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14-year-old Jewish girl assaulted and threatened with death in Sarcelles

According to police reports, the attackers insulted her, calling her a “dirty Jew”, and also threatened her life, saying: “On the Koran, I’m going to kill you.”

Two swastikas were discovered at the former Drancy internment camp

The Drancy internment camp was the main departure point for Jewish deportees from France to Nazi extermination camps between August 1941 and August 1944.

Elderly Jewish woman verbally abused by far-left activists in Paris

According to the report, the activists shouted insults at her, allegedly calling her a "dirty Jew" and threatening to come back before fleeing the scene.

Five people in France indicted for funding Hamas under guise of humanitarian aid

The investigations will now continue under the direction of three anti-terrorism investigating judges, and the five individuals remain under judicial supervision.

Antisemitic assault against rabbi in Lyon reported as he was on his way to synagogue

The assailant allegedly directed Nazi salutes at the rabbi and shouted “Free Palestine!” during the confrontation.

French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu announces bill criminalising anti-Zionism

The draft of the bill notably proposes broadening the offence of glorifying terrorism and creating a new offence of denying the existence of a state.
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