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Wiesenthal Center demands Youtube remove antisemitic French rapper

The Simon Wiesenthal Center expressed "consternation" at a string of rap videos uploaded by a rapper named Issa Lorenzo Diakhate (more often known by his rap-name, 'Freeze Corleone'), demanding the artist's music be taken down due to the shockingly antisemitic nature of his lyrics, coupled with the rising popularity of his music.

CRIF and Licra denounce antisemitic rhetoric of French rap rising star Freeze Corleone

French singer Freeze Corleone, who has achieved huge sales with his new album, is accused of antisemitism, conspiracy and Hitler's apology.

More French students are learning the history of the Holocaust, survey shows

The majority of French young people aged 15-24 have learned the history of the Holocaust at school, according to a poll.

Norway arrests suspect linked to fatal 1982 Paris Jewish deli attack

Police in Norway have arrested a man wanted in connection with the deadly 1982 bombing of a Jewish-owned restaurant in Rue des Rosiers in Paris.

One of France’s last World War II resistance heroes dies aged 100

One of the last surviving heroes of the French resistance against Nazi occupation, Edgard Tupet-Thome, has died aged 100, leaving just three others still alive out of over 1,000 who were given the highest bravery order by Charles de Gaulle, officials said.

French courts jail two men in separate antisemitic incidents

In two separate court cases in France, two men including a white supremacist were given prison sentences in connection with antisemitic behavior.

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