Qatar, France broker deal for aid, medication to Gaza

January 17, 2024 by  
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Qatar and France have brokered a deal with Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas to deliver urgent medication to some 45 Israeli hostages held by the group in Gaza in return for humanitarian and medical aid for the most vulnerable civilians. Read more

Today’s French Revolution

July 14, 2023 by  
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In July 1789, the Paris Bastille was stormed by rampaging mobs, and the established order of autocratic rule was swiftly swept away. Read more

Feintooner

July 3, 2023 by  
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This week’s cartoon:  Liberty, Intifada, Fraternity. Read more

‘The system has failed:’ Antisemitism flourishes in France

March 27, 2023 by  
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Five years ago, an 85-year-old survivor of the Holocaust, Mireille Knoll, was brutally murdered in her apartment in Paris by two intruders, one of whom was a neighbour she had known since his childhood. Read more

Nearly half of French Jews hide religious symbols

February 10, 2022 by  
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An increasing number of French Jews believe that antisemitism is widespread in their country, according to a new survey conducted by the American Jewish Committee. Read more

‘There is a Jew hiding behind me—come and kill him’

September 19, 2021 by  
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When the former Trump administration announced that it was moving the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in December 2017, the reaction in the Muslim world and among Muslim communities in the West was predictably furious. Read more

160 new immigrants from France arrive in Israel amid surge in ‘aliyah’

July 22, 2021 by  
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A group of 160 new French immigrants to Israel arrived at Ben-Gurion International Airport yesterday aboard a special aliyah flight from Paris organized by the Jewish Agency for Israel, and Israel’s Ministry of Aliyah and Integration. Read more

The antisemitism of Jean-Luc Mélenchon

June 13, 2021 by  
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In the first round of the French presidential election in 2017, nearly one in five voters marked their ballots for Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the candidate of the newly formed far-left “La France Insoumise” (“France Rising”) party. Read more

Jordan is harbouring brutal terrorists wanted by France and America

September 13, 2020 by  
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Speak to policy analysts or policy-makers about the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and you’ll frequently encounter a series of truisms. Read more

Report: France wants tough response if Israel goes ahead with annexation

May 13, 2020 by  
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France is pushing members of the European Union to consider threatening Israel with tough consequences if it goes ahead with its plan to annex parts of Judea and Samaria. Read more

Michael Danby attends Anzac Day service in France

May 7, 2019 by  
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Labor MP Michael Danby attended the 2019 Anzac Day Dawn Service at Villers- Bretonneux in France last week, as the Federal Opposition’s representative. Read more

From president to president

February 21, 2019 by  
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Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin has written to his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron following antisemitic events in France. Read more

Swastikas on 80 gravestones desecrate French Jewish cemetery at German border

February 20, 2019 by  
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As many as 80 gravestones at a Jewish cemetery in France were discovered vandalized on Tuesday morning, adding to the latest wave of antisemitic attacks in the country. Read more

France’s reputation is at stake again over the murder of Sarah Halimi

July 20, 2018 by  
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For the second time in 20 years, France basked in the accomplishment of winning the World Cup with a team whose diverse backgrounds were as much a symbol of national unity as the creative brand of soccer they played. Read more

Europe is not antisemitic, but there is antisemitism in Europe

July 1, 2018 by  
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Anti-Semitism in many parts of Europe is on the rise not because of government policies, but rather due to pervasive sentiments among various sections of the public, the most senior Jewish community professionals from France, Germany, and Hungary said this week at the World Jewish Congress’ 5th annual National Community Directors’ Forum. Read more

World’s Jewish leaders send condolences to France

November 17, 2015 by  
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Top Jewish community professionals from 40 countries world-wide have met in Lisbon  for a two-day conference organized by the World Jewish Congress (WJC) and sent a combined message of condolence to the France’s Prime Minister. Read more

Does P5+1 = nuclear deal? Examining Iran’s negotiating partners

June 26, 2015 by  
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After more than a decade of intermittent negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program, the so-called P5+1 powers—the United States, France, United Kingdom, Germany, Russia, and China—are nearing a June 30 deadline to finalise the Framework for a Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action that was reached in April, or in other words, a final nuclear deal with Iran. Read more

The Orange Affair: ADC writes to French ambassador

In a letter to the French Ambassador to Australia Mr. Christophe Lecourtier, the B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation Commission (ADC) has denounced the decision by French Telecommunication Company Orange to end its licensing deal with Israeli company Partner Communications. Read more

French police issue arrest warrants for suspects in 1982 Jewish deli attack

March 6, 2015 by  
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 French police have identified three suspects in a terror attack on a Jewish deli in Paris that occurred 32 years ago.  Read more

French Jews on the move

February 10, 2015 by  
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A record 8,000 people, mostly between the ages of 16 and 35, have visited Israel opportunity fairs held by The Jewish Agency for Israel and the Ministry of Aliyah and Immigrant Absorption this week across France. Read more

Gallic Gall…writes Michael Kuttner

January 16, 2015 by  
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The capacity for France as a country and the French themselves to display unmitigated hypocrisy has been on full display for all to witness. Read more

Supermarket victims buried in Jerusalem

January 13, 2015 by  
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The four slain victims of last week’s kosher supermarket siege in Paris have been buried in Jerusalem…and President Rivlin declared “Jewish blood is not worthless”. Read more