France
“The Europeans couldn’t sit back and not do anything,” said a Western diplomat.
Belgium, Ireland and Luxembourg aim to discuss the option of economic actions against Israel in a meeting for European foreign ministers.
As of early May, Jews make up about 5 percent of the 25,987 reported fatalities in France as a result of complications due to COVID-19.
It included the traditional annual group photo, not snapped by a single lens but sewn together of images taken by 150 webcams.
France launches terror investigation after attacker kills two in stabbing spree
The suspect, a Sudanese refugee, “was found on his knees praying in Arabic” after rampaging through Romans-sur-Isere • French President Emmanuel Macron: “Odious act casts a shadow over our country which has already been hit hard in recent weeks.”
“We cannot be disconnected from the history of anti-Semitism, and we should be very careful of hate speech,” said Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo, who recognized that “there is a new form of anti-Semitism, which is anti-Zionism.”
“Iran’s ballistic program hurts regional stability and affects European security,” says French Foreign Ministry after Tehran’s failed attempt to place a communications satellite into orbit.
The head of France’s main judges’ union was “shocked” by his remarks, noting that even though French President Emmanuel Macron promises not to interfere in court rulings, “that’s exactly what he’s doing!”
“It is no longer possible to make up for the suffering of the Dorville family under the Nazi persecution, but we must render them visible and this restitution comprises an important gesture of historic justice,” said Germany’s commissioner for culture and the media, Monika Gruetters.
Emmanuel Macron accuses Israeli officers of breaking “centuries-old” rules preventing them from entering a Crusader-era church in Jerusalem’s Old City that is considered French territory.
Some 70 percent of French Jews say they have been victims of at least one anti-Semitic incident in their lifetime, with 10 percent reporting they have been attacked several times.
French President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to meet with P.A. leader Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah ahead of the 2020 World Holocaust Forum has ruffled some feathers at the Israeli Foreign Ministry.
