French Socialist politician removed from party over anti-Semitic statement A local Socialist politician from France’s Lyon region was booted from the party for making statements deemed anti-Semitic.
Amid France synagogue attacks, support for Jewish self-defense group on the rise France’s Jewish Defense League, a controversial group with a history of vigilantism, is enjoying growing support amid fears that police cannot protect Jewish institutions.
Anti-Israel rioters torch cars, throw firebomb at Paris-area synagogue Anti-Israel protesters hurled a firebomb at a synagogue during an unauthorized demonstration in a heavily Jewish suburb of Paris.