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Fast Forward 8,000 March in Paris To Support Israel
Thousands of people attended France’s largest pro-Israel rally since Israel launched the war in Gaza. The crowd, estimated by police at 8,000, gathered near Israel’s embassy in Paris’ 8th Arrondissement under heavy police guard Thursday, shouting “long live Israel” and singing the French and Israeli anthems while waving both countries’ flags. The gathering Thursday was…
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Fast Forward French Jewish Defense League Leader Denies Reports of Ban
A leader of France’s Jewish Defense League dismissed as rumors reports that officials were considering banning his far-right group. The reports began after Muslim community leaders earlier this week called on authorities to ban the group, which is ideologically close to the American and Israeli branches of the Jewish Defense League, or JDL. On Wednesday,…
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Opinion When ‘Anti-Israel’ Looks Like ‘Anti-Semitism’
Since Israel launched its military operation in Gaza, other countries are seeing an increase in anti-Semitic hate speech and attacks. In France, synagogues are being firebombed. In Belgium, coffee shops are barring Jews from entry. In Chicago, leaflets threatening the Jewish community are being discovered on parked cars. In India, Jewish sites are being threatened…
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Fast Forward 3 Firebombs Hurled at Toulouse Jewish Center
Police in Toulouse arrested a man who hurled three firebombs at a Jewish community center and the officers guarding it. The incident happened Saturday, one hour after the conclusion of a demonstration against Israel’s actions against Hamas in Gaza, the AFP news agency reported. The man, who was not named, threw two firebombs over the…
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Fast Forward French Jewish Activist Ambushed at Home
A French Jewish activist whose address was published in anti-Israel forums online was ambushed outside his home by several men who caused him minor injuries. The incident Friday in Bobigny near Paris was part of several violent incidents and expressions of hate speech that occurred over the weekend across Europe in continuation of a surge…
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Fast Forward French Protesters Defy Ban To Rally Against Gaza War
Pro-Palestinian protesters clashed with police in central Paris on Saturday when hundreds of marchers defied a ban by French authorities to rally against Israel’s offensive in the Gaza Strip. French interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve warned organizers in a television address that they would be held responsible for any clashes and could be prosecuted for ignoring…
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Fast Forward French Jews Live in Fear Amid Attacks
Many members of France’s Jewish community are living in fear after pro-Palestinian protests in recent weeks were marred by violence and use of anti-Semitic language, the country’s foreign minister said on Thursday. France has both the largest Jewish and Muslim populations in Europe and flare-ups in the Middle East have often in the past added…
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Opinion Gaza War Proves My Pro-Israel Dad Was Right
It pains and shocks me to say this, but here goes: My father was right all along. He always told me, as I spouted liberal talking points at the Shabbos table and challenged his hawkish views on Israel and the Palestinians to his unending chagrin, that I would one day change my tune. I guess…
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