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October 7: an increase in anti-Semitic acts in France in 2024
October 7: an increase in anti-Semitic acts in France in 2024
(Franceinfo)
Since the tragic events of October 7, anti-Semitic acts have increased in France. The commemorations organized on Monday October 7 should be placed under close surveillance.
Last August, several fires were lit around the La Grande-Motte synagogue (Hérault). An attack carried out in the middle of Shabbat, the weekly day of rest for people of the Jewish faith. No victims, but an even more threatening climate for members of the community. An increasingly targeted community. According to the Ministry of the Interior, the number of anti-Semitic acts increased threefold in the first half of 2024 compared to the same period a year earlier.
For Yohanna Bouanich, a Parisian mother, who says she refuses to give in to fear, the origin of this degradation is the attack of October 7. “It was a shock and amazement for us when we saw the images on TV. Little by little, we saw the emergence of a hatred that was a little hidden, then uninhibited and which manifested itself”she explains. A feeling shared by Crif, which speaks of October 7 as an earthquake in Israel, but also of a shock in France, while France is home to the largest Jewish community in Europe. At school in particular, from kindergarten to high school during the 2023-2024 school year, the number of anti-Semitic acts has increased fourfold.
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