darmanin says poster is 'reprehensible,' calls out anti-Semitism as 'a criminal offense, not an opinion.'

Iran's President to Macron: Help secure Iran's 'rights'

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi speaks to French President Emmanuel Macron, asks him to help secure Iran's “rights” in nuclear talks.

Watch: Chaos as performance artists protest vaccinations pass

As EU nations impose the 'Green Pass' to combat COVID wave, protesters battle police in Germany & a wild fight breaks out in Italy.

In France, the anti-vax cause is being hijacked for Jew-hatred

Simon Wiesenthal Centre pens letter to French Interior Minister, demanding extreme-right YouTube channel be closed down.

Did France warn the U.S. over Wuhan lab as early as 2015?

Reports are surfacing that France warned the US government something 'suspicious' was going on at the Chinese lab years ago.

France: Iran endangering chance of reviving nuclear deal

France warns that Iran is endangering the chance of reaching an agreement on reviving 2015 nuclear deal.

Aliyah season begins with 160 Olim from France

Israel has seen a 137-percent jump in the number of new immigrants from France so far during 2021 compared to the same period last year.