Increase in anti-Semitic acts in France “by 300%” in one year

The French government announced on Monday that there was a “300% increase” in anti-Semitic acts in France in the first quarter of 2024 compared to the corresponding period of 2023. “No one can deny this anti-Semitic rampage,” said France's prime minister, Gabriel Attal, during his speech at the 38th dinner of the representative council of the Jewish institutions of France (Conseil représentatif des institutions juives de France, CRIF) in Paris. “No one can deny the fact that French Jews represent 1% of the French population, but over 60% of anti-religious offenses are anti-Semitic,” he continued. He cited “366 anti-Semitic acts” recorded in France in the first quarter of 2024. In the face of this rise, “not a single act should go unpunished, not an anti-Semitic should be left alone,” the French prime minister said. promising that “exemplary rigor” will be shown in any such case. Appreciating that it is not possible, under French law, to […]
Source: News Beast

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