[ad_1] A crowd gathers at the Jardin Ilan Halimi in Paris on Feb. 14, 2021, to commemorate the 15th anniversary of Halimi’s kidnapping and murder. Photo: Reuters/Xose Bouzas/Hans Lucas More than a month and a half after the olive tree planted to honor Ilan Halimi was vandalized and cut down, French authorities are continuing efforts…
[ad_1] A conference by La France Insoumise MEP and pro-Palestinian activist Rima Hassan was held on Dec. 13, 2024, on the Saint Martin d Heres campus, in the Grenoble suburbs, France. Photo: Benoit Pavan / Hans Lucas via Reuters Connect European Union lawmaker Rima Hassan is drawing criticism after spreading pro-Hamas rhetoric and questioning the…
[ad_1] El Al pilots reported to the corporate management that as their flight landed in Paris on Monday, an aircraft controller at Charles De Gaulle Airport addressed them over the radio and shouted, “Free Palestine.” El Al stated in response: “The company views with utmost seriousness the incident that occurred last night, in which a…
[ad_1] Jean-Marie Le Pen, the far-right French leader who espoused racist and antisemitic rhetoric and was convicted of Holocaust denial, has died at 96. His death was announced on social media by Jordan Bardella, a leader of the party Le Pen founded. “Enlisted in the uniform of the French army in Indochina and Algeria, tribune…
[ad_1] Éric Danon, the former French ambassador to Israel, told The Journal in a June 24 phone interview that it is currently unknown how the Jewish community will vote in the upcoming French elections; he also discussed the current political climate in France as well as the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. France is facing snap elections…
[ad_1] The Jewish French-Moroccan journalist Ruth Elkrief — who has delivered TV news in France for over 30 years — found herself at the center of the story when she was placed under police protection in December. Elkrief received the security detail after an online attack from the far-left politician Jean-Luc Mélenchon. In a post…
[ad_1] Ukrainian FM Kuleba and French FM Séjourné. Ukraine’s situation rapidly deteriorates in the battlefields along the frontline, with significant attrition occurring in the rear areas and major aid packages by the US and EU still stuck in a political quagmire. But some relatively minor – yet relevant – developments have been propping fading Ukrainian…
