Paris – 14 Political Parties In France Call For Protests Against Anti-Semitism

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    A protester from the 'Gilets Jaunes' (Yellow Vests) movement holds a sig reading 'People as a whole can change everything' during clashes with French riot Police near the Invalides during the 'Act XIV' demonstration (the 14th consecutive national protest on a Saturday) in Paris, France, 16 February 2019. EPAParis – Following a wave of anti-Semitic incidents in France, 14 political parties endorsed a protest rally that is being organized by local Jews against this form of hatred.

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    The parties include President Emmanuel Macron’s “La République En Marche!” as well as the Socialist Party and the Republicans. Three Green parties also signed on as well as one far-left party. The parties and the CRIF umbrella group of French Jewish communities called on French citizens to rally Tuesday in Paris and in several other French cities in demonstrations under the banner “No to anti-Semitism.”

    However, the appeal does not include the far-right National Front and the far-left “France Unbowed” parties, which received 34 percent and 19 percent of the vote, respectively, in France’s 2017 presidential elections. CRIF has deemed both parties as having institutional anti-Semitism.

    The call for a protest rally followed the painting of swastikas on portraits of the late Holocaust survivor Simone Veil. Over the weekend, the French Jewish philosopher Alain Finkielkraut was accosted on the street by protesters from the Yellow Vests anti-austerity movement, who called him a “dirty Zionist” and told him to “go to Tel Aviv.” The incident, which was filmed, prompted a wave of condemnations, including by Macron.

    It happened days after French authorities reported a 74-percent increase in anti-Semitic incidents in 2018 over 2017.


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    yamsar
    yamsar
    5 years ago

    We can thank Obama for giving people the confidence to protest anti semitism

    Meloah
    Meloah
    5 years ago

    “the appeal does not include the far-right National Front and the far-left “France Unbowed” parties, which received 34 percent and 19 percent of the vote, respectively, in France’s 2017 presidential elections. “

    The far right got 34% of election votes…that is huge. If France hits a recession, the percentage is likely to increase a lot, and they may will Presidency…Jews, my people, think seriously of leaving France. Make plans.