Suspected Merah accomplices arrested in Toulouse

Published on May 16, 2013

Two men suspected of being accomplices of Islamist terrorist Mohammed Merah were arrested near Toulouse.

Amid rising Islamism in Africa, Israel-Senegal ties still flourishing

Published on May 7, 2013

Struggling to be heard over a flock of bleating sheep, Israel’s ambassador to Senegal invites a crowd of impoverished Muslims to help themselves to about 100 sacrificial animals that the embassy corralled at a dusty community center here.

Three men linked to Mohamed Merah arrested in France

Published on March 27, 2013

Three men believed to be linked to Mohamed Merah were arrested in southern France.

Report: 58% rise in anti-Semitic attacks in France in 2012

Published on February 19, 2013

France saw an increase of 58 percent in anti-Semitic incidents in 2012 compared to the previous year, according to a report by the French Jewish community.

French group that saved Jews from Nazis snubs Shoah memorial event

Published on February 12, 2013

A French organization that saved Jews during the Holocaust has declined to attend a commemoration because it was organized by pro-Israel Jews.

Keep Lebanese terrorist in prison, U.S. lawmakers urge France

Published on January 28, 2013

A bipartisan congressional effort is aiming to keep the former head of the Lebanese Armed Revolutionary Brigade behind bars in France.

Twitter must reveal details of users posting anti-Semitism, French court rules

Published on January 24, 2013

Twitter must divulge details about French users who posted anti-Semitic messages, a French tribunal ruled.

Eveline Leisner, 75

Published on January 23, 2013

Eveline Leisner, a longtime French educator, died on Jan. 5 after living with Alzheimer’s disease for 12 years. She was 75.

French teens arrested for chemical explosion near teacher who reported anti-Semitism

Published on December 14, 2012

Two French teenagers were arrested on suspicion of setting off an explosion near a teacher after she reported receiving anti-Semitic threats at school.

EU draft resolution slams Israeli settlements, carries no sanctions

Published on December 10, 2012

A draft of a European Union resolution said the EU was "deeply dismayed" by Israeli plans for new construction in settlements but did not mention sanctions.

Couple suspected of aiding Toulouse killer Merah taken into custody

Published on December 4, 2012

A man and a woman in the Toulouse area were arrested on suspicion that they helped Mohammed Merah "commit crimes" that may have included the murder of four Jews.

Two Jewish cemeteries, municipal building vandalized in France

Published on November 26, 2012

French police reportedly are investigating fresh acts of vandalism in two Jewish cemeteries and a municipal building.

French Muslim leaders in Israel hope to mend fences with Jews

Published on November 14, 2012

Standing in long, colorful robes and wearing traditional rounded hats, a group of men stood in reverent silence as one of their leaders placed a memorial wreath at Yad Vashem, Israel’s national Holocaust museum.

Victims’ families demand inquiry into Toulouse murders

Published on November 1, 2012

The families of the victims of Mohammed Merah have called for a parliamentary inquiry into failures that allowed him to murder four Jews and three French soldiers in the Toulouse area.

Two men attack Jewish schoolboy in Paris

Published on October 24, 2012

Two men hit and threatened a Jewish schoolboy at a Paris bus stop, according to the security unit of France’s Jewish community, SPCJ.

French spy service ‘failed’ to see Merah was dangerous, report finds

Published on October 24, 2012

French security "failed" in assessing the danger posed by Mohammed Merah, the French Interior Ministry said in a report.

‘Dead Jew’ is newest anti-Semitic phrase on French Twitter

Published on October 22, 2012

Hundreds of French Twitter users wrote the phrase “a dead Jew” on Twitter after the company removed some anti-Semitic content.

Belgium’s local elections cause ‘anti-Semitic flood’

Published on October 19, 2012

Belgium’s recent local elections triggered “an unprecedented wave of manifestations of anti-Semitism,” according to the country’s organization of French-speaking Jews.

