France

Bullet holes found in French synagogue’s front wall, mailbox

Police in western France found bullet holes in the mailbox of a synagogue in Western France.

Report: France postpones peace conference

France decides to postpone its international peace conference until January 2017 due to preparation issues.

French Jewish ex-education minister to run for president

Vincent Peillon, a former education minister of France with Jewish roots, announces his candidacy to lead the Socialist Party.

France arrests 11 over Nice attack

French police arrest 11 people suspected of helping arm the Islamist terrorist who murdered 86 people in Nice.

In Valls, French Jews get a candidate they can trust

Many French Jews admire Manuel Valls, who announced his candidacy for president, for his tough stance against anti-Semitism.

France's Hollande won't seek re-election

French President dramatically announces he will not seek re-election at the end of his five-year term next April.

France, Britain to seek sanctions on Syria over chemical attacks

Security Council resolution will slap sanctions on Syrian authorities responsible for the use of chemical weapons.

France returns painting to Jewish family who fled Nazis

France returns a 16th-century painting to the grandchildren of a German-Jewish couple who fled the Nazis.

Former Israeli Ambassador to US: Boycott French products

Kulanu MK and ex-Ambassador to US tells Israelis to 'Think twice' before buying French goods.

Francois Fillon wins French conservative party's primaries

Francois Fillon defeats Alain Juppe in second round of primaries, will be conservative candidate in next year's presidential election.

France: Foiled terror plot was directed from ISIS heartland

Five men arrested in France for planning an attack in Paris were directed from the Islamic State group's heartland.

France foils planned terror attack in Paris

France arrests seven members of jihadist terror ring that was planning to attack Paris on December 1.

France: Armed man kills woman in a retirement home for monks

Woman found dead in a retirement home where 60 monks live north of Montpellier. Suspect is at large. Motive unknown.

French retailers ordered to label 'settlement' products

France instructs importers and retail chains to label products from Judea, Samaria, eastern Jerusalem and the Golan. Israel outraged.

French presidential candidate's comments on Jews 'misunderstood'

A spokesperson for a leading presidential candidate in France tried to soften his claim that Jews in the past did not respect French law.

French presidential candidate: Jews wished to break our laws

Leading candidate for French president says France 'fought' against Jews who did not wish to obey French law.

Sarkozy's comeback attempt falls short

Former French president, who hoped to return to power, comes in third place in his party's primary.

French court charges man over plan to attack church

A French anti-terrorism court on Friday charged a 29-year-old man in connection with a thwarted bid to attack a church

Le Pen loses bid to overturn expulsion from party he founded

French far-right politician Jean-Marie Le Pen loses appeal against the decision by the party he founded to expel him.

French embassy worker accused of anti-Semitism reinstated

French embassy in Tunisia reinstates employee who was suspended over anti-Semitic messages that appeared on his Facebook account.

France will promote peace initiative despite Israeli opposition

Senior French diplomats say France will not stop trying to promote its peace initiative despite Israel's negative response to the idea.

Israel opposes French bid to impose peace settlement

Israel reiterated its opposition to France's call for an 'international conference,' says only direct negotiations can resolve conflict.

Israel to France: Don't push us

PM Netanyahu's envoys warn France not to advance initiatives against Israel's official policy.

France adamant on peace initiative

France's Middle East envoy says his country is determined to promote its peace initiative, urges Israel to take part.

French teens exonerated from synagogue arson

Two French teenagers suspected of trying to burn down a synagogue were exonerated; on the contrary, they had prevented the fire.

Belgium to extradite suspect in Jewish museum shooting

Belgian court backs extradition to France of suspect in deadly attack on a Jewish museum in Brussels in 2014.

Fleeing France anti-Semitism, African Jewish family makes aliyah

Jewish family originally from the Ivory Coast leaves France for Israel amid anti-Semitism.

French Jews urged to rally over UNESCO resolutions

Jews in France urged to rally outside Foreign Ministry to protest its failure to oppose UN resolutions that ignore Jewish ties to Jerusalem.

Jean-Marie Le Pen's parliamentary immunity revoked

EU lawmakers lift the parliamentary immunity of former French far-right leader.

France to UN: Condemn use of chemical weapons in Syria

French Foreign Minister Ayrault calls on UN Security Council to condemn use of chemical weapons in Syria war.

