French minister says 1,040 antisemitic acts recorded in France since October 7

A man walks next to a building the façade of which was covered with Stars of David painted during the night, in the Alesia district of Paris, on October 31, 2023. (VAN DER HASSELT / AFP)
A man walks next to a building the façade of which was covered with Stars of David painted during the night, in the Alesia district of Paris, on October 31, 2023. (VAN DER HASSELT / AFP)

PARIS, France — France has recorded more than a thousand antisemitic acts since the deadly October 7 massacre by Hamas terrorists on Israel, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin says today.

The figures have soared to 1,040, he tells France 2 television, adding that of the 486 people arrested for such offenses, 102 of them were foreigners.

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