In France, Marseille Jews look to Paris and worry that their calm may be fleeting

Published on October 17, 2012

At a time when Jewish institutions across France resemble military fortresses for their security, entering the great synagogue and main Jewish center of this picturesque city on the Mediterranean coast is as easy as pushing open the front door.

‘Good Jew’ hashtag is third most popular on French Twitter

Published on October 15, 2012

Anti-Semitic attacks in France rise 45 percent this year

Published on October 11, 2012

France has seen a 45 percent increase in anti-Semitic attacks reported through August from the corresponding period a year ago.

French Jew, American researcher share Nobel Prize in Physics

Published on October 9, 2012

Serge Haroche, a French-Jewish physicist, has won the Nobel Prize in Physics jointly with David Wineland from the United States.

French police search home of Toulouse killer’s brother

Published on September 27, 2012

French police searched the home of Abdelkader Merah, the brother of the man who murdered a rabbi and three children at a Toulouse Jewish school.

French Jewish communities condemn Muhammad cartoons

Published on September 19, 2012

The president of the representative body of France's Jewish communities has condemned the new publication of caricatures of the Muslim prophet Muhammad.

France opens murder inquiry into Yasser Arafat’s death

Published on August 28, 2012

French prosecutors have opened a murder inquiry into the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.

French Jewish leaders ‘outraged’ by mosque desecration near Toulouse

Published on August 3, 2012

French Jewish leaders are calling the tossing of two pig heads into a mosque not far from Toulouse "an odious desecration."

French swimmer explains Hebrew tattoo as a family tribute

Published on August 2, 2012

French Olympic swimmer Fabien Gilot said the Hebrew tattoo on his left arm is a tribute to his late grandmother’s husband, a Jewish survivor of Auschwitz.

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.

Survey finds young Frenchman unfamiliar with WWII Jewish roundup

Published on July 17, 2012

Most young Frenchmen never heard of the World War II roundup of Paris Jews, a survey shows.

Families of Toulouse victims seek gag order on leaked recordings

Published on July 9, 2012

Relatives of the victims of Toulouse killer Mohammed Merah will seek to prevent the media from broadcasting recordings of the late French Muslim gunman.

French teen is beaten in anti-Semitic attack on train

Published on July 5, 2012

A French Jewish teenager was the victim of a violent anti-Semitic attack on a train traveling between Toulouse and Lyon.

French groups drop suit against Google

Published on June 28, 2012

French groups have settled a lawsuit accusing Google of violating French anti-racism laws because of a function that they say perpetuated anti-Semitic stereotypes.

French expats elect Israeli woman to France’s National Assembly

Published on June 18, 2012

French expats from eight Mediterranean countries elected a Tel Aviv woman to represent them in the French parliament.

Real Housewives of NYC Double Blog

By Ilana Angel
Published on June 11, 2012

French President Hollande wants deeper ties with Israel

Published on June 8, 2012

Francois Hollande, the new French president, said he wanted to deepen ties with Israel.

Suspects arrested in attack on French Jewish teens

Published on June 6, 2012

Two suspects have been arrested in connection with an attack on three Jewish teens in Lyon in southeastern France.

Toulouse massacre encouraged more French anti-Semitic attacks, report says

Published on June 4, 2012

The recent massacre at a Jewish school in Toulouse "triggered an explosion” in anti-Semitic attacks across France, according to the French Jewish community's protection service

Hollande beats Sarkozy to win French presidency

Published on May 6, 2012

Francois Hollande became the first Socialist president of France in nearly two decades, defeating incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy.

Iran seeks end to sanctions at talks, hits out at France

Published on May 2, 2012

Iran said on Wednesday it would seek an end to sanctions over its nuclear activities at talks with big powers later this month and it sought to turn the tables on its Western foes by accusing France of helping Israel develop "inhumane nuclear weapons."

French group suing Google for Jewish auto-complete searches

Published on May 1, 2012

A French anti-discrimination group is taking Google to court for offering to search if celebrities are Jewish.

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.

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.

