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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 650

Bastille Day

Knesset member Yael German at a committee meeting in the Knesset on January 1, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
August 16, 2021, 12:54 pm
Parlez-who? Lapid’s pick for Paris posting pilloried for being sans French
Yael German is widely respected, but without mastery of the language and diplomatic experience, many experts question whether she is the right person for the important task
By Lazar Berman
President Isaac Herzog (L) and French Ambassador Eric Danon at a Bastille Day celebration, Jaffa, July 14, 2021 (Lazar Berman/Times of Israel)
July 15, 2021, 1:42 am
French envoy to Israel: Iran should never possess nuclear bomb
Eric Danon uses Bastille Day event address to highlight strong bilateral ties, which countries hope to further bolster following periodic strains of Netanyahu era
By Lazar Berman
In this July 15, 2016, photo, forensic officers stand near a truck with its windscreen riddled with bullets that plowed through a crowd of revelers who had gathered to watch fireworks in the French resort city of Nice, southern France (AP Photo/Claude Paris, File)
June 23, 2020, 2:00 pm
Trial requested for 9 suspects in France’s deadly 2016 Bastille Day truck attack
Case not expected to be heard before end of next year; 86 killed when Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel plowed a 19-ton truck into a crowd assembled for July 14 fireworks display
By AP
US President Donald Trump (R) and French President Emmanuel Macron (L) leave after a joint press conference following meetings at the Elysee Palace in Paris, on July 13, 2017. (bertrand GUAY / AFP)
July 14, 2017, 2:24 pm
Trump defends son over Russian lawyer meeting
In Paris, US president insists Donald Jr. ‘is a wonderful young man’ and that ‘most people would have taken that meeting’
By Andrew BEATTY and Adam PLOWRIGHT
US President Donald Trump (L) and French President Emmanuel Macron shaking hands at the US ambassador's residence in Brussels, May 25, 2017. (AFP Photo/Mandel Ngan)
July 13, 2017, 11:20 am
Trump lands in Paris to talk Syria, counterrorism
Close on national security, opposed on trade and climate change, Trump and Macron expected to seek common ground
By Vivian Salama
France's President Emmanuel Macron (L) talks with US President Donald Trump on the first day of the G-20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, July 7, 2017. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)
July 13, 2017, 4:19 am
In Paris, Trump is Bastille Day guest of city he derided
Set to host American counterpart for ceremony marking 100th anniversary of US entry into World War I, Macron says disagreement ‘does not prevent us from cooperating’
By Lori Hinnant
French President Emmanuel Macron walks past Helmut Kohl's coffin during a eulogy ceremony for former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, July 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
July 3, 2017, 2:45 pm
French nationalist charged with threatening to kill Macron, Jews
Suspect told police of possible plan to attack president on Bastille Day, also wanted to target ‘Muslims, Jews, blacks, homosexuals’
By AFP
US President Donald Trump (L) and French President Emmanuel Macron shaking hands at the US ambassador's residence in Brussels, May 25, 2017. (AFP Photo/Mandel Ngan)
June 28, 2017, 9:28 pm
Trump accepts Macron invitation to visit France in July
White House says trip for Bastille Day will reaffirm countries’ ‘strong ties of friendship’; leaders to discuss counter-terror, trade
By AFP
Flowers and messages placed along the Promenade des Anglais in Nice on July 20, 2016, to honor the victims of the Bastille Day truck attack. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)
September 20, 2016, 1:44 pm
France arrests 8 over July truck attack that killed 86 in Nice
Tunisian and French suspects all linked to Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, who plowed vehicle through crowds on Bastille Day
By AP and ToI Staff
A man places flowers at the monument after a ceremony for victims of terrorism in Paris, Monday Sept.19, 2016. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, Pool)
September 19, 2016, 4:32 pm
France remembers victims of terror attacks in Paris ceremony
Tributes paid to those killed by Islamic extremists on Bastille Day, in Bataclan attack, and around the world
By AP
A man sits next to a heart-shaped sign reading "Stop the massacre...Our children massacred for a war...Mr. President?" on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice on July 17, 2016.(AFP PHOTO / Valery HACHE)
July 18, 2016, 9:43 am
French Jewish woman hurt in Nice attack dies of injuries
Raymonde Mamane, 77, remembered as a ‘wonderful woman, dedicated to her family’; sister Clara Bensimon still critical
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Police officers stand near the truck that plowed into a crowd leaving a fireworks display in the French Riviera city of Nice on July 14, 2016. (AFP / VALERY HACHE)
July 18, 2016, 6:25 am
Police tell of showdown with Nice truck killer
Officers who confronted Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel say they fired around 20 shots into his truck in bid to end murder spree that killed 84
By AFP
Crowds gather at a make-shift memorial for victims of the deadly Bastille Day attack on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice on July 16, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / Valery HACHE)
July 16, 2016, 11:23 pm
Facing withering criticism on terror, Paris urges Frenchmen to join security forces
After Nice attack kills 84, Interior Minister Cazeneuve calls on young citizens to become reservists, help defend the country
By AFP
Policemen stand guard the Promenade des Anglais seafront in the French Riviera town of Nice on July 15, 2016, hours after a truck drove into a crowd watching a fireworks display. (AFP Photo/Anne-Christine Poujoulat)
July 16, 2016, 8:54 pm
How’d he get through? Security in question after Nice attack
Critics say recent terror attacks should have led to better preparation in soft spots such as the promenade where truck driver killed 84
By Jamey Keaten and Lori Hinnant
French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve, center, arrives to speak to the media in Nice early on July 15, 2016 as he visits the area where a truck ploughed into a crowd of people during Bastille Day celebrations. (AFP Photo/Anne-Christine Poujoulat)
July 16, 2016, 7:05 pm
Truck attacker ‘radicalized very quickly,’ French minister says
Tunisian-born Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, who murdered 84 in Nice, was a petty criminal who smoked, drank, never went to mosque
By AFP and ToI Staff
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