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Commemoration of October 7: increase in anti-Semitic acts in France
Anti-Semitic incidents in France are at their highest and jumped 192% in the first half of 2024 compared to the first half of 2023.
(France 2)
Anti-Semitic incidents in France are at their highest and jumped 192% in the first half of 2024 compared to the first half of 2023.
A Star of David, a swastika and a religious object tagged on this front door. Over the past month, this woman has been targeted three times by anti-Semitic acts. The last one during the night from Friday to Saturday. “There’s not a morning when you open the door and say, ‘What’s going to happen?’. It’s not fair. Being able to go to people’s homes and tagging things like that in 2024, I find it lamentable”explains this resident.
A case far from being isolated according to an intelligence note, there were 887 anti-Semitic incidents in the first half of 2024. This is 192% more than the same period last year. The majority of acts concern attacks on people. 563 over all, the territory. Insults and sometimes attacks.
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