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Fast Forward French Phone Company Vows To Join Boycott of Israel
The CEO of a major French telecommunications company said he would cut ties with an Israeli partner “tomorrow” if it could do so without incurring financial penalties. Stephane Richard of Orange SA, a mobile phone firm in which the French government is a 25 percent shareholder, said at a news conference in Cairo Wednesday that…
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Fast Forward Jews in Belgium and France Receive Anti-Semitic Threats
(JTA) — A Jewish family from Belgium and a French university director received anti-Semitic threats, according to reports in French-language media. The family from Rhode-Saint-Genese near Brussels received on Tuesday a letter with a swastika and the words “dirty Jews.” The mother, identified only as Anne in an article published by La Capitale, said she…
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Opinion Why Is France Up in Arms About Holocaust Compensation Deal?
A heated debate erupted in the French Parliament yesterday about who is responsible for the deportation of thousands of French Jews to the death camps during the Holocaust: Could it be the French government? Last year, the U.S. and French governments signed an agreement for France to pay $60 million to those rounded up and…
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Opinion Jean Zay, Resistance Fighter and Cannes Founder, Enters the Pantheon
One could hardly conceive of a greater contrast between the resorts and runways at Cannes and the sepulchers and silence at the Pantheon. The Mediterranean town is the capital of glitter and celebrity, while the Parisian monument is the twilit-resting place for those whose lives brought glory to the nation. This year, however, the red…
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Opinion It’s Not About Leaving France — Our Question Is How To Stay
“Is there a future for Jews in France?” I might just as well have poured a Dr Pepper into the wine glass of Nicolas Weill. The cultural and literary journalist for Le Monde looked at me from across our corner table in a small restaurant specializing in provincial fare. “This sort of question is an…
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Fast Forward Ilan Halimi Memorial Plaque Vandalized in Paris
A memorial plaque honoring Ilan Halimi, a young Jewish man who was kidnapped and tortured to death nearly a decade ago, was vandalized in suburban Paris. French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said Sunday that the plaque in Bagneux was damaged and an investigation was launched, The Associated Press reported. The plaque was erected in 2011,…
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Fast Forward France’s Le Pen Says Her Father Should No Longer Speak for Party
Marine Le Pen said on Sunday she no longer wanted her father to speak on behalf of the French far-right National Front party that he founded and she leads, a day before he may be sanctioned by the party for his comments about World War Two. Jean-Marie Le Pen faces a party disciplinary hearing on…
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Fast Forward Jewish Men Attacked by Gang in Paris
Two Jewish men were attacked in Paris in the middle of the day. The men, in their early 20s, were attacked on Friday afternoon by a gang of about 40 people, leaving them slightly injured, according to a report by France’s National Bureau for Vigilance Against Anti-Semitism, or BNVCA. The gang was identified as being…
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