France reports dozens of antisemitic acts since Hamas attack

October 11, 2023   

(Reuters) French police have arrested more than 20 people over dozens of antisemitic acts carried out since Saturday, including harassment of Jewish children by fellow pupils at school, the government said on Wednesday.

France is home to some of Europe’s largest Muslim and Jewish populations and conflicts in the Middle East can lead to tensions there — which Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said the government aimed to avert with heightened police protection of Jewish sites, including schools and synagogues.

“It’s important that all French people of Jewish faith know they are protected,” Darmanin said as he and Education Minister Gabriel Attal visited a Jewish school near Paris.

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