The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/national-front/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Wed, 10 Jun 2026 04:28:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png National Front | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/national-front/ 32 32 The Ann Coulter of France is a Jew of Algerian heritage https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-ann-coulter-of-france-is-a-jew-of-algerian-heritage/ Wed, 13 Nov 2019 03:00:51 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2174374 Extremely divisive but beloved by some on the right for his harsher-than-usual anti-Muslim rhetoric, Eric Zemmour falls back on his Jewish roots to deflect accusations of racism

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]]> A Jewish lawyer is Steve Bannon’s main ally in uniting Europe’s right https://www.timesofisrael.com/a-jewish-lawyer-is-steve-bannons-main-ally-in-uniting-europes-right/ Fri, 16 Nov 2018 22:35:40 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1963566 Mischael Modrikamen, a Belgian politician whose party has one seat in parliament, has been at the forefront of the fight against the kingdom’s anti-Semitism problem

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]]> Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of France’s far-right National Front, hospitalized https://www.timesofisrael.com/90-year-old-founder-of-frances-far-right-national-front-hospitalized/ Tue, 25 Sep 2018 21:59:29 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1931039 90-year-old father of current party leader Marine, who has a history of making anti-Semitic remarks, treated for fever

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]]> French far-right leader to appeal state’s withholding of party funds https://www.timesofisrael.com/french-far-right-leader-to-appeal-states-withholding-of-party-funds/ Mon, 09 Jul 2018 14:08:54 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1885892 Marine le Pen says unpaid public subsidy of €2 million will kill National Front and amounts to a 'coup,' amid investigation into misuse of money

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]]> France’s National Front founder Le Pen hospitalized during hate speech trial https://www.timesofisrael.com/frances-national-front-founder-le-pen-hospitalized-during-hate-speech-trial/ Thu, 14 Jun 2018 12:18:09 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1870861 89-year-old was due to face verdict in case over comments that conflated homosexuality and pedophilia and suggested that gay couples should not be in the public eye

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]]> France’s Marine Le Pen plans party rebrand in hopes of populist rebound https://www.timesofisrael.com/frances-le-pen-plans-party-rebrand-in-hopes-of-populist-rebound/ Fri, 01 Jun 2018 14:32:40 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1862613 National Front trying to shake off reputation for racism and anti-Semitism that has marked it for decades

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]]> France’s Jean-Marie Le Pen joins European extreme-right group https://www.timesofisrael.com/frances-jean-marie-le-pen-joins-european-far-right-alliance/ Fri, 06 Apr 2018 03:47:17 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1824552 Alliance for Peace and Freedom hails firebrand co-founder of National Front party as 'the epitome of ideological coherence and resistance'

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]]> Court upholds Jean-Marie Le Pen’s Holocaust denial conviction https://www.timesofisrael.com/court-upholds-jean-marie-le-pens-holocaust-denial-conviction/ Sat, 31 Mar 2018 00:31:37 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1821159 Founder of far-right French party was found guilty of inciting racist hatred by calling Jewish genocide a 'detail' of WWII

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]]> Political tensions cloud tribute to slain Holocaust survivor https://www.timesofisrael.com/political-tensions-cloud-tribute-to-slain-holocaust-survivor/ Thu, 29 Mar 2018 03:26:11 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1819938 Son of Mireille Knoll decries insults shouted at far-right, far-left leaders during march held in his mother's honor following her grizzly slaying last week

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]]> Thousands march in Paris in memory of murdered Holocaust survivor https://www.timesofisrael.com/thousands-march-in-paris-in-memory-of-murdered-holocaust-survivor/ Wed, 28 Mar 2018 18:20:07 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1819728 Leader of far-right National Front party attends event despite wishes of organizers, is booed by other participants

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]]> Le Pen’s rebranding of far-right party off to rocky start https://www.timesofisrael.com/le-pens-rebranding-of-far-right-party-off-to-rocky-start/ Tue, 13 Mar 2018 07:18:37 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1808798 Party founder, her dad, calls proposed name change a 'political assassination,' while survey suggests only bare majority of FN members support change

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]]> France’s Le Pen proposes far-right rebrand https://www.timesofisrael.com/marine-le-pen-looks-to-rebrand-frances-far-right-party/ Sun, 11 Mar 2018 22:56:39 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1807911 National Front leader seeking party name change in latest bid to break away from racist, anti-Semitic legacy of movement's founder, her father Jean-Marie Le Pen

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]]> Seeking makeover, French far-right party jettisons anti-Semitic founder https://www.timesofisrael.com/seeking-makeover-french-far-right-party-jettisons-anti-semitic-founder/ Sun, 11 Mar 2018 12:08:48 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1807409 National Front party reelects Marine Le Pen as leader, considers name change amid bid to break into mainstream

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]]> Bannon to French far-right: ‘History is on our side’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/bannon-to-french-far-right-history-is-on-our-side/ Sun, 11 Mar 2018 00:27:13 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1807268 Former Trump adviser urges members of Marine Le Pen's National Front to wear racist label as a 'badge of honor'

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]]> Bannon to attend French far-right summit, meet Le Pen https://www.timesofisrael.com/bannon-to-attend-french-far-right-summit-meet-le-pen/ Sat, 10 Mar 2018 12:30:39 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1807026 As leader of the National Front moves to rebrand, former Trump adviser -- who has long shared a similar platform -- to join her Sunday at party conference

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