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Fast Forward French Minister Slams UN Vote Ignoring Jewish Ties to Jerusalem
– The interior minister of France criticized his country’s recent vote at a U.N. agency for a resolution that critics said ignored Jewish historical ties to Jerusalem and its holy sites. Bernard Cazeneuve spoke of his objection to France’s April 16 vote at UNESCO, the Paris-based U.N. organization dealing with education, culture and heritage, at an…
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Opinion Meet the French Jews Who Love Marine Le Pen and Her Far Right Party
Samuel Johnson’s riff on female preachers and walking dogs — “It is not done well, but you are surprised to find it done at all” — comes to mind with the news from France of the creation of the UPFJ, a bland acronym that stands for the Union des Patriotes Francais Juifs, or the Union…
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Fast Forward Israel Gives Cold Shoulder to France’s Planned Mideast Peace Push
Israel formally expressed its opposition on Thursday to a French-proposed peace initiative, reaffirming its position that only direct talks with the Palestinians can resolve the decades-old conflict. A week ago, France said it would hold an international conference in Paris on May 30 in a bid to relaunch talks between Palestinians and Israelis by the…
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Fast Forward French BDS Activists Lose Hate Speech Appeal
A French appeals court upheld the hate-crime convictions of anti-Israel activists who called at a demonstration for a boycott of the Jewish state. The ruling delivered last week by the French Cassation Court concerned seven activists whom a criminal appeals court in Caen in southern France slapped with a $1,000 fine each and a conviction…
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Fast Forward Paris Thugs Vandalize Signs for Israeli Show at Louvre
Vandals defaced and tore down signs announcing an exhibit about Israel at the Louvre Museum in Paris. The vandalism occurred Sunday morning on the French capital’s subway. The exhibit, called “Open a Door to Israel,” a joint project of Israel’s Strategic Affairs and Foreign Affairs ministries, features nine doors that open to interactive screens that…
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Fast Forward Anti-Semitic Slogans, Swastikas Painted On French Synagogue
Vandals painted anti-Semitic slogans and swastikas on a synagogue in the French city of Verdun but failed to break in. Congregants discovered the vandalism on Saturday morning, Jean Blacharz, the local community’s vice president, told the L’Est Républicain daily. He added that the incident was the first of its kind in recent memory in Verdun,…
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Fast Forward France Says Wouldn’t ‘Automatically’ Recognize Palestine If New Push Fails
France is stepping away from earlier assertions that it would “automatically” recognize a Palestinian state if a Paris-hosted international conference fails to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. “There is never anything automatic,” French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said Wednesday at a news conference in Cairo, according to Agence France Press. “France will present its initiative to…
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Fast Forward Charlie Hebdo Cartoonist Sues Bernard-Henri Levy Over ‘Anti-Semitic’ Jibe
A caricaturist who used to work for the Charlie Hebdo magazine said he has sued for libel the French-Jewish philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy, who had accused him of anti-Semitism. Maurice Sinet, better known by his pen name Sine, announced the lawsuit on Monday on his website, urging readers to show their support in a petition and…
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