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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.
Mezuzah at the entrance to the O Laffa kosher restaurant owned by a couple belonging to the Jewish community and vandalized by an anti-Semitic act on the night of September 2 to 3 in Villeurbanne, France on September 24, 2024.

Parisian Jewish family ordered to remove mezuzah from apartment door by building management

Caroline Yadan in Jerusalem, February 17.

'From the river to the sea' could be punishable under new French law, says MP Yadan - interview

 ‘All the security is not a normal life,’ Rabbi Moshe Sebbag told The Jerusalem Post as French Jews face an uncertain future.

Jews were target of majority of antireligious acts in 2025, French ministry reveals


Henri Borlant, sole child survivor of 6,000 deported to Auschwitz, dies at 98

The Shoah Memorial in Paris saluted Borlant as a "figure of the memory of the Shoah in France" before his passing.

 Survivor of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi concentration camp Henri Borlant, poses in Paris on January 15, 2015 before the presentation of the book "Traces de L'enfer" or Traces of Hell, released to mark the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi run concentration camps across Europe.

Almost 1 in 5 young French people think Jews leaving country would be good, CRIF finds

"Young people are more receptive to antisemitic, Islamist and conspiracy theories, which are invading social networks," said Jonathan Arfi.

 People attend a demonstration against anti-Semitism at the Place de la Bastille, in Paris, France, June 20, 2024.

Meyer Habib: I am very worried about France, it is much more antisemitic than Belgium

Former French MP Meyer Habib describes his worries about France's future as antisemitism soars across Europe and violence becomes normalized.

French Union of Democrats and Independents deputy Meyer Habib delivers a speech during a debate on Palestine status

PSG fans unveil 'Free Palestine' banner as France v Israel Paris game approaches

Paris St Germain said they had not been aware "of any plans to display such a message."

 Students hold Palestinians flags as they take part in the occupation of a street in front of the Sciences Po university during a demonstration in support of Palestinians in Gaza and Lebanon, the day after the one-year anniversary of Hamas' October 7 attack, in Paris, France, October 8, 2024.

Teenagers allegedly attempt to rape Jewish man in antisemitic Paris attack

Passers-by reportedly subdued the two suspects, stopping the alleged assault, and held them until police arrived

Tourists look at the Eiffel Tower from the Place de la Concorde as the sun sets over Paris, France, October 24, 2024.

French politicians propose law to make modern antisemitism punishable

The law would make terrorist apologism, denying Israel's existence, and the comparison of Jews or Israel to the Holocaust illegal.

 People attend a demonstration against anti-Semitism at the Place de la Bastille after three teenagers aged 12 to 13 were indicted in Courbevoie, accused of rape and anti-Semitic violence against a 12-year-old girl, in Paris, France, June 20, 2024.

'France has always been antisemitic,' former French foreign minister says

He did however add that, with the war, many might find it hard "not to be antisemitic when you see the destruction caused by the Israeli army in Gaza.”

 VENICE, ITALY - OCTOBER 10: Bernard Kouchner, Aurora Prize Selection Committee member and Co-Founder of Médecins Sans Frontières at the Aurora Dialogues: Health Security & Humanitarian Impacts of the Covid-19 Pandemic on October 10, 2021 at Collegio Armeno Moorat Raphael in Venice, Italy.

Attackers physically, verbally assault Jewish boy in Paris

The boy was called a "dirty Jew" by the attackers, who succeeded in throwing him to the ground and kicking him in the mouth.

 A member of the gendarmerie stands guard after a police officer was injured in an attack next to the Champs-Elysees avenue, in Paris, France July 18, 2024.

The assault on Judaism: Will the US hold Macron accountable as France takes the lead - opinion

Until this weekend, France was hiding behind the posture that it is “just following orders” - just as it did in the 1940s.

 French President Emmanuel Macron speaks during a press conference about the priorities of his Renaissance party and its allies ahead of the early legislative elections in Paris, France, June 12, 2024.

WJC's Lauder, France's Macron discuss Jewish community in Paris meeting

Macron reaffirmed his unconditional support for France's Jewish community and emphasized the importance of resolving the Israel-Hamas conflict, including the safe return of the remaining hostages.

FRANCE’S PRESIDENT Emmanuel Macron speaks during a music festival in the courtyard of the Élysée presidential palace in Paris, on Friday. Macron has opened a Pandora’s box that leaves French citizens disoriented, worried, and angry, says the writer.