Terrorism in france

France suspects link to pro-Iranian group in foiled BofA Paris plot

HAYI, which stands for Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamiyya, or Movement of the Companions of the Right Hand of Islam, posted a video on social media targeting European Jewish communities.

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Private security members work outside Bank of America’s Paris offices, after French anti-terrorism prosecutors opened an investigation into attempted destruction by fire or other dangerous means in Paris, France, March 30, 2026.
A police van is seen outside the building housing Bank of America’s offices, after French anti-terrorism prosecutors opened an investigation into a suspected attack on the premises in Paris, France, March 28, 2026.

France detains two more suspects over foiled Paris Bank of America attack

“Two further individuals were taken into police custody ... into the offenses committed against Bank of America,” the prosecutor’s office said.

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Aliyah from France, which was saw 1,500 to 2,000 people moving to Israel every year, increased in 2025 to 3,300.

A fractured bond: France, Israel, and French Jews at a defining moment - analysis

History, identity, and antisemitism are colliding, forcing a long overdue reckoning

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A woman lights a candle during a gathering at the Place de la Republique, marking the tenth anniversary of the November 13, 2015 Paris attacks that killed 130 people, in Paris, France November 12, 2025.

France marks 10th anniversary of deadly Paris shooting, bombing attacks

France commemorates the 10th anniversary of the ISIS attacks in Paris, honoring victims and survivors still scarred by the deadliest assault since WWII.

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‘Hatred has no place in the cradle of human rights’

Jewish community, political leaders mark five year since terrorist attack at Toulouse school.

MARCH 20, 2017ByRINA BASSIST
People gather outside the Notre-Dame de Nazareth synagogue in Paris March 19, 2012 to pay tribute to the four victims killed by a gunman at a Jewish school in Toulouse

Antisemitic global terrorist Carlos the Jackal faces trial in France

The terrorist, who is known for his antisemitic stand and endorsement of the Palestinian cause, is facing trial on Monday for the deadly 1994 bombing of a Paris store.

MARCH 12, 2017ByJOY BERNARD
lich Ramirez Sanchez, better known as "Carlos the Jackal", raises his fist as he appears in court in Paris November 28, 2000

Analysis: A sense of déjà vu in the French left-wing primaries

Currently, most pundits predict Hamon will not make it to the second presidential election campaign.

JANUARY 31, 2017ByRINA BASSIST
Benoit Hamon (L), French Socialist party's 2017 presidential candidate, talks to journalists as he leaves after a meeting with the French Prime Minister at the Hotel Matignon in Paris, France

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Radicalisation islamique : le nouveau combat de la France

NOVEMBER 6, 2016ByMICHELLE MAZEL
Des policiers en faction devant un bâtiment

Top French court makes initial ruling to suspend burkini ban

The ban, which spread to more than a dozen coastal towns, had exposed cracks within the Socialist government's unity.

AUGUST 26, 2016ByREUTERS
Tunisian women wearing a "burkini

The unused weapon of mass instruction

The West currently treats Muslim “grievances” as rational. Thus the extremists seem to come from nowhere. They do not.

AUGUST 4, 2016ByMELANIE PHILLIPS
THIS FLOAT at a German parade has the words ‘Terror has nothing to do with religion’ written on three mullahs (monkeys). (

Jewish victims missing from French Muslims’ anti-Jihad letter

The petition, signed by dozens of academics and celebrities, appeared Sunday in the Journal de Dimanche under the title “We, French-Muslims, are ready to assume our responsibilities.”

AUGUST 1, 2016ByJTA
People hold up signs at a rally in Jerusalem, January 11, following terror attacks in France

Why Europe needs to learn Israel's security lessons

JULY 27, 2016ByHUGH ASH
The Jerusalem Post

One arrested in connection to Islamic State slaying of priest in France

Two assailants who had taken five people hostage in the church at Saint-Etienne-du -Rouvray near Rouen were killed in a police operation to end the assault.

JULY 26, 2016ByREUTERS
French police officers and firemen arrive at the scene of a hostage-taking at a church in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, northern France, on July 26, 2016

Eyewitnesses describe chaos on streets of Nice

Alexandra, 19, from the nearby town of Cagnes-sur-Mer, came to Nice with three other girlfriends to celebrate Bastille Day.

JULY 17, 2016ByRINA BASSIST
French police forces and forensic officers stand next to a truck July 15, 2016 that ran into a crowd celebrating the Bastille Day national holiday on the Promenade des Anglais killing at least 60 people in Nice, France, July 14.