In a textbook for the French graduation exam, publisher Hachette framed the onset of the Gaza war as following attacks which led to 'the death of 1,200 Jewish settlers', drawing condemnation from top French government officials and Jewish groups
Israel reversed its decision and will allow Prof. Vincent Lemire into the country after Haaretz reported on canceled visa. Lemire was told by French government officials that the decision to deny him entry was due to his anti-Zionist views
Prof. Vincent Lemire, a French historian of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict who previously lived in Israel, was notified days before his arrival in Tel Aviv that his visa had been revoked. French officials said Israel cited alleged 'anti-Zionism.' Lemire said: 'I've never boycotted Israel, yet Israel has decided to boycott me'
With growing fear that the U.S.-brokered cease-fire between Israel and Lebanon could unravel, the Paris meeting also aimed to dissuade Israel from escalation, diplomats said. A French diplomat said that France condemns the Israeli strikes in the country
A French parliamentary inquiry is examining alleged Islamist influence inside La France Insoumise after journalists detailed the party’s ties to radical groups.
Several dozen French passengers were removed from a flight departing from the Spanish city of Valencia for Paris on Wednesday, for what Spanish police and the airline described as unruly behavior
The Israeli defense companies, which have been blocked from displaying their offensive wares, petitioned the court, but it ruled that it has no authority to intervene in a French government decision
Friday's incident follows another in the town of Deauville in Normandy last week, when Elie Lemmel said he was punched in the stomach by an unknown assailant.
A man wearing a Star of David pendant necklace was allegedly attacked by two men on Friday, with one man filing and another striking the victim on the head while calling him a "dirty Jew."
Without a grandiose statement about French democracy, the judges simply resolved to stand firm in guarding the rule of law. A wily and ruthless politician, far-right Marine Le Pen will undoubtedly seek to make the 'system' pay – possibly starting with an act of gratifying political revenge
Haaretz's Social History Workshop: As Syria builds an uncertain future, a look back at the story of Syrian resistance to the powers that blocked national unity – from French colonial rule to Bashar Assad
For decades, Israel refused to have any official ties with the French far right under Le Pen, an antisemitic politician who denied the Holocaust and said the gas chambers at Auschwitz were merely a 'marginal detail' in history
The Paris Commercial Court accepted a petition by Israeli companies requesting to reverse a decision by the French government and organizers of the Euronaval naval defense exhibition prohibiting them from participating in the event
The suspect, identified by prosecutors only by his initials EHK, fled the scene but was later arrested, is Algerian with French residency. The prosecutors said he ''has for a long time nursed a hatred toward Jews, specifically focused on the situation in Palestine.'
Also, the same day, French police opened an investigation into death threats against three Israeli athletes at the Paris Olympic Games, the Paris' prosecutors office said.