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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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Fast Forward French Interior Minister Slams ‘Anti-Semitic’ Violence at Anti-Israel Protest
France’s interior minister promised on Monday to crack down on anti-Semitism after violence marred pro-Palestinian rallies in and around Paris to protest against Israel’s role in the two-week-old Middle East conflict. France has both the largest Jewish and Muslim populations in Europe and flare-ups of violence in the Middle East often add to tensions between…
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Fast Forward Anti-Israel Rioters Torch Cars, Throw Firebomb at Paris Synagogue
Anti-Israel protesters hurled a firebomb at a synagogue during an unauthorized demonstration in a heavily Jewish suburb of Paris. The riot broke out on Sunday afternoon in Sarcelles after a few hundred people assembled at a local metro station to protest Israel’s actions in Gaza, as well as the decision by French Interior Minister Bernard…
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Fast Forward French Prime Minister Presses Anti-Semitism Fight Amid Unrest Over Gaza
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls called the fight against anti-Semitism a “national cause.” Speaking at a ceremony to commemorate the victims of the Vel’ d’Hiv roundup of Jews ahead of their deportation from Paris in 1944 to Nazi death camps, Valls condemned recent anti-Semitic incidents and violence that occurred during protests in France against Israel….
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