more than 1,500 acts recorded in France since October 7

A total of 1,518 anti-Semitic acts and remarks have been recorded in France since the start of the Israel-Hamas war, giving rise to nearly 600 arrests, announced the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, Tuesday November 14 on Europe 1 This figure is more than three times higher than the number of anti-Semitic acts or remarks recorded (436) over the whole of 2022. “These are mainly tags, insults, but there is also assault and battery”detailed the minister.

These acts gave rise to “571 arrests”, the minister’s entourage told AFP. A total of 330 investigations have been opened for anti-Semitic acts and advocacy of terrorism since October 7, the chancellery also announced. The Paris prosecutor’s office told franceinfo that the national center for the fight against online hatred of an anti-Semitic nature or with explicit support for Hamas opened a procedure for 202 messages as of November 6. Among them, two authors of remarks involving criminal charges were identified in Paris and were prosecuted in immediate appearance.

Some 560 anti-Christian acts and 130 anti-Muslim acts

“There are additional anti-Muslim acts, but it is not on the scale of what we know about anti-Semitism”, said Gérald Darmanin. There are “mosques which receive letters of death threats, threats of attack, numerous anti-Islam remarks, including on television sets”specified the Minister of the Interior, claiming to seize Arcom or else “Justice”.

In detail,ince the beginning of 2023, the authorities have identified “1,762 anti-Semitic acts, 564 anti-Christian acts and 131 anti-Muslim acts”, detailed the minister at the beginning of the afternoon on (formerly Twitter). Among anti-Semitic acts, 50% are “tags, posters, banners”22% are “threats and insults” and 10% relate to the apology of terrorism.