Tag Archive for France

| July 12, 2013
No comments

Twitter Provided all ID Info on Anti-Jewish Postings to French Authorities

Twitter said Friday it had handed over all relevant data to French authorities to aid in identifying the authors of anti-Semitic tweets.

By Arutz 7 Staff

 

Twitter said Friday it had handed over data to French authorities to help identify the authors of anti-Semitic tweets, following a complaint from a Jewish students’ group.

Twitter site – AFP file

A French court in January ordered the company to provide the data after legal action by France’s Union of Jewish Students (UEJF).

Twitter said in a statement that it had given information to judicial authorities “enabling the identification of some authors” of anti-Semitic tweets. Continue Reading »

Category: Jewish News | Tags: , ,
| June 29, 2013
No comments

France’s soaring anti-Semitism brings Jewish Defense League into the light

The French JDL number some 300 members & is now on a collision course with France’s Jewish community, which has condemned its activities & even threatened a lawsuit.

PARIS (JTA) — With scooter helmets in hand, a man called Yohan and six buddies stroll around Paris’ 20th arrondissement. The seven look much like a typical group of French students — until they locate a group of Arab men they suspect of perpetrating an anti-Semitic attack the previous day.

French Jewish Defense League activists demonstrating in Paris, 2011. (Ligue de Defense Juive)

French Jewish Defense League activists demonstrating in Paris, 2011. Photo: Ligue de Defense Juive

Using their helmets as bludgeons, members of France’s Jewish Defense League, or LDJ, set upon the Arabs and beat them.

Continue Reading »
Category: Jewish News | Tags: , ,
| June 17, 2013
No comments

Hamas tells Hezbollah: Leave Syria & just focus on fighting Israel

 

Hamas says Hezbollah involvement inflames sectarian conflict in Syria “and to keep their weapons directed against the Zionist enemy,” 

The Saudis begin supplying French paid anti-aircraft missiles to the rebels.

By REUTERS

 

 

 

GAZA – The Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement on Monday urged Lebanese militant group Hezbollah to withdraw its forces from Syria, where they are battling for Syrian President Bashar Assad, and focus on fighting Israel instead.

Brothers who are members of a rebel group called Martyr Al-Abbas pose for a picture in Aleppo.

Brothers who are members of a rebel group called Martyr Al-Abbas pose for a picture in Aleppo. – Photo: REUTERS

Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, was once an Assad ally but last year endorsed the revolt against him in a shift that at the time deprived the Syrian leader of an important Sunni Muslim supporter in the Arab world.

Continue Reading »
Category: Israel News | Tags: , , ,
| June 7, 2013
No comments

French gov’t subsidizes museum’s glorification of Palestinian suicide ‘martyrs’

France’s Culture and Communications Minister, Aurélie Filipetti has yet to close an exhibition where his office subsidizes the glorification of mass murdering random Jewish civilians.

By JTA

 

A Paris museum subsidized by the French government opened an exhibition of photos of Palestinian suicide bombers, which the museum calls freedom fighters.

Death 33The exhibition of 68 photos entitled “Death” by Ahlam Shibli opened on May 28 at the Jeu de Paume museum of contemporary art in Paris.

The museum’s website describes suicide bombers as “those who lost their lives fighting against the occupation,” and the exhibition as being about “the efforts of Palestinian society to preserve their presence.” Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: , ,
| June 2, 2013
2 comments

Muslims Openly Attack Jews on the Streets of Lyon

Two Jews were suddenly attacked on the streets as they walked to their synagogue on Saturday.

By Arutz Sheva Staff

 

Anti-Semitism continues to plague France. According to local media outlets in Lyon, two Jewish residents of the city were attacked Saturday as they walked to a local synagogue.

Attack on Hassidim (illustrative) - Screenshot

Attack on Hassidim (illustrative) – Screenshot

The two were attacked by three men of Arab origin in an unprovoked, sudden assault.

The two Jews shouted for help. Neighbors began to arrive at the scene, and the attackers fled.