French reisistance fighter Raymond Aubrac dies

Published on April 12, 2012

Raymond Aubrac, a prominent figure of the French Resistance against the Nazis during World War II, has died.

French Islamic militants planned to kidnap Jewish judge

Published on April 3, 2012

Suspected Islamic militants arrested throughout France were planning terrorist attacks including kidnapping a Jewish judge.

Arrests in France, Sarkozy compares shooting trauma to 9/11

Published on March 30, 2012

Following a sweep of arrests of suspected Islamic militants, French President Nicolas Sarkozy compared the fatal attack outside a Jewish school in Toulouse to the trauma of 9/11.

French lawmakers pay condolence calls in Jerusalem

Published on March 28, 2012

A delegation of French political leaders visiting Israel paid condolence calls to the families of the children and rabbi killed in the attack on a Jewish school in Toulouse.

After Toulouse attack, French Jews are reconsidering Sarkozy

Published on March 27, 2012

With the first round of France's presidential election less than four weeks away, the attacks that left four Jews and three French soldiers dead are reshaping the race -- but for now it’s not clear exactly how.

Al Jazeera says won’t air French gunman video

Published on March 27, 2012

Al Jazeera television said on Tuesday it would not broadcast video footage of three deadly shootings in southern France filmed by an al Qaeda-inspired gunman using a camera strapped to his body.

Sarkozy to networks: Don’t broadcast Merah footage

Published on March 27, 2012

French President Nicolas Sarkozy called on television networks not to broadcast video footage shot by Mohammed Merah during his attacks on soldiers and on a Jewish school in Toulouse.

Footage filmed by French gunman sent to Al Jazeera says police source

Published on March 26, 2012

Video footage filmed by the French gunman Mohamed Merah during his bloody shooting spree has been sent to the Al Jazeera television network in Paris, a police source said on Monday.

French police seek to intimidate gunman with blasts

Published on March 21, 2012

Three blasts at the building were the suspect in seven shootings in southwest France is holed up were intended to intimidate him and there has not been an assault to get him out of his apartment, the interior ministry said on Thursday.

French Interior Ministry says assault has not started

Published on March 21, 2012

French police launched an assault late on Wednesday on an apartment where a gunman suspected of killing seven people in the name of al Qaeda was holed up, officials said.

French shooting suspect not jailed in Afghanistan, provincial governor says

Published on March 21, 2012

An Afghan provincial governor on Wednesday denied statements by a senior prison official that French school shooting suspect Mohamed Merah was jailed for bombings in Afghanistan in 2007 and escaped months later.

Toulouse shooting suspect’s standoff continues [VIDEO]

Published on March 21, 2012

The standoff in France between police and Mohammed Merah, the suspect in the shooting at a Jewish school in Toulouse, stretched into its 13th hour Wednesday.

Toulouse attack stuns French Jewish community

Published on March 20, 2012

When Arié Bensemhoun, a Jewish community leader in Toulouse, woke up on March 20, he thought for a moment that the horrific shooting of three children and a rabbi at a local Jewish school might just have been a bad dream.

Thousands march in memory of Toulouse victims

Published on March 20, 2012

Thousands silently demonstrated Monday evening in Paris to pay tribute to the four victims of a shooting attack at a Jewish school in southwestern France.

L.A.’s French Jews react to Toulouse killings

By Julie Gruenbaum Fax
Published on March 19, 2012

French Jews in Southern California reacted with sadness and disgust, but not surprise, to the shooting at a Jewish school in Toulouse, France, that left three children and one teacher dead.

Sarkozy: Gunman in French shootings driven by racism [VIDEO]

Published on March 19, 2012

French President Nicolas Sarkozy said that the same gunman who shot dead a teacher and three children at a Jewish school in Toulouse on Monday was also responsible for the killing of three soldiers last week, apparently motivated by racism.

Fear of halal meat a presidential campaign issue in France

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on February 19, 2012

Make Yom Kippur national holiday, French presidential candidate says

Published on January 12, 2012

The Green Party candidate for the French presidency has called for national holidays on Yom Kippur and the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha.