Posts Tagged: macron antisemitism
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...
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...
‘My Role Is to Preserve Unity’: Macron Defends Absence From Paris March Against Antisemitism
French President Emmanuel Macron has justified his absence from last Sunday's march against antisemitism in Paris, saying that his role was not to attend protests,...
Fight Against Antisemitism Must Be Based on ‘Universalist’ Values, Macron Tells French Religious Leaders
French President Emmanuel Macron met with leading representatives of the Christian, Jewish, and Muslim faiths on Monday, issuing an appeal to combat rising antisemitism on...
Far Right Party Withdraws Bid to Chair French Parliament’s Antisemitism Study Group
The far-right French National Rally (RN) political party has abandoned its attempt to obtain the chair of the French parliament's study group on antisemitism in...
Vichy-Era Collaboration With Nazis Underlines Imperative of Fighting Antisemitism, French President Macron Declares
French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday delivered a stinging denunciation of the World War II-era Vichy regime that collaborated with the Nazi occupation during a...
France to Boycott UN Durban IV Conference, Citing Antisemitism Concerns
i24 News – France will join other major Western powers and Israel in boycotting a UN anti-racism conference next month over concerns about "antisemitic statements"...
France’s Macron Rebuked by Jewish Leader for Controversial Comments on Antisemitic Figures From Country’s Past
President Emmanuel Macron was the subject of a rare and stinging criticism from the head of France's Jewish community last week, in the wake of...
Jewish Couple in Paris Assaulted and Robbed at Home by Gang of Intruders
A Jewish couple in Paris was assaulted and robbed in their own home earlier this week, a Jewish communal security organization confirmed on Thursday, raising the concern...
French Political Parties Unite Behind Upcoming Rally in Paris Against Antisemitism
Fourteen of France's political parties, ranging from the far-left to the center-right, have signed onto a call urging French citizens to attend a rally against...
Antisemitism in France Has Moved ‘From Streets Into Homes,’ Says Head of French Jewish Community
Antisemitism in France has moved "from the streets directly into the homes of Jewish people," the head of the country's 465,000-strong Jewish community told The...
French Authorities Investigating Antisemitic Motive Behind Brutal Murder of 85 Year-Old Holocaust Survivor Mireille Knoll in Paris
The two men arrested by French police following the horrific murder of an elderly female Holocaust survivor -- whose body was discovered on Friday evening with multiple stab...