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PARIS – A Jewish teenager was stabbed in the chest by a man crying "God is great" in Arabic, officials said. The 17-year-old victim, who was not identified, was attacked Friday afternoon as he left a Jewish school in Epinay-sur-Seine, north of Paris in the rough Seine-Saint-Denis district, said local officials on condition of anonymity. The victim was taken to a hospital in serious condition, and the attacker fled. Interior Minister Dominique de Villepin visited the site where the attack occurred. Witnesses said a man shouted "Allahu Akbar" (God is great) then plunged a knife into the young man before...

A man crying "God is great" stabbed a Jewish teenager in the chest on Friday, seriously injuring the victim, officials said. It was the second violent attack in a week on a young Jewish man. The 17-year-old victim, who was not identified by name, was attacked about 4 p.m. as he left a Yeshiva in Epinay-sur-Seine, north of Paris in the rough Seine-Saint-Denis district, officials of the local prefecture said. The victim was transferred to a hospital, and the attacker fled the scene. Interior Minister Dominique de Villepin visited the site where the attack occurred. Witnesses said a man shouted...

PARIS - Around 10,000 French Jews expressed their support for the Israeli government on Sunday in Paris during a rally attended by two senior Israeli ministers and several French politicians. The goal of the rally was to show French Jewish support for the “courageous, brave and determined step” of the Israeli government toward peace, namely the disengagement plan. French politicians from both sides of the political spectrum took part in the event. Francois Holland, head of the French socialist party, said he came to support the Israeli government, and especially Shimon Peres, chairman of Israel’s Labor party and deputy prime...

Last Update: 13/12/2004 21:18 France bans Hezbollah satellite TV as anti-Jewish By Reuters PARIS - A French court ordered a prompt end to satellite television broadcasts to Europe by Lebanon's Hezbollah guerrilla group on Monday on grounds they were clearly anti-Semitic and a potential threat to public order. The Council of State, France's highest administrative court, gave the French-based company Eutelsat 48 hours to end the broadcasts beamed from its satellites after finding them in violation of a French legal ban on hate speech. The court said Al-Manar could return to the airwaves if it modified its programs to satisfy...

Will France Clean Up Anti-Semitism? Posted Aug. 5, 2002 By Kenneth R. Timmerman In a moving speech commemorating the 60th anniversary of the infamous roundup of French Jews in 1942, French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin spoke hard truths to his fellow countrymen. For two generations, the French have cloaked themselves in the memory of a resistance movement against the Nazi occupation that was neither widespread nor terribly glorious. Now, said Raffarin, it was time for the French to own up to the truth and make amends. "The French state, in organizing these systematic roundups, plunged into collaboration and betrayed the...

(IsraelNN.com) Vandals struck again at the Jewish cemetery in Marseilles, France today. The Marseilles police department reported that several gravestones were spray-painted with slogans such as “White Power” and the name of a neo-fascist organization called “New Order”, as well as Nazi swastikas. The city’s mayor condemned the anti-Semitic vandalism and called for capturing, trying and stiffly punishing those responsible. Synagogues, Jewish schools and the Jewish cemetery in Marseilles have been targeted repeatedly over recent years by anti-Semitic vandals and arsonists.

Sharon urges exodus of Jews from France Associated Press Jerusalem - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Sunday urged French Jews to flee the country to escape a rising tide of anti-Semitism, while acknowledging that the French government is fighting racial violence. The latest French Interior Ministry figures show 510 anti-Jewish acts or threats in the first six months of 2004 - compared to 593 for all of last year. "If I have to advocate to our brothers in France, I will tell them one thing," Mr. Sharon told visiting American Jewish leaders in Jerusalem. "Move to Israel, as early...

PARIS (Reuters) - France sharply criticized Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Sunday after he urged French Jews to emigrate immediately to Israel to escape what he called "the wildest anti-Semitism." Branding Sharon's language "unacceptable," a French Foreign Ministry spokesman said Paris had demanded an explanation. France, home to western Europe's biggest Jewish and Muslim communities, has been troubled by attacks on Jewish people and property in recent years, some of it blamed on youths of North African origin angered by the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Sharon, who regularly calls on all the world's Jews to migrate to Israel, acknowledged in a...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Oct 19, 2003 (AP WorldStream via COMTEX) -- Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has thanked French President Jacques Chirac for blocking a European Union declaration condemning his comments last week that Jews "rule the world by proxy," news reports said Sunday. Chirac, backed by Greek Prime Minister Costas Simitis, stopped the EU from ending a summit Friday with a harshly worded statement deploring Mahathir's speech, which also included suggestions that Jews get "others to fight and die for them." A French diplomat, who asked not to be named, said while Chirac disagreed with Mahathir's strident views, he...

Last October 16, Malaysia’s then-Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad told a summit of Islamic leaders that the “Jews rule the world by proxy. They get others to fight and die for them.” He added, “1.3 billion Muslims cannot be defeated by a few million Jews,” therefore Muslims must unite against the Jews for a “final victory.” And who pleaded his case? No other that Jacques Chirac, the French President. During the EU summit on Friday October 17, Chirac thought it would be clearly inappropriate for the EU to criticize Mahathir. According to the Associated Press, France opposed vehemently a condemnation of...

