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Amichai Chikli invites politicians from European far-right parties to Israel, in a first

Also on the docket are figures who have criticized the far right, including the Anti-Defamation League’s Jonathan Greenblatt and Armin Laschet of Germany’s center-right leading party.

|ByPHILISSA CRAMER/JTA
Amichai Chikli speaks at Conference of Presidents, February 16, 2025.
Marine Le Pen, member of parliament and member of the French far-right National Rally (Rassemblement National - RN) party parliamentary group during a debate about the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, at the National Assembly in Paris, October 23, 2023.

Despite National Rally's rebrand, Israel is still stuck with a Le Pen dilemma - comment

France’s National Rally (RN) has admittedly rebranded itself and made pro-Israel statements, but it shed neither its antisemitic grandees nor its pro-Russian credentials.

|ByEMMANUEL NAVON
Marine Le Pen, member of parliament and member of the French far-right National Rally (Rassemblement National - RN) party parliamentary group during a debate about the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, at the National Assembly in Paris, October 23, 2023.

French Jewish community heads request meeting with National Rally's Le Pen

The Jewish leaders represented small communities and suburbs and did not come from any of the country's established Jewish groups or institutions.

|ByMICHAEL STARR
Supporters of French President Emmanuel Macron, candidate for his re-election, wave French and European Union flags as they react after early results in the second round of the 2022 French presidential election, at the Champs de Mars in Paris, France April 24, 2022

French Jews relieved, but also concerned, over results of presidential elections

The greatest danger now threatening France is that the moderate parties will lose the June legislative elections and that either Le Pen or Melenchon will win them.

|ByRINA BASSIST

Marine Le Pen : vague de fond ?

Dans un entre-deux-tours qui pourrait sonner le glas de la droite au pouvoir, entretien avec la leader du Front National, qui ne semble pas vouloir prêter main-forte au président sortant UMP

MAY 1, 2012ByPROPOS RECUEILLIS PAR JOSEPH STRICH
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'We always defend Israel’s right to protect itself'

Sarkozy, Hollande are like two heads fighting each other but both want: Europeanism, ultra-liberalism, libertarianism.

MAY 1, 2012ByJOSEPH STRICH JERUSALEM POST CORRESPONDENT
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My journey through the French election

“Don’t forget to vote, sir!” the young girl sitting near me said, apparently a little tipsy.

APRIL 23, 2012ByJOSEPH STRICH JERUSALEM POST CORRESPONDENT
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Hollande tops Sarkozy in French vote, Le Pen surges

Two will meet in head-to-head decider on May 6 that may be closer than had been expected after Hollande led Sarkozy by about 28.5 percent to 26 percent with one-third of ballots counted.

APRIL 22, 2012ByREUTERS
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Analysis: Nothing new from the Left

French presidential election: The discreet presence of the Israeli question.

APRIL 21, 2012ByJOSEPH STRICH
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'Sarkozy’s Islamist crackdown for campaign'

National Front candidate for French presidential election Le Pen accuses rival of "electoral agitation after the Merah affair."

APRIL 12, 2012ByJOSEPH STRICH JERUSALEM POST CORRESPONDENT
Marine Le Pen France National Front 311 R

'Prosor was unwittingly in photo with French far-rightist'

Foreign Ministry spokesman says "it was an error of judgment" for UN ambassador to be photographed with leader of far-right French party.

NOVEMBER 6, 2011ByTOVAH LAZAROFF, EUROPEAN JEWISH PRESS
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