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Despite French government ban, Israeli firms a success at Paris Defence Exhibition

Israeli defence industry firms’ booths at this year’s Eurosatory exhibition in Paris were visited by people from all over...

Friends host Dan’s Legacy Cup to remember Bondi terror victim

A memorial football tournament took place at Barracluff Park in Bondi on Saturday to celebrate the life and passion...

France to serve as IHRA president in 2027

France has been unanimously elected to take over the annual rotating presidency of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA)...

Abbas no ‘prince of peace,’ Netanyahu tells Erin Molan

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday for embracing Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas...

INTO THE FRAY: Malevolent Macron has no claim to the moral high ground

Given France’s gruesome post-WW II colonial history—from North Africa through East Asia to Oceania—it has a feeble claim to...

France summons US ambassador over antisemitism claims

US Ambassador to France Charles Kushner has accused the French government of failing to respond adequately to rising antisemitism. France...

A two-state solution? Maybe the best way to ‘ensure’ another slaughter

Perhaps the harshest obstacle toward a two-state solution revolves around the Palestinians’ ability to conduct international affairs, which presumably...

UK, Germany, Italy join Australia in rejecting Macron’s ‘Palestine’ statehood plan

The governments of the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy and Australia announced over the weekend that they are not planning...

Israel, US decry French move to recognise Palestine

France's move to recognise a Palestinian state has drawn angry rebukes from Israel and the US, while pushing other...

Curses – ancient and modern

It is amazing how very often the weekly Torah portion that we read in Synagogues on Shabbat contains startling...

French segregates Israeli exhibit at Paris Air Show

One day before the Paris Air Show opened in Le Bourget Airport, exhibition organisers acting on behalf of the...

Douglas Murray: Israel can’t afford to leave Hamas in Gaza

Despite mounting international pressure and war costs, Israel cannot afford to end it war “with Hamas in power in...

‘I’m not afraid’: French Jews defy threats of violence ahead of Paris soccer match

Although French officials are bracing for violence as Israel’s national soccer was due to play in Paris on Thursday...

French synagogue attacker ‘wanted to scare people’

French prosecutors say a man accused of an arson attack on a synagogue told investigators he acted to make...

Arrest made over attempted arson on French synagogue

A 33-year-old man has been arrested over an attempted arson attack on a synagogue in southern France.   French police have...

Qatar, France broker deal for aid, medication to Gaza

Qatar and France have brokered a deal with Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas to deliver urgent medication to...

Today’s French Revolution

In July 1789, the Paris Bastille was stormed by rampaging mobs, and the established order of autocratic rule was...

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon:  Liberty, Intifada, Fraternity.

‘The system has failed:’ Antisemitism flourishes in France

Five years ago, an 85-year-old survivor of the Holocaust, Mireille Knoll, was brutally murdered in her apartment in Paris...

Nearly half of French Jews hide religious symbols

An increasing number of French Jews believe that antisemitism is widespread in their country, according to a new survey...