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Malay Mail
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Paris Holocaust memorial, synagogues hit with green paint amid rising anti-Semitism over Gaza war fallout
PARIS, June 1 — France's Holocaust memorial as well as three synagogues and a restaurant in Paris were vandalised with green paint overnight yesterday, according to police sources. An investigation has been opened into 'damage committed on religious grounds', said Paris's public prosecutor's office. No arrests have been made. 'I am deeply disgusted by these heinous acts targeting the Jewish community,' French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau posted on X. Retailleau last week called for 'visible and dissuasive' security measures at Jewish-linked sites amid concerns over possible anti-Semitic acts. In a separate message seen by AFP, the interior minister on Friday had ordered heightened surveillance ahead of the coming Jewish Shavuot holiday. 'Anti-Semitic acts account for more than 60 percent of anti-religious acts, and the Jewish community is particularly vulnerable,' Retailleau said in the message seen by AFP. The French Jewish community, one of the largest in the world, has for months been on edge in the face of a growing number of attacks and desecrations of memorials since the Gaza war erupted on October 7, 2023. 'There is deep sadness and outrage... at the sight of these images showing vandalised Jewish sites,' said Yonathan Arfi, head of the Representative Council of Jewish Institutions of France (CRIF). Paris authorities plan to lodge a complaint over the paint incident, said the city's mayor, Anne Hidalgo. 'I condemn these acts of intimidation in the strongest possible terms. Anti-Semitism has no place in our city or in our Republic,' she said. Last year, France registered 1,570 anti-Semitic acts, according to interior ministry figures. By comparison, 436 anti-Semitic acts were recorded in 2022, and since 2012 they have fluctuated between 311 and 851 per year. Several EU nations have reported a spike in 'anti-Muslim hatred' and 'anti-Semitism' since the start of the Gaza war, according to the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights. In May 2024, graffiti of red hands was painted beneath the wall at the memorial in central Paris honouring people who saved Jews from persecution during the 1940-44 Nazi occupation of France. — AFP
CNA
2 days ago
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Paris Holocaust memorial, synagogues hit with paint
PARIS: France's Holocaust memorial as well as three synagogues and a restaurant in Paris were vandalised with green paint overnight Saturday (May 31), according to police sources. An investigation has been opened into "damage committed on religious grounds", said Paris's public prosecutor's office. No arrests have been made. "I am deeply disgusted by these heinous acts targeting the Jewish community," French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau posted on X. Retailleau last week called for "visible and dissuasive" security measures at Jewish-linked sites amid concerns over possible anti-Semitic acts. In a separate message seen by AFP, the interior minister on Friday had ordered heightened surveillance ahead of the coming Jewish Shavuot holiday. "Anti-Semitic acts account for more than 60 percent of anti-religious acts, and the Jewish community is particularly vulnerable," Retailleau said in the message seen by AFP. The French Jewish community, one of the largest in the world, has for months been on edge in the face of a growing number of attacks and desecrations of memorials since the Gaza war erupted on Oct 7, 2023. "There is deep sadness and outrage... at the sight of these images showing vandalised Jewish sites," said Yonathan Arfi, head of the Representative Council of Jewish Institutions of France (CRIF). Paris authorities plan to lodge a complaint over the paint incident, said the city's mayor, Anne Hidalgo. "I condemn these acts of intimidation in the strongest possible terms. Anti-Semitism has no place in our city or in our Republic," she said. Last year, France registered 1,570 anti-Semitic acts, according to interior ministry figures. By comparison, 436 anti-Semitic acts were recorded in 2022, and since 2012 they have fluctuated between 311 and 851 per year. Several EU nations have reported a spike in "anti-Muslim hatred" and "anti-Semitism" since the start of the Gaza war, according to the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights. In May 2024, graffiti of red hands was painted beneath the wall at the memorial in central Paris honouring people who saved Jews from persecution during the 1940-44 Nazi occupation of France.