"Everybody in France knows there is anti-Semitism except Jacques Chirac,” said Olivier Guland, editor of France's largest Jewish newspaper, Tribune Juif. Guland was speaking with Arutz Sheva Israel National Radio about his revealing conversation with Chirac, during which the French President denounced reports of anti-Semitic incidents in France as “rumors.” Two days ago, during a presidential reception for newspaper editors, Guland was angrily received by Chirac when he introduced himself as the editor of the Jewish Tribune Juif. “You must stop,” Chirac said. When Guland asked, “Stop what, Mr. President?” Chirac answered, “Stop saying that there is anti-Semitism in France. ...

PARIS - President Jacques Chirac said Monday that the Israeli leader would not be welcome here until he gave a satisfactory explanation for saying Jews should go to Israel to escape anti-Semitism in France. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (news - web sites)'s remarks Saturday produced a storm of rebuke after he said French Jews were under threat by the nation's much larger Muslim community and should leave. Sharon was considering a trip to Paris, but no date had been set. "A visit by the Israeli prime minister to Paris ... won't be looked at closely until the requested explanation...

PARIS, May 11 (Reuters) - French President Jacques Chirac warned Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Saturday of repercussions if Israel continued what Chirac called an "anti-French campaign" maligning France as anti-Semitic. "The president objected strongly to the anti-French campaign currently being waged in Israel in an attempt to present France as an anti-Semitic country," spokeswoman Catherine Colonna said after Chirac telephoned Sharon. "This campaign is unacceptable and cannot continue without repercussions," Chirac told Sharon, according to Colonna. Chirac, re-elected in a landslide victory over extreme-right National Front leader Jean-Marie Le Pen last Sunday, phoned both Sharon and Palestinian President...

Anti-Semitism in France: not only for Jews July 12th, 2004 Friday morning on a Paris commuter train, the infernal cycle of anti-Semitism, silence and fear appeared once again. Six Arab youths attacked a twenty-three-year-old young mother with her thirteen-month-old baby. They started by stealing her hand bag and then, looking at her wallet, found out that she had an address in a posh section of Paris, the 16th district. One of the Arabs yelled, “The 16th -- all the Jews live there.” Assuming that she was Jewish, they became wildly aggressive. They pulled knives, slashed her T-shirt and trousers, and...

Israeli media slams as ''Anti-Semitic'' Chirac refusal to join EU condemnation of Malaysian PM speech on Jews Israeli commentators have firmly blasted French President Jacques Chirac's refusal to sign the condemnation proposal drafted by the European Union in Brussels, which brought about the cancellation of the draft proposal. This came after Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's call last week for Islamic nations to unite against "a few million Jews," who control the world. Chirac, backed by Greek Prime Minister Costas Simitis, stopped the European Union from ending a summit on Friday with a harshly worded statement deploring Mahathir's speech. A...

By Guy Milliere FrontPageMagazine.com | March 31, 2003 French-bashing is everywhere in the American media. I am French, and I must say if Americans knew completely what's happening in France, the French-bashing would be far harsher. Jacques Chirac has been a friend of Saddam Hussein for more than thirty years. He allowed the sale of nuclear facilities to Iraq that were destroyed just in time by Israël. He sold Iraq the planes that were been used to gas thousands of Kurds. And Saddam is not the only friend Chirac has. Chirac has never met a ruthless dictator he did not...

France is Not a Western Country Anymore - Growing Islamic Weekend News TodayLead: Faith Source: Front Page Magazine Fri Apr 11,2003 -- French-bashing is everywhere in the American media. I am French, and I must say if Americans knew completely what's happening in France, the French-bashing would be far harsher. Jacques Chirac has been a friend of Saddam Hussein for more than 30 years. He allowed the sale of nuclear facilities to Iraq that were destroyed just in time by Israël. He sold Iraq the planes that were been used to gas thousands of Kurds. And Saddam is not the...

While meeting with Shimon Peres last week, French President Jacques Chirac told the Israeli Foreign Minister that he has discovered why American Jews are so concerned about the increase in anti-Semitism in France. Apparently, they are taking orders from Jerusalem. American Jewish leaders were outraged at that statement. They felt it drew on the age-old anti-Semitic belief that an underlying conspiracy exists among Jews around the world. In a meeting that had originally been intended to reassure the Israelis that France was dealing with attacks on Jews within its borders, Chirac reasserted a theme more at home in the ravings...

French President Jacques Chirac on Monday urged the international community to avoid punishing the Palestinians even if Hamas offers no clear, quick responses to demands that it renounce violence and recognize Israel. Chirac spoke after talks with Jordan's King Abdullah II, who said the region could plunge into a decade or more of violence if the Palestinians do not have their own state within two years. The meeting with the king reflected Chirac's long-standing efforts to court Arab countries and project himself as a force of moderation between the West and the Muslim world. "We must find a way to...

Jerusalem - The Jewish Agency is bracing itself for the immigration of tens of thousands French Jews into Israel as a result of a growing anti-Semitism in France, a spokesperson for the organisation said on Sunday. Senior government officials including Immigration Absorption Minister Tzippi Livni, cabinet director Ilan Cohen and the president of the quasi-governmental Jewish Agency, Sallai Meridor, met last week "to work out how to come to the help of potential Jewish immigrants from France", Yaden Vatikai told AFP. Vatikai said that a report compiled by the agency had found 30 000 out of France's 575 000-strong Jewish...