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The Eiffel Tower, Paris. Credit: Pixabay.

The French double standard

France has not yet internalized that its stance regarding Israel’s fight against terrorism emboldens not only Israel’s Islamist enemies, also those of France.

October 3, 2021

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin with French President Emmanuel Macron at the President's Residence in Jerusalem as Rivlin hosts over 40 world leaders as part of the World Holocaust Forum on January 22, 2020. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Israel-France relations in light of the ICC decision

France has not joined other European countries in expressing official support for Jerusalem’s claims that the court’s recent decision to investigate Israel for war crimes is political and without a legal basis.

April 8, 2021

French President Emmanuel Macron in Jerusalem, Jan. 22, 2020. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

Can France bring stability to crisis-plagued Lebanon?

As long as Paris continues to deny that Hezbollah is a terrorist organization controlling Lebanon with a private army, its ability to stabilize Lebanon will remain slim to nil.

September 14, 2020

Memorial to the 13,152 French Jews of the Vel d’Hiv roundup by the Vichy government in France on July 16, 1942, who were then deported to Germany, Quai de Grenelle, Paris, Dec. 22, 2011. Credit: Leonieke Aalders via Wikimedia Commons.

The Jewish resistance and rescue of the Jews of France

Although the Jewish resistance in France contributed greatly to the rescue of three-quarters of French Jews, France and Israel have never sufficiently recognized their heroism.

August 30, 2020

E.U. flags in front of the European Commission building in Brussels. Credit: Amio Cajander via Wikimedia Commons.

The coronavirus has exposed the EU’s flaws

From its total unpreparedness for the pandemic, to the open borders that expedited its spread, to the lack of solidarity reflected in member states’ refusal to help Italy during its critical initial phase, the current crisis has highlighted the inherent weaknesses of the European Union.

April 1, 2020

The Exodus following British takeover, March 1947. Photo: Frank Scherschel via Wikimedia Commons.

Forgotten heroes: The Jewish resistance and ‘Exodus 1947’

It is a regrettable injustice that the major contribution of the resistance to the creation of the State of Israel is almost entirely absent from our collective memory.

August 13, 2019

A “yellow-vests” protest in Belfort, in southeastern France, on Nov. 17, 2018. Photo by Thomas Bresson via Wikimedia Commons.

The ‘yellow vests’ in France: Social protest, violence, anti-Semitism and insecurity

Protesters feel that they are the victims of a disconnect between the central government and the periphery. They believe that they are systematically short-changed by government corruption and social elites who, in their view, enjoy preferential treatment.

March 1, 2019

French President Emmanuel Macron addresses a press conference at the United Nations on Sept. 19, 2017. Credit: U.N. Photo/Kim Haughton.

France’s fight against Islamic radicalization: The writing is still on the wall

French President Emmanuel Macron inherited the complicated problem of Muslim radicalization, which for years had been either swept entirely under the carpet or inefficiently dealt with.

October 7, 2018