Jews vocal on both sides of France’s gay marriage debate

Published on February 5, 2013

Wide-eyed and smiley, Elay-Gabriel seems utterly unaffected by the French media’s sudden interest in him.

France’s Hollande contacts Netanyahu to end Gaza fighting

Published on November 15, 2012

French President Francois Hollande has made contact with the leaders of Israel and Egypt to try to prevent an escalation of fighting in the Gaza Strip, Prime Minister Jean-Francois Ayrault said on Thursday.

France’s Hollande ripped Netanyahu, French satirical weekly reports

Published on November 8, 2012

French President Francois Hollande said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “turned a memorial service in Toulouse into an election rally,” a French satirical newspaper reported. The weekly Le Canard Enchaine published an unsigned article that said Hollande made the comment last week while flying to Beirut. The item was referring to a visit that Netanyahu made with Hollande to the Jewish school in Toulouse where Mohammed Merah, a radical French Islamist, killed three children and a rabbi in March.

At Toulouse, French president vows to fight anti-Semitism

Published on November 1, 2012

France will clamp down on anti-Semitic hate speech online and elsewhere, French President Francois Hollande said at a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

French police find ‘Jihadist’ bomb lab used in kosher store attack

Published on October 10, 2012

French police have found an explosives lab which they say Jihadists used in the recent bombing of a kosher store near Paris.

French president blames his country for WWII roundup of Jews

Published on July 23, 2012

The roundup of thousands of Jews in Paris during World War II was a crime "committed in France, by France," French President Francois Hollande said.

May 11, 2012

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on May 11, 2012

Jewish reaction mixed to Hollande victory in France

Published on May 7, 2012

Jewish reaction was mixed to the election of the Socialist Party's Francois Hollande as the president of France.

May 7, 2012

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on May 7, 2012

Richard Prasquier, French Jewish CRIF leader, adds to warning on Francois Hollande presidency

Published on May 1, 2012

Richard Prasquier, the president of the CRIF umbrella group of French Jewry, reiterated concerns that a Francois Hollande presidency would boost the anti-Israel left.

April 30, 2012

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on April 30, 2012

French extreme-right leader has strong showing in presidential vote

Published on April 23, 2012

French Socialist Francois Hollande edged President Nicolas Sarkozy in the initial round of presidential elections, with Marine LePen finishing with the highest total ever for her extreme-right-wing party.