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French judge rejects demand for antisemitic motive in Halimi case

Nine months after the murder of Sarah Halimi, a French judge on Monday rejected a demand from a civil party to the case that the motive for the crime be termed antisemitic.

France backs down on honouring infamous antisemite

Following swift, sharp fallout over the weekend, France’s minister of culture announced on Sunday that an entire press run of the 2018 National Commemorations will be recalled and reprinted without mention of Charles Maurras.

French TV broadcasts antisemitic joke on news programme

A public broadcaster in France is being criticised for airing a Belgian comedian’s joke about the Holocaust.

French far-right author fined by court for antisemitic cartoon

The far-right French author Alain Soral was fined 10,000 euros by a court in Paris on Thursday for the publication of an antisemitic cartoon on his website.

CRIF calls on authorities to take action following spate of antisemitic incidents

Representative Council of French Jewish Institutions (CRIF) has called on public authorities in France to take immediate action against those attacking Jews.

French Jews protest release of synagogue bombing suspect

French Jews protested the release of a man who was extradited from Canada on suspicion that he was involved in the 1980 bombing of a Paris synagogue.
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