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Tehran, Iran. 19th Nov, 2023. Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah ALI KHAMENEI (R) visits the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) aerospace achievement exhibition at Ashura Aerospace Science and Technology University. The exhibition includes the missile, drone, defense, and space sectors. (Credit Image: © Iranian Supreme Leader'S Office via ZUMA Press Wire) EDITORIAL USAGE ONLY! Not for Commercial USAGE!

August 12, 2024, 4:49 pm

Britain, France and Germany issue warning to Iran

Don't escalate regional tension, Iran leaders told

By Jenni Frazer

Member of Parliament of the "La France Insoumise" (LFI) group Mathilde Panot and founder of left-wing party La France Insoumise (LFI) Jean-Luc Melenchon rise their fists the election night of left-wing party La France Insoumise (LFI) following the first results of the second round of France's legislative election at La Rotonde Stalingrad in Paris

July 10, 2024, 9:33 am

SPECIAL REPORT: French Jews caught between a rock and hard place after election shock

Cost of rejection of extreme right is possible coalition with antisemitic extreme left

By Jenni Frazer

French far-right National Rally party leader Marine Le Pen (left) speaks as party President Jordan Bardella stands to her side in Paris, on June 9, 2024. (Julien De Rosa/AFP)

July 1, 2024, 9:33 am

Far-right party with antisemitic roots projected to lead after first round of French vote

Projections of Sunday’s vote showed that National Rally, led by Marine Le Pen, got some 34% of the vote, followed by a coalition of left-wing parties, which got 29%.

By Ben Sales (JTA)

June 20, 2024, 11:05 am

Macron warns of ‘scourge of antisemitism’ at schools in France

The French president spoke out after the gang-rape of 12 year-old Jewish girl in a Paris suburb

By Lee Harpin

June 19, 2024, 1:00 pm

Three teenagers arrested in France following rape of 12-year-old Jewish girl

Boys aged 12, 13 and 14 arrested on Monday after the girl reported the incident in the northwestern Paris suburb of Courbevoie.

By Michelle Rosenberg

President of the French conservative party Les Republicains and member of Parliament Eric Ciotti and far-right National Rally president Marine Le Pen attend a session of the National Assembly in Paris, April 4, 2023. (Christophe Archambault / AFP via Getty Images via JTA)

June 12, 2024, 5:32 pm

French conservative leader embraces Marine Le Pen’s far-right party with history of antisemitism

Eric Ciotti, president of the right-wing Republicans has called for a country-wide alliance with the National Rally

By Shira Li Bartov (JTA)

April 24, 2024, 1:16 pm

Man arrested on suspicion of rape and death treats against Jewish woman to ‘avenge Palestine’

Suspect reported to have sent a message to the Jewish woman's mother, saying: 'Good luck, you will never find your daughter, you will never see her again'

By JN Reporter

January 9, 2024, 1:43 pm

France’s youngest ever prime minister has Jewish family

Gabriel Attal, 34, is of mixed cultural and religious heritage, with a Jewish father and a Russian Orthodox Christian mother.

By Jenni Frazer

November 20, 2023, 10:24 am

OPINION: Et tu, Mr President? He wants to please everyone, but Macron won’t convince anyone

The French Jewish community is 'dumbfounded' by the president's calls for a ceasefire and condemnation of Israel's "bombardment of civilians", writes journalist Laëtitia Enriquez

By Laëtitia Enriquez

Foreign Minister of Israel Eli Cohen speaks while holding photos of kidnapped Israelis during the SC meeting on the situation in the Middle East at UN Headquarters in New York on October 24, 2023

October 24, 2023, 8:47 pm

WORLD EXCLUSIVE: Plan to release ALL HOSTAGES in exchange for free passage for Gaza’s Hamas leaders

Jewish News can reveal an extraordinary two-stage deal is in the works, negotiated between Hamas in Qatar, an American negotiator via the White House and Israel, that would see the release of hostages in exchange for increased aid into Gaza and safe passage for Hamas leaders in the Strip and their families

By Jenni Frazer

September 11, 2023, 1:03 pm

Mahmoud Abbas stripped of Paris honour after Holocaust revisionism

"We condemn your comments with the utmost firmness. No cause can justify revisionism and negationism," Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo told Abbas.

By JN Reporter

July 31, 2023, 6:44 pm

London mother of 10 killed in French road car tragedy

Miriam Posen from Stamford Hill was one of three killed and 17 injured when a vehicle carrying seven members of the same UK family collided with two other cars

By JN Reporter

French riot police officers walk next to a vehicle upside down during the fifth day of protests following the death of Nahel, a 17-year-old teenager killed by a French police officer in Nanterre during a traffic stop, in Paris, France, July 2, 2023.
(photo credit: REUTERS/JUAN MEDINA)

July 10, 2023, 2:11 pm

OPINION: The latest Jewish cavalry

Bienvenue and welcome to the French Jews arriving en masse to the UK amidst vandalism, looting, riots and anti-semitism in their home country, writes historian Derek Taylor.

By Derek Taylor

Lauren helping unload food and other supplies for migrants at the camp in Dunkirk

April 4, 2023, 4:24 pm

OPINION: Lack of safe passage puts lives at most risk

Lauren Keiles recounts her recent visit with The Board of Deputies and Crif to the refugee camp in Dunkirk.

By Lauren Keiles

French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he arrives for a dinner at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, France, February 2, 2023. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

February 6, 2023, 7:39 am

Macron to Netanyahu: Proposed Supreme Court changes threaten Israeli democracy

France, home to the largest Jewish community in Europe, has long been one of Israel’s closest allies on the continent.

By David I Klein (JTA)

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