Israel embraces France’s far-right, turning a blind eye to its Nazi past
- Jordan Bardella, leader of France's National Rally party, will speak in Jerusalem, marking a significant event for the far-right as Israel seeks new alliances globally.
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has embraced far-right movements and supports Bardella's party, historically distanced from Jewish communities.
- CRIF reported 1,570 antisemitic acts in France for 2024, an increase from 2022, reflecting rising concerns among Jewish institutions.
- Yonathan Arfi, head of CRIF, expressed distrust towards the National Rally, suggesting that this engagement could politically exploit antisemitism.
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Since the attack of 7 October 2023, France's stance on anti-Semitism, which is rising sharply in the territory, has been considered ambiguous by many observers. According to a 2024 Ifop survey carried out for the American Jewish Committee (AJC), in partnership with the Foundation for Political Innovation (Fondapol) and Le Point, 92% of the French of Jewish faith believe that the party is contributing to the worsening of the phenomenon. A situati…
On the left as well as the right, a thick residue of antisemitism in France
Antisemitism is the socialism of fools — the famous phrase falsely ascribed to the 19th century German socialist Auguste Bebel — has had all too many reasons to be cited over the subsequent two centuries. It is not just all-too-apropos in the case of current events in France, but it is also all-too-tragic given the great stakes involved. Last year, President Emmanuel Macron, in a fit of peevishness following the striking defeat of his party Rena…
Israel embraces France’s far-right, turning a blind eye to its Nazi past
A generation ago, it would have been unthinkable: the leader of France’s far-right party – an organization infamously founded by Nazis – invited to speak at an Israeli antisemitism conference.
The Israeli government breaks with old political convictions. For the Marine Le Pen Party, participation is a knight's blow. Representatives of Jewish organizations, on the other hand, are outraged – and stay away from the conference.
The great political reporter Emilio Meslet, who was to attend the International Conference against Anti-Semitism on 26 and 27 March in Jerusalem, was cancelled "at the last moment" by the Israeli government.
The participation of the president of the RN in a conference against anti-Semitism in Jerusalem, along with many representatives of the far right, caused cascading cancellations. In France, the president of the RN...
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