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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 365

Alain Finkielkraut

People gather with placards and a large Palestinian flag to take part in a 'March For Palestine' in London on October 14, 2023 (Photo by Adrian DENNIS / AFP)
October 26, 2023, 2:08 pm
Pro-Hamas sentiment shocks European Jews, rekindling fears about their future
The disgust felt by millions toward the terrorist group’s barbarity is overshadowed by angry street protests against Israel and soaring antisemitism
By Canaan Lidor
French Jewish philosopher Alain Finkielkraut is targeted by yellow vest protesters shouting anti-Semitic slogans, Paris, February 16, 2019 (Screen grab via Yahoo)
July 13, 2019, 12:39 am
French ‘yellow vest’ protester handed suspended sentence for anti-Semitic abuse
Demonstrator shouted ‘dirty Zionist’ and ‘filthy race’ at Jewish philosopher and writer Alain Finkielkraut during Paris march
By AFP
Alain Finkielkraut mulls the answer to a question at an appearance in Brussels, Belgium, April 3, 2016. (Cnaan Liphshiz/JTA)
June 12, 2019, 3:15 am
A famed French-Jewish philosopher is afraid to leave his home
Despite unwritten law that spares French intellectuals public harassment, Alain Finkielkraut is accosted repeatedly by street protesters because he is a Jewish supporter of Israel
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Alain Finkielkraut in his Paris home (Robert Sarner/Times of Israel)
April 25, 2019, 11:38 pm
French-Jewish intellectual: I can’t show my face due to far-left anti-Semites
Alain Finkielkraut compares protesters responsible for near-cancellation of his university speaking event to fascists in 1930s Europe
By JTA and ToI Staff
Alain Finkielkraut in his Paris home (Robert Sarner/Times of Israel)
April 24, 2019, 4:30 am
Paris conference with Jewish philosopher held under security amid protests
Sciences Po says it has cancelled event, then relocated it, but it goes ahead after a threatening letter against Alain Finkielkraut, who was assaulted during yellow vest protests
By JTA
People walk down the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris on February 16, 2019 during the 14th consecutive week of 'yellow vest' protests. (Eric Feferberg/AFP)
February 22, 2019, 3:44 am
Kippah-wearing supporter of French yellow vests shared anti-Semitic posts
Olivier Chiron appeared in protests with Jewish headgear in order to dispel notion the movement has a Jew-hatred problem
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Israeli president Reuven Rivlin, right, is welcomed by French President Emmanuel Macron on his arrival at the Elysee Palace in Paris on January 23, 2019. (ludovic Marin/AFP)
February 20, 2019, 5:29 pm
Rivlin praises Macron for taking rising French anti-Semitism ‘seriously’
In ‘urgent letter,’ Israel’s president tells French counterpart spate of attacks against Jews an ‘affront to the Jewish people, to the French Republic, to all humanity’
By ToI Staff and AP
Illustrative: French President Emmanuel Macron looks at a grave vandalized with a swastika during a visit at the Jewish cemetery in Quatzenheim, on February 19, 2019, on the day of nationwide marches against a rise in anti-Semitic attacks. (Frederick Florin/Pool/AFP)
February 20, 2019, 5:21 pm
Macron to unveil measures to fight anti-Semitism
Authorities arrest protester caught on video hurling abuse at Jewish writer and philosopher Alain Finkielkraut during ‘yellow vest’ demonstration in Paris on Saturday
By Clare BYRNE
Antisemitic graffiti seen on letter boxes displaying a portrait of late French politician and Holocaust survivor Simone Veil, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, February 11, 2019. (Jacques Demarthon/AFP)
February 18, 2019, 11:51 pm
14 political parties in France call for protests against anti-Semitism
Large far-right and far-left factions notably absent from appeal, which follows surge of anti-Semitic incidents
By Cnaan Liphshiz
French Jewish philosopher Alain Finkielkraut is targeted by yellow vest protesters shouting anti-Semitic slogans, Paris, February 16, 2019 (Screen grab via Yahoo)
February 17, 2019, 5:27 pm
Probe launched into anti-Semitic attack on academic at Paris yellow vest protest
French prosecutors investigating after video shows group shouting anti-Jewish insults at leading thinker Alain Finkielkraut
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Demonstrators in Paris on February 16, 2019, marking three months of "yellow vest" protests against government policies. (ERIC FEFERBERG / AFP)
February 17, 2019, 11:39 am
Macron slams anti-Semitic attack on French academic
Jewish philosopher Alain Finkielkraut hit with insults by yellow-vest protesters in Paris
By AFP
Protesters take part in a demonstration amid tear gas smoke on February 16, 2019 in Paris. (ERIC FEFERBERG / AFP)
February 17, 2019, 1:04 am
French Jewish intellectual attacked by anti-Semites during yellow vest protest
Video shows group on fringe of demonstration shouting anti-Jewish insults at Alain Finkielkraut in Paris, week after wave of anti-Semitic vandalism linked to movement
By AFP and ToI Staff
Pro-Israel French Jewish philosopher Alain Finkielkraut ejected from a rally in Republique Square, Paris, April 16, 2016. (YouTube: Cercle des Volontaires)
April 18, 2016, 11:49 pm
French Jewish philosopher violently ejected from rally
Zionist and settlement critic Alain Finkielkraut spat on, called ‘fascist,’ at Paris gathering on proposed labor laws
By JTA
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