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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


France's Jewish community: In a state of fear

French Jews voted overwhelmingly for Emmanuel Macron, but are concerned he will pander to the country’s large Arab minority and fail to protect them.

Newly elected French President Emmanuel Macron parades in a military vehicle in Paris after his inauguration, May 14

Report: Global antisemitism drops 12%, but surges by 45% on US campuses

There was a rise in incidents among English-speaking countries.

A man wearing a kippa waits for the start of an anti-Semitism demo at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate September 14, 2014

Fake quote on French elections triggers antisemitic avalanche online

Satire taken seriously is behind an outpouring of antisemitic comments.

Bernard-Henri Lévy

Driven by hatred: A glimpse into the minds of antisemites in modern Germany

A historian and a linguist expose the ideas, codes and figures of speech that communicate antisemitism in the 21st century.

People hold placards during an anti-Israel protest in central Berlin in July 2014. The placard reads ‘Women murderers = Israel.’

French Jewish historian cleared of hate speech charges against Muslims

Bensoussan, a scholar on the Holocaust and one of the world’s leading historians on Jewish communities in Arab territories, was put on trial in December.

A French flag hangs from a window of a restaurant decorated for Christmas holiday season in Strasbourg, France

"France's new Dreyfus Trial": Hate speech trial divides anti-racist groups

A leading Jewish scholar was charged with inciting racial hatred for saying that antisemitism is "transmitted with mother's milk" in Arab families.

Armed French soldiers stand in front of a Synagogue during a visit of French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve after an attack in front of a Jewish school in Marseille's 9th district, France, January 14, 2016.

Le Pen, Brexit, Trump: the new dilemmas facing Jews

The Jerusalem Post

The French Conference

The Jerusalem Post

UK Labour party suspends activists twice in one year following Holocaust remarks

Vice-Chairmen of the pro-Corbyn Momentum organization was ousted from the Labour party Friday for her comments made during an antisemitism seminar.

UK Labour member Jackie Walker

Beyond definition: The huge periphery of anti-Semitism

According to a Fondapol study, 17 percent of the French public responded that the Jews are significantly responsible for anti-Semitism. Among French Muslims this percentage was much higher at 31%.

Jérémy Corbyn (à gauche)