Police arrived as well, and began to investigate. They discovered that the attack had been captured on film by security cameras at a nearby store. Continue Reading »

Category: Jewish News | Tags: , , ,
| June 1, 2013
No comments

New French museum honors rescuers of WWII Jews

The museum will commemorate at least 35 residents who, according to Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem, prevented the pro-Nazi Vichy gov’t from deporting & murdering some 5,000 Jews.

By JTA

 

PARIS — A French town where dozens of residents saved thousands of Jews from the Holocaust will open a museum to commemorate the rescuers’ actions.

Chambon-sur-Lignon. (LMFL)

Chambon-sur-Lignon. (LMFL)

The Memory of Chambon museum is scheduled to open its doors on June 5 in Chambon-sur-Lignon, 70 miles south of Lyon in southern France, according to the French news agency AFP.

The new museum will commemorate the actions of at least 35 residents who, according to the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem, prevented French authorities under the pro-Nazi Vichy government from deporting and murdering approximately 5,000 Jews. Continue Reading »

Category: Jewish News | Tags: , ,
| May 19, 2013
No comments

France in talks with Israel to acquire IDF drones

Defense Minister Le Drian says France in dire need to introduce intelligence-gathering drones suitable for modern warfare into their arsenal.

Reuters

 

France is in talks with the United States and Israel to buy intelligence-gathering drones to build up a modern fleet, Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Sunday.

Israels Eitan (UAV-Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) – Photo courtesy IDF Spokesperson’s Office.

France’s existing hardware is outdated and its military intervention in Mali this year has exposed its shortage of surveillance drones suitable for modern warfare. The United States provided French commanders with intelligence from its drones based in Niger.

“We need this capacity in the short term. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: , ,
| March 29, 2013
No comments

Report: France backs adding Hezbollah militiamen on terrorists’ blacklist

Earlier this week, Bahrain declared the Lebanese group a terrorist organization and called on other Persian Gulf nations to follow suit.

By JTA

 

PARIS– The French government supports adding the armed wing of Hezbollah to the European Union’s list of terrorist organizations, an Arabic daily reported.

Hezbollah terrorists - Photo by EPA

Hezbollah supporters – Photo by EPA

 

The London-based Al Hayat daily reported on Friday that French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius informed U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry of Paris’ decision at a meeting on Wednesday.

According to the report, the French government endorsed the designation following the finding by Bulgarian authorities that Hezbollah was responsible for the terrorist attack last summer on a busload of Israeli tourists in the Black Sea resort town of Burgas, Bulgaria, and because of the support Hezbollah is providing to the embattled regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad. Continue Reading »

Category: Mid-East News | Tags: , , ,
| March 13, 2013
No comments

Bezons Mayor defends honoring PFLP Assassin of MK Rehavam Ze’evi

The French mayor called critics’ reactions “hateful,” adding, “It strengthens our resolve to defend the noble and just Palestinian cause.”

By JTA

 

A French mayor whose municipality recently honored the Palestinian murderer of an Israeli minister defended the move and accused critics of “hatred” and “complicity in occupation.”

Rechavam Ze’evi

Mayor Dominique Lesparre of the Paris suburb of Bezons said in a statement released Wednesday that his municipality’s vote last month to name Majdi Al-Rimawi an honorary resident was part of a “tradition of peace, solidarity and cooperation with the Palestinian people.”

An Israeli court convicted Rimawi, a member of the terrorist organization Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, and three others for the 2001 murder of Knesset member Rehavam Ze’evi in Jerusalem. Continue Reading »

Category: Jewish News | Tags: , , , , ,
| March 11, 2013
No comments

French Town Honors Israeli Minister’s Palestinian Assassin

Bezons’ Mayor grants Majdi al-Rimawi, who Assassinated Rechavam Ze’evi, with “honorary citizenship.”

By Gil Ronen

 

The European Jewish Congress (EJC) has slammed the decision by Bezons, a suburb of Paris, to grant terrorist murderer Majdi al-Rimawi ”honorary citizenship.”

Rechavam Ze’eviAl-Rimawi was sentenced by an Israeli court to life imprisonment plus 80 years for participating in the planning and murder of Israeli Minister Rechavam Zeevi in 2001. The inscription on the plaque prepared by the municipality of Bezons refers to Al-Rimawi as a “political prisoner.”

