US EditionGaza Student Leaves France over Anti-Semitic Social Media Posts Spat
FRANCE, AUG 3 – The student’s expelled posts called for violence against Jews, prompting a judicial probe and a 185% rise in antisemitic incidents in France since October 2023, officials said.
- On August 3, a Gazan student, Ms. Nour Attaalah, was expelled from France and left for Qatar after authorities uncovered virulently antisemitic social media posts.
- Amid routine screening, French authorities uncovered deleted social media posts from the past two years calling for the killing of Jews, prompting a judicial investigation for condoning terrorism.
- While AFP was unable, Sciences Po Lille confirmed that Ms. Nour Attaalah's social media posts had been authenticated on Wednesday.
- Following the expulsion, Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said Friday France froze all student evacuation programs from Gaza pending the investigation’s outcome, without specifying affected students.
- Since October 7, 2023, antisemitic incidents in France surged by 185%, with four Jewish sites vandalized in the Marais district, according to Knesset testimonies.
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Gaza student leaves France over anti-Semitic social media posts spat
A Gazan student on a French scholarship left for Qatar after anti-Semitic posts were found on her social media, the foreign ministry said on Sunday. The case sparked political backlash and led the government…
Radio France Internationale
Nour Attalah, the Gazaouie student recently arrived in France and who had published content deemed anti-Semitic, was expelled. The announcement made this Sunday, August 3, in the evening, by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jean-Noël Barrot.
Nour Attallah, arriving in France on 11 July, flew this Sunday to Qatar, where she will continue her studies, announced the foreign minister Jean-Noel Barrot.
France has put a student from Gaza who had posted antisemitic messages on social media on a plane to Qatar, the French Foreign Ministry reported.
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