Who will win French elections?

Can the FN LePen win the elections, even though she's new and far-right?

Jews will leave France before they remove their kippahs

After far-right French politician calls to ban the kippah, French MP Meyer Habib says such a move would mean Jews have no place in France.

France right wing party leader: Ban kippahs

Marine Le Pen says a kippah ban in France would serve equality as Muslims have been banned from wearing burkas.

Putin cancels visit to France amid row over Syria

Russian President cancels visit to France after Francoise Hollande says Russia helped Syria commit a war crime in Aleppo.

Watch: Former Chief Rabbi of France laid to rest

Thousands pay their last respects to rabbi Joseph Haim Sitruk. Hundreds of French Jews arrive for funeral.

Former chief rabbi of France passes away at 71

Rabbi Yosef Haim Sitruk,former chief rabbi of France, passed away this morning (Sunday) at the age of 71.

France planning big push for Mideast peace conference

Foreign Minister Ayrault looks to use annual UN event to push for Mideast peace conference, promises benefits package if deal reached.

Compensation for Holocaust survivors shipped via French trains

Payments have started issuing from a compensation fund for Holocaust survivors deported to Nazi camps via the French rail system.

France took part in illegal construction in Israel

Israeli Foreign Ministry clarifies that the French citizens who condemned Israel for demolishing illegal structures in Area C should have re

Women and minors perpetrating terror for ISIS

Three minors have been arrested on suspicion of planning an attack as agents of ISIS. Interrogation disclosed their ISIS connections.

French Jews are converting to Islam and even joining ISIS

According to reports from Jewish leaders in France, there is concern about a rise in conversions to Islam from within the Jewish community.

Anti-Semitism in France down 64%

Anti-Semitic incidents in France have decreased by 64 percent in the first half of 2016, says local official.

France: Car with gas tanks located near synagogue

In suspected terror attempt, a car with gas tanks was parked near a Marseille synagogue packed with worshippers on Shabbat morning.

France foils ISIS-style terror plot by three women

Three women behind a foiled attack in Paris were guided by ISIS, the city's prosecutor says.

President Hollande: France's secular laws can accommodate Islam

Amid scandal following France's 'Burkini ban', President insists that his country can 'make space' for Islam in secularist society.

French Jewry's president appears to back burkini ban

The president of the umbrella group of French Jews appears to support a ban on the burkini.

Algeria: Jewish graves to be desecrated, bones moved to ossuary

Algeria plans to move Jewish graves in 31 Jewish cemeteries around the country, dumping the unclaimed remains in a mass ossuary.

A Yom Kippur apology to France's most famous anti-Semite

Why JTA's Canaan Liphshiz feels he may owe an apolody to Dieudonne M’bala M’bala.

France presses UN to condemn Syrian chemical attacks

France pressing Security Council members to condemn the Syrian government over report that Syrian troops used chemical weapons.

Sarkozy hopes terror fears, burkini ban will return him to power

Former French President tacks hard to the right as wave of terrorism and anxiety over refugee crisis shifts political landscape.

UK Jews condemn reports of French police harassing Muslim women

Board of Deputies of British Jews condemns alleged police harassment in France of Muslim women wearing the "burkini".

How Paris public schools became no-go zones for Jews

Young French and Belgian Jews are being brought up in a far more insular fashion than previous generations.

Senior Paris rabbi defends controversial burkini ban

'There’s a religious war, a takeover of the secular establishment of the French republic'.

France: Muslim stabs Chabad Jew

Police suspect the attack was anti-Semitically motivated.

Catholics rally at French shrine under shadow of terror

Pilgrimage of Catholics to shrine at Lourdes goes ahead despite fears of cancellation. Security concerns cloud atmosphere at the gathering.

'Gas chamber' reference at French bar raises storm

Parisian bar slammed as 'insensitive' for serving drink called the 'gas chamber'.

France slams Israel’s razing of illegal building it funded

French officials demand Israel cease demolitions of illegal Arab structures.

French film-maker accuses German hotel of excluding Israel

Film-maker Claude Lanzmann claims Arab clients had asked Israel to be removed from hotel phone list; company denies any wrongdoing.

France concerned over reports of chemical attack in Syria

France alarmed at reports of a deadly chemical attack in the Syrian battleground city of Aleppo.