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Are French courts unwilling to call out antisemitism, recognize Jew-hatred? - analysis

In December 2025, an Algerian nanny was sentenced to two and a half years’ imprisonment for poisoning a French Jewish family, but the court ruled this was not an act of antisemitism.

French flag and court gavel in this illustration taken November 5, 2025.
 French police officers stand guard in the 11th arrondissement of Paris, France on November 14, 2015. Photo by Laurence Geai/Flash90

French Muslim boy jailed for rape of 12-year-old Jewish girl has sentence commuted in retrial

Journalist Élisa Serret.

'Jews control US politics, Hollywood, big cities,' Canadian reporter says on live broadcast

 French police officers stand guard in the 11th arrondissement of Paris, France on November 14, 2015. Photo by Laurence Geai/Flash90

French resort manager arrested for antisemitism after denying entry to 150 Israeli kids


As an American, I didn’t think I’d be afraid to be Jewish in France. But I am.

I wasn’t afraid in 1975, when the United Nations was voting on its resolution equating Zionism with racism, and when anti-Israel and anti-Jewish slogans began to show up on buildings in some sections of Paris.

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In France, if you smoke cannabis you can kill a Jew - Sarah Halimi case goes to high court

The judge cited psychiatric evaluations saying Traore’s consumption of marijuana before he killed Sarah Halimi led to a “delirious episode” that made him not legally responsible for his actions.

Sarah Halimi was brutally murdered in her Paris home by Kobili Traore, who was not prosecuted because lawyers attributed his actions to a “massive psychotic episode” caused by smoking marijuana.

French MP to Netanyahu: Jews need French and Israeli borders to open

"This will encourage both individuals from both Israel and France to get vaccinated," said Habib.

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On this day, 126 years ago, Alfred Dreyfus was sentenced to life in prison

As one of the most controversial cases of the 20th century in France, the political scandal created by this affair upset France for almost 12 years.

Henri Meyer (1844-1899), ‘Le Traitre: dégradation d’Alfred Dreyfus,’ ‘Le Petit Journal’ 217 (January 13, 1895)

French trial of 2015 terror attacks in Paris: Testimonies of survivors

Witnesses and relatives of the four Hyper Cacher victims — Yohan Cohen, Yoav Hattab, Michel Saada and Philippe Braham — spoke before the court.

Le supermarché Hypercasher où s'est déroulé le drame

'Heil Hitler' and 'Juden' tagged on a Jewish-owned house in Lyon, France

It could have been a story dated back in the 1940s, but this one happened on August 19, 2020, in the city center of Lyon, France.

Antisemitic graffiti near a London Underground station. The graffiti reads “dirty f***ing Jew” beside an image of a swastika.

Weisenthal Centre demands France place guards at Jewish institutions

“In view of the rising number of violent attacks on Jewish citizens, it is time to bring back the armed military to guard Jewish neighborhoods, synagogues, schools and other community institutions.”

A STAR of David on a synagogue.

French Jewish man assaulted in a violent antisemitic attack in Paris

“Dirty Jew! Dirty Jewish son of a whore, you’re a dead man! We will kill you! Dirty Race!”

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French Jew succumbs to injuries sustained in 2016 antisemitic attack

“He had never recovered from the attack, not physically or psychologically.”

A man walks past graves desecrated with swastikas at the Jewish cemetery in Westhoffen, near Strasbourg, France, December 4, 2019.

French parliamentarians defend Israel during Gaza discussion

"We are talking a small country that is barely two provinces in France," said MP Meyer Habib before walking out of the committee meeting.

MEYER HABIB