Main Jewish organization in France states that anti -Semitic incidents had a peak in the country after the start of the Gaza War began
BRASILIA, DF (Folhapress)-Orleans’ chief rabbi in France was assaulted on Saturday night as he walked through the city center with his son in an attack classified by French authorities as anti-Semitic.
According to the France 24 network, the person responsible for attacking Arié Engelberg was arrested and transferred to a psychiatric institution. He uttered anti -Semitic insults before physically assaulting the rabbi with punches. The perpetrator would also have bitten Engelberg on his shoulder.
The episode generated reaction from France’s authorities, a country with the third largest Jewish population in the world and has recorded recent cases of anti -Semitism.
“The attack on Rabbi Arié Engelberg in Orleans shocks us all. I offer him, his son and all our Jewish faith citizens my full support and the support of the nation. We will not give in to silence or inaction,” wrote France President Emmanuel Macron in a message in X.
Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said, in turn, France cannot be the scene of foreign tensions that feed violence and anti -Semitism.
According to France 24, Engelberg was not seriously injured, but was shaken by the attack.
The main Jewish organization in France states that anti -Semitic incidents had a peak in the country after the war on the Gaza strip.
The most current numbers used by the organization report 1,570 anti -Semitic episodes in 2024, in a slight drop from the previous year – but still above the index monitored before the war in Gaza.
Radical left is criticized by poster considered anti -Semitic
About 91,000 people protested this Saturday in several French cities, according to the Interior Ministry, against racism and the far right.
The manifestations occurred in a context of shift to the right of French policy, after the Macron government promises to harness migratory policies and control at the borders.
In Paris, more than 21,000 people went to the streets, according to the Interior Ministry. “The far right grows throughout Europe. It is afraid, because in France we see that the ideals of the extreme right are increasingly common, including among the ministers of this government,” said retired Evelyne Dourille, 74.
The insubmissive France, a radical left party led by Jean-Luc Mélenchon and one of the subtitles ahead of the protests, was criticized and accused of anti-Semitism during the week due to a call poster for the acts.
In one of them, presenter Cyril Hananna, a Jew of Tunisian origin and close to the French ultra -right, is caricatured with dark traits – which party critics claim to refer to anti -Semitic posters conveyed during the Nazi era in Europe. The image would have been generated by artificial intelligence.
The poster was removed from the air by the caption, and some of its members, such as parliamentary Paul Vannier, called the error message.
