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The parliament called the protest in response to a three-fold increase in antisemitic acts.
Thousands marched in Paris on Sunday, including prominent lawmakers, to condemn a sharp rise in antisemitic incidents in France over the war in the Gaza Strip.
France’s two houses of parliament organized the protest in response to a three-fold increase in antisemitic acts since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack, compared to all of 2022. . . . “The number of antisemitic acts [in France] has exploded,” French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said at the start of the month. Click here to continue reading.