France
Far-left French politician Jean-Luc Mélenchon “put a target on the back of” Ruth Elkrief by calling her an anti-Muslim fanatic, said the French interior minister
The man told police “he was upset about the situation in Gaza,” the BBC reported.
The parliament called the protest in response to a three-fold increase in antisemitic acts.
There is “underlying violent and raging antisemitic sentiment” through the republic, CRIF official tells JNS • “Antisemitism has no place in France,” says a source close to Marine Le Pen.
Police found a swastika drawn on her door • Lyon Mayor Grégory Doucet condemnts “unspeakable” surge of violence.
An anonymous threat was reportedly received that “bombs would blow up in 20 different Jewish schools in the Paris area.”
“And our target is the Jews. Killing only police officers is not effective,” the ringleader wrote in one discussion group.
“It is an ignominy to take innocent people hostage and put them on show in this odious way,” said French President Emmanuel Macron.
“The terrorist actions of Hamas have no justification, no legitimacy and must be universally condemned,” the countries stated.
Several kosher restaurants in Los Angeles were burglarized on Shabbat.
“Unfortunately, this kind of antisemitic assault is not an exception,” says Anne-Sophie Sebban-Bécache, director of the American Jewish Committee’s Paris branch.
IDF chief also tours northern border • French envoy meets with Hezbollah reps in bid to reduce tensions.