Yahoo
2 days ago
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Holocaust memorial and synagogues vandalised with paint in Paris
French police have launched an investigation after a Holocaust memorial and two synagogues were defaced with green paint in the latest anti-Semitic attack in Paris. The symbolic sites, as well as Chez Marianne, a popular Israeli restaurant in Paris's Jewish quarter, were vandalised in the early hours of Saturday morning, police said. The Holocaust memorial, the Wall of the Righteous, was doused with green paint, covering the names of 3,900 men and women who helped rescue Jews in France during the Second World War. Police are looking for a man dressed in black who was caught on CCTV cameras throwing green paint at establishments in Paris's Jewish quarter, called the Marais, at around 4.30 am on Saturday. An opened can of green paint was found at one of the sites. 'I condemn this intimidation in the strongest possible terms,' Anne Hidalgo, the Paris mayor, wrote on social media. 'Anti-Semitism has no place in our city and in our Republic. I have asked the sanitation department to intervene urgently. We will be filing a complaint.' Bruno Retailleau, France's interior minister, also denounced the incidents. 'Immense disgust at these odious acts targeting the Jewish community,' he wrote on X. No arrests have been made. Last week, Mr Retailleau called for 'visible and dissuasive' security measures at Jewish-linked sites amid concerns over possible anti-Semitic acts, and ordered heightened surveillance ahead of Shavuot, an upcoming Jewish holiday. Around this time last year, the Wall of the Righteous was vandalised with 35 handprints spray-painted in red. The investigation led police back to Bulgarian nationals who were suspected of acting on behalf of Russian intelligence. The operation was described as a 'copy-paste' from another high-profile incident that dominated the French news cycle in the autumn of 2023, when 250 blue Stars of David were found tagged on Parisian buildings. French authorities announced that the Stars of David graffiti campaign was part of a larger attempt at Russian interference, aimed at stirring up division and anxiety in France. Individuals from Moldova were arrested in connection with the vandalism. Commissioned by Russian security forces, a campaign of disinformation was also carried out simultaneously in other countries including Spain, Latvia and Poland, according to French newspaper Le Monde. At the time, France accused Russia of amplifying the graffiti on social media, calling the campaign a 'new Russian digital interference operation against France' aimed at exploiting international crises to sow confusion and create tensions. The minister of foreign affairs said 1,095 bots had been found on the X platform publishing nearly 2,600 posts about the tags. Broaden your horizons with award-winning British journalism. Try The Telegraph free for 1 month with unlimited access to our award-winning website, exclusive app, money-saving offers and more.
Arab News
2 days ago
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Paris Holocaust memorial, synagogues hit with paint
'I am deeply disgusted by these heinous acts targeting the Jewish community,' Retailleau saidNo arrests have been madePARIS: France's Holocaust memorial, two synagogues and a restaurant in central Paris were vandalized with green paint overnight, according to police sources on Saturday, prompting condemnation from government and city officials.'I am deeply disgusted by these heinous acts targeting the Jewish community,' French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau said on arrests have been last week called for 'visible and dissuasive' security measures at Jewish-linked sites amid concerns over possible anti-Semitic a separate message seen by AFP, the interior minister on Friday had again ordered heightened surveillance ahead of the upcoming Jewish Shavuot French Jewish community, one of the largest in the world, has for months been on edge in the face of a growing number of attacks and desecrations of memorials since the Gaza war erupted on October 7, 2023.'Anti-Semitic acts account for more than 60 percent of anti-religious acts, and the Jewish community is particularly vulnerable,' Retailleau said in the message seen by authorities would be lodging a complaint over the paint incident, said the city's mayor, Anne Hidalgo.'I condemn these acts of intimidation in the strongest possible terms. Anti-Semitism has no place in our city or in our Republic,' she May 2024, red hand graffiti was painted beneath the wall at the memorial in central Paris honoring individuals who saved Jews from persecution during the 1940-44 Nazi occupation of France.
Yahoo
2 days ago
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Paris synagogues and Holocaust memorial smeared with paint
Two synagogues, a restaurant and part of the Holocaust memorial in Paris were attacked by vandals overnight, authorities said on Saturday while strongly denouncing the acts. The targeted sites were all smeared with green paint, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo wrote on Instagram. "I condemn this intimidation with all my might," said Hidalgo, adding that anti-Semitism has no place in Paris and that she would seek to press charges against the perpetrators of the damage. French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau wrote on X of "immense disgust at these shameful acts directed against the Jewish community."
