France

Cycling activists protest over Gaza during Tour de France, call for Israeli team to be barred

A house was draped with Palestinian flags, and protesters waved dozens more by the roadside. Cries of "Free Palestine" echoed through the town, as the riders cycled through.

Spectators wave Palestinian flags during Tour de France, Bollene, France, July 23, 2025.
Palestinians gather as they carry aid supplies that entered Gaza through Israel, in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip, July 20, 2025

Israeli Foreign Ministry decries int'l statement calling for end to Gaza war

Eguisheim, Alsace, France

The village that inspired Disney – and it’s not where you think it is

 PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG and his wife, Michal, visit the scene where an Iranian missile landed in Beersheba.

Grapevine: Herzog's rabbinic DNA


'It felt like October 7': How antisemitism became normalized in Belgium

DIASPORA AFFAIRS: Belgian Jews speak to the 'Post' about the rising levels of antisemitism in the country, and their fight against what feels like 'systemic persecution'.

A protester holds a placard that reads 'Don’t touch my Jew,' during a march against antisemitism, part of national protests called for by the Belgian League Against Antisemitism, in Brussels in December 2023.

France ends permanent troop presence in Senegal

"Today's transfer of Camp Geille marks a new stage in the evolution of the partnership between our two armed forces," General Pascal Ianni said.

 French President Emmanuel Macron bids farewell to the Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye after lunch with him at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, 20 June 2024

French court overturns burkini ban on Rivera beaches

The ban originally inspired a great deal of public debate on religious clothing in public spaces.

The burkini is under fire in France.

French court backs release of Lebanese terrorist jailed for US, Israeli diplomat murders

Georges Ibrahim Abdallah has remained a staunch defender of the Palestinian cause • US Justice Dept. asserts his release would pose a threat to the safety of US diplomats

A protester holds a flag with the slogan "Freedom for Georges Abdallah" during a demonstration to demand the immediate and unconditional release of Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, in Paris, France, July 16, 2025.

'Someone tried to murder them': French Rabbi's house 'completely destroyed' in arson attack

While authorities continue to call it an arson attack, "no one wants to call it antisemitic," their daughter, Sarah Perets Lahiani, said.

 The front of the Rabbi's house after the arson attack.

'Dirty Jew': French rabbi attacked with glass bottle by fifth time antisemitic offender

The suspect is well-known to the justice system, and is not a first offender: "Since September, this is his fifth antisemitic attack targeting a rabbi."

 People attend a demonstration against anti-Semitism at the Place de la Bastille,  in Paris, France, June 20, 2024.

US, European allies agree on August deadline for Iran nuclear deal – report

If Iran and the US cannot reach a deal by August, Germany, France, and the UK will reimpose UNSC sanctions that were lifted under the 2015 Iran deal.

 The IRGC’s control over Iran’s oil industry has grown to such a point, experts now estimate 50% of the country's oil wealth is siphoned to the military organization

France's Macron withdraws from UN Palestinian state recognition conference

The conference was intended to discuss the future of the Gaza Strip after the Israel-Hamas War concludes, and to prepare for the gradual recognition of a Palestinian state.

 France's President Emmanuel Macron, July 10, 2025.

Inmate escapes French prison by hiding in cellmate's bag

According to the prison administration, he "took advantage of the liberation of his fellow inmate to hide himself in his luggage and get out."

 Medias wait outside the prison of Lyon-Corbas on February 20, 2019, in Corbas, France.

Gazans can receive refugee status in France due to 'Israeli persecution,' court rules

This marks the first time in France that nationals from the Gaza Strip have been granted the status of "refugee" by the nation's National Court of Asylum (CNDA).

 Smoke rises in Gaza following a military strike, as seen from the Israeli side of the border, July 5, 2025.

July 12 to be French national day of commemoration of Alfred Dreyfus, Macron announces

The date was chosen to mark the day that Dreyfus was cleared of charges against him on July 12, 1906, a full twelve years after the so-called Dreyfus Affair began.

 A statue of Alfred Dreyfus is seen in Mulhouse, eastern France, October 9, 2025