Jews are protesting after far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen set up campaign headquarters in their Marseille apartment block. According to a report in Friday’s edition of the Jewish weekly Actualite Juive, the families — which include brother of France’s chief rabbi — were taken by surprise when Le Pen chose their block as the headquarters for his campaign for the presidency of the Provence-Alpes Cote d’Azur region in next March’s regional elections.
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