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Rita Panahi @RitaPanahi: Terrible but sadly predictable. Was in Marseille earlier this week. Beautiful, vibrant but also in decay. You see more Palestinian flags than French ones.Oct 17, 2026 Eyal Yakoby @EYakoby: Men draped in Palestinian flags loot stores across France. What has France done to itself?Oct 18, 2026. Eyal Yakoby @EYakoby: Why is the media working so hard to avoid showing any Palestinian flags in the riots in France?Oct 19, 2026

President Donald Trump warned Monday that Paris is on course to become a “Muslim city very soon,” blaming France’s escalating unrest on mass immigration and saying he had repeatedly urged French President Emmanuel Macron to close the country’s borders. “Paris is going to be a Muslim city very soon, and that wasn’t the deal,” Trump told reporters at the White House as France grappled with days of violent riots, looting, and arson. Trump said he had warned Macron about the consequences of his immigration policies years before the latest unrest. “Emmanuel, he’s a friend of mine. I told him a...

French teenagers blockaded several high schools and took to the streets in cities across the country on Thursday in the latest wave of protests over conditions in schools. With demonstrations showing no sign of slowing down, around half of the French population reportedly supports the movement. ...

The French Education Ministry said classes were totally or partially suspended at 891 schools after widespread damage occurred to schools and mounting injuries among staff, students and police. French Education Ministry suspended classes at nearly 900 schools nationwide Tuesday amid an increase in rioting over the country's school system and a lack of air conditioning in classrooms. The demonstrations in Paris have devolved into confrontations with law enforcement, and video footage has shown rioters clashing with police, who have deployed tear gas. Protests in Strasbourg, Lyon and Rennes have also turned violent at times, with demonstrators lighting fires and hurling...

France’s urban areas have extremely large Muslim populations. I mean, extremely large. Now, those same populations are rampaging through the streets, attacking people, and setting buildings on fire. This is an existential problem for France, and it’s unclear whether the government will stop it and, if it doesn’t, whether the French people (mostly disarmed, of course) will step up to save themselves... (article continues at link)

Nixon, a Jacksonville Democratic Socialist and Florida state representative running against Sen. Ashley Moody in the Nov. 3 special election, released a statement defending the Islamic center and school after a Friday public meeting drew roughly 300 people. The room filled to fire-code capacity, with others waiting in hallways.

President Donald Trump weighed in on France's ongoing school protest controversy on Tuesday, saying that the unrest reflected broader concerns about immigration and integration in the country. In a post on Truth Social, Trump wrote: "What's happening in France is nothing less than out of control mass migration. This isn't about schools, this is about Islam wanting to take over a once great Country!" The president's remarks came as protests and political debate continue in France over education and immigration-related issues, with the dispute drawing international attention and fueling broader arguments about migration policy in Europe. Trump has frequently criticized...