“This is an outrageous and horrific decision, not just to honor a murderer, but the murderer of an Israeli government cabinet minister,” EJC President, Dr. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: , , , ,
| February 15, 2013
No comments

Stolen Paintings to be Returned to Jewish Owners

The heirs of 2 Jewish families whose paintings were stolen during World War II will receive 7 paintings from France.

By Elad Benari

 

France will return seven paintings from the 17th and 18th centuries to the heirs of two Jewish families whose artworks were stolen during World War II, the French culture ministry told AFP on Thursday.

Six paintings by Italian and German artists will be returned to Thomas Selldorff, the octogenarian grandson of Austrian textile magnate Richard Neumann, who was forced to flee his country in 1938.

Neumann came with part of his art collection to Paris but fled to Spain when the Nazis occupied France and eventually reached Cuba, where he settled. Continue Reading »

Category: Jewish News | Tags: , , ,
| January 25, 2013
No comments

Jewish Group Points Out, Recent Islamist Attacks are Just the Beginning

Spokesman at Simon Wiesenthal Center raises alarms about recent threats made by Islamist terrorists that staged deadly hostage crisis at Algerian gas plant.

By Rachel Hirshfeld

 

The Simon Wiesenthal Center has raised alarms regarding the threats made by Mokhtar Belmokhtar, spokesman of the Islamist terrorist group that staged a deadly hostage crisis at an Algerian gas plant last week.

Algerian security escorts a freed hostage

Algerian security escorts a freed hostage
Reuters

In an interview with the journal Paris Match, Belmokhtar claimed to be speaking on behalf of his leader, the Mauritanian Salafist, Hacen Ould Khalil, also known as Joulaybib, whom he quoted as “threatening to commit new attacks against France, in which the Crusaders and the Zionist Jews will pay for its aggressions in the north of Mali.” Continue Reading »

Category: Mid-East News | Tags: , , ,
| January 17, 2013
One comment

Hollande: France to commence peace initiative after Israeli elections

Israel Radio reports: France considers renewed Israel-Palestinian peace talks an urgent matter, and condemns new construction in Judea & Samaria, arguing, “It fuels tensions on the ground and constitutes an obstacle to peace.”

By Israel Hayom Staff

 

 

France will introduce a new initiative to jump start Middle East peace talks, French President François Hollande told Israel Radio on Wednesday. According to the report, French diplomats said France and the U.K. were in lockstep over the Middle East but had yet to formulate a joint plant.

French President François Hollande

French Ambassador to Israel Christophe Bigot told Israel Radio on Wednesday his government considered it urgent to have the Palestinians and Israelis renew negotiations.

Continue Reading »
Category: Mid-East News | Tags: , ,
| November 27, 2012
No comments

France will recognize Palestinian upgraded status at UN

FM Fabius tells French Parliament that he will vote in favor of Palestinian non-member status at UN, but says Palestinian state can only be achieved ‘through negotiations’ with Israel.

By Reuters

 

France said on Tuesday it would vote in favor of Palestinian non-member status at the United Nations, boosting Palestinian efforts to secure greater international recognition.

‘Concern for coherency.’ Fabius – Photo: AFP

Frustrated that their bid for full UN membership last year was thwarted by US opposition in the UN Security Council, Palestinians have launched a watered-down bid for recognition as a non-member state, similar to the status the Vatican enjoys. Continue Reading »

Category: Mid-East News | Tags: , ,
| November 23, 2012
No comments

France FM Hints they Will Support PA’s UN Bid

Laurent Fabius reminds senate that President Hollande promised to promote recognition of a Palestinian state.

By Elad Benari

 

France is considering voting in favor of the Palestinian Authority’s unilateral statehood bid at the United Nations, its foreign minister hinted on Thursday.

Speaking at a hearing in the French senate, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius reminded that French President Francois Hollande promised during his election campaign to promote the issue of Palestinian statehood.

Laurent Fabius - Photo: BERTRAND

Laurent Fabius – Photo: BERTRAND

“I would like to mention that in his election campaign, President Hollande said he would work toward international recognition of a Palestinian state,” Fabius said. Continue Reading »

Category: Mid-East News | Tags: , ,
« Older Entries   Recent Entries »