Tens of thousands expected to march tomorrow in Paris against antisemitism

PARIS — Tens of thousands are expected to march tomorrow in Paris against antisemitism amid bickering by political parties over who should take part and a surge in antisemitic incidents across France.

More than 3,000 police and gendarmes will be deployed in the capital to maintain security at the “great civic march,” according to Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin.

French President Emmanuel Macron says today that he will attend the “great civic march” in his “thoughts.”

“I’ll be there in my heart and in my thoughts,” Macron says after warning last week that antisemitism was on the rise again in France.

Tensions have been rising in the capital, home to large Jewish and Muslim communities, after the Hamas terror group’s devastating October 7 assault on Israel, and the war that has ensued in which Israel has vowed to topple the Hamas regime in the Gaza Strip.

France has recorded nearly 12,250 anti-Semitic acts since the attack.

National Assembly speaker Yael Braun-Pivet and Gerard Larcher, the Senate speaker, called Tuesday for a “general mobilization” at the march against the upsurge in anti-Semitism.

They are to lead the march behind a banner stating “For the Republic, against antisemitism.”