US EditionPalestinian Under Psychiatric Evaluation After Hitting Rabbi in France
- A 28-year-old Palestinian man from Rafah hurled a chair at Rabbi Elie Lemmel at a café in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Paris suburb, on Friday.
- This incident followed a series of antisemitic attacks and vandalism across France fueled by tensions from the Gaza war that began October 7, 2023.
- Rabbi Lemmel sustained a head injury from the chair attack and had previously been punched in Normandy earlier that week, reflecting a rise in antisemitic violence.
- Authorities arrested the suspect, who lives in Germany, and ordered a psychiatric evaluation while French prosecutors opened an investigation for assault aggravated by religious motives.
- France's leading Jewish organization condemned the attack, and officials warned that radicalized public debate, partly driven by the Gaza conflict, is worsening antisemitism in the country.
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French police detain Palestinian man who allegedly struck rabbi with a chair - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
French police detained a man originally from Gaza on Friday after a rabbi was attacked in a Paris suburb, capping a week of antisemitic incidents raising alarm among French Jews. Rabbi Elie Lemmel was sitting at a cafe in the Paris suburb of Neuilly-sur-Seine Friday when he said he was hit in the head by someone wielding a chair. Earlier in the week, he had posted on social media that he had been punched in the stomach by an unknown assailant in…
French rabbi says he was attacked twice in one week as France sees rise in hate crimes
The rabbi said he was hit in the head with a chair while sitting at a cafe in a Paris suburb on Friday, after he was punched in the stomach several days before in a town in Normandy
Orthodox Jewish Rabbi Assaulted in Paris Suburb, Attacker Sent for Psychiatric Evaluation
PARIS – A Palestinian man was arrested Friday after hurling a chair at Rabbi Elie Lemmel inside a café in the upscale Paris suburb of Neuilly-sur-Seine. The rabbi sustained a head injury during the attack. Join our WhatsApp group Subscribe to our Daily Roundup Email French prosecutors say the suspect, a 28-year-old Palestinian from Rafah […]
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