Yellow vests

Attacker of French philosopher Alain Finkielkraut convicted

The 36-year-old salesman who shouted anti-Semitic epithets was sentenced to two-months’ probation, though prosecutors requested six months.

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Alain Finkielkraut in the Institut de France library, Paris, France, December 1, 2016.
A man wearing a yellow vest tackles a protester as tear gas floats in the air during clashes with police at a demonstration by the "yellow vests" movement in Nantes, France, December 15, 2018

Macron to announce policy reform after months of Yellow Vest protests

Macron is expected to relaunch a reform drive that started with a bang with an easing of labor regulation in the first months of his mandate but which was derailed by the protests.

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A man wearing a yellow vest tackles a protester as tear gas floats in the air during clashes with police at a demonstration by the "yellow vests" movement in Nantes, France, December 15, 2018

Yellow vest protestors clash with police days after Notre Dame fire

Some officers also marched toward demonstrators to control the crowd and funnel it to Paris' Place de la Republique, where most of the demonstrators were contained in the late afternoon.

|ByREUTERS
A man wearing a yellow vest tackles a protester as tear gas floats in the air during clashes with police at a demonstration by the "yellow vests" movement in Nantes, France, December 15, 2018

French 'yellow vest' protests largely peacefully as Macron wraps up debate

By early afternoon on Saturday, there were 21 arrests in Paris and also a few clashes with police in Rouen on the margins of otherwise peaceful demonstrations.

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Antisemitism among Yellow Vest protesters demoralizes France’s Jews

There is ample evidence of the presence of far-right agitators in the Yellow Vests movement, including the neo-Nazi activist Herve Ryssen, who was spotted at such a rally as early as Nov. 17.

JANUARY 14, 2019ByCNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA
Protesters wearing yellow vests, a symbol of a French drivers' protest against higher diesel taxes, stand up in front of a police water canon at the Place de l'Etoile near the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France, December 1, 2018

‘Yellow vests’ aim to shape election narrative

Two times in as many weeks, hundreds of demonstrators in Tel Aviv donned yellow vests to oppose increases in the price of electricity, water and food, as well as to dismantle the power of monopolies.

DECEMBER 25, 2018ByEYTAN HALON
"Yellow vest" protests in Tel Aviv.

'Yellow vest' protesters swarm the streets of Tel Aviv

"The government is doing everything possible to avoid addressing the issue."

DECEMBER 23, 2018ByYVETTE J. DEANE
"Yellow vest" protests in Tel Aviv.

France's Macron turns to former French president Sarkozy for guidance amid "yellow vest" protests

Last Sunday, Macron sent Sarkozy to Tbilisi to represent France at the swearing-in of Georgia's new president, a move that caused a stir in French political circles.

DECEMBER 19, 2018ByREUTERS
A man wearing a yellow vest tackles a protester as tear gas floats in the air during clashes with police at a demonstration by the "yellow vests" movement in Nantes, France, December 15, 2018