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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 533

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French Prime Minister Michel Barnier delivers a speech during the debate prior to the no-confidence votes on his administration at the National Assembly in Paris on December 4, 2024. (Alain Jocard/AFP)
December 4, 2024, 11:59 pm
French government falls in historic no-confidence vote uniting far-left and far-right
Marine Le Pen’s party backs motion proposed by the hard left three months after the formation of a minority government, with two years left in President Emmanuel Macron’s term
By Stuart Williams and Anna SMOLCHENKO
Illustrative: A German police car in Berlin on January 24, 2020. (John Macdougall/AFP)
November 10, 2024, 8:55 am
German police arrest far-left militant over attacks on neo-Nazis in Germany, Hungary
Johann G., suspected of causing ‘severe bodily injuries,’ as well as property damage and forgery; believed part of ring in which four others were already jailed for assaults
By AFP
SNCF employees and French gendarmes inspect the scene of a suspected attack on the high speed railway network at Croiselles, northern France on July 26, 2024. (Photo by Denis CHARLET / AFP)
July 29, 2024, 11:42 am
French police arrest far-left activist in connection to rail network sabotage
Train service resumes after weekend repairs; official says ultra-left actors may have been ‘manipulated’ into committing attack hours before Olympics opening ceremony
By Agencies
French Members of Parliament for La France Insoumise (LFI) parliamentary group, Thomas Portes (L) and Aymeric Caron talk to the press near the entrance of the Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po Paris) during an anti-Israel student protest, in Paris on May 3, 2024. (Miguel Medina/AFP)
July 22, 2024, 10:14 am
Outrage after French lawmaker says Israeli athletes not welcome at Paris Olympics
Far-left MP condemned by political allies, Jewish groups but doubles down, comparing war against Hamas to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as he seeks to ban Israel from sporting event
By ToI Staff and AFP
Far-left La France Insoumise - LFI - (France Unbowed) founder Jean-Luc Melenchon, right, clenches his fist with other party members after the second round of the legislative elections Sunday, July 7, 2024, in Paris. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)
July 8, 2024, 8:56 am
French Jews wary of far left’s election gains amid surging antisemitism
Socialist Jean-Luc Mélenchon has vowed to recognize a Palestinian state; 92% of French Jews say his party has contributed to rising antisemitism
By JTA and ToI Staff
Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., and Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., speak during a news conference at the US Capitol, May 8, 2024, in Washington, after police cleared an anti-Israel tent encampment at George Washington University and arrested demonstrators. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
July 3, 2024, 5:29 pm
Next up, Cori Bush: After Jamaal Bowman’s defeat, pro-Israel donors pivot to Missouri
An AIPAC-led campaign has set its sights on deposing the St. Louis congresswoman, another member of the far-left ‘Squad’ up for reelection, though success is far from a given
By Ron Kampeas
People gather at Republique plaza to protest the far-right National Rally, which came out strongly ahead in first-round legislative elections, in Paris, June 30, 2024. (Louise Delmotte/AP)
July 1, 2024, 6:00 pm
French centrists, left wing rush to build front against victorious far right
Opponents look to fight off strong first-round showing by National Rally, but unclear if alliance will hold together if divisive France Unbowed leader emerges at helm of new bloc
By Tassilo Hummel and Sudip Kar-Gupta
Shannon Seban, a legislative election candidate for the camp of President Emmanuel Macron, campaigns, in the Paris suburb of Ivry-sur-Seine, Tuesday June 25, 2024. (AP Photo/John Leicester)
June 28, 2024, 6:10 pm
In France’s high-stakes election, a Jewish candidate faces hate and division
Shannon Seban, a candidate for Macron’s centrist camp, assailed while campaigning for being a Jew and Zionist, told ‘there’s no place for you here’
By John Leicester and ALEX TURNBULL
National Assembly parliamentary group President of La France Insoumise (LFI) Mathilde Panot makes a speech in Marseille on November 23, 2023. (Clement Mahoudeau/AFP)
April 23, 2024, 8:06 pm
French police call in far-left leader for party’s incendiary October 7 comments
LFI probed for calling Hamas terror assault an ‘armed offensive’ and describing the Israeli response as genocidal
By AFP
Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel demonstrators wave Palestinian flags and hold placards as they protest in Parliament Square in London on February 21, 2024, during an Opposition Day motion in the House of Commons calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. (Henry Nicholls/AFP)
February 23, 2024, 4:55 pm
Who rules the UK, parliament or the mob? Intimidation over Gaza threatens British democracy
There were a number of troubling things about Wednesday night’s debate on a Gaza ceasefire in the House of Commons – but most alarming is the fear for MPs’ safety
By Robert Philpot
A wanted poster, center top. for Satoshi Kirishima, a fugitive who has long been wanted for one of a series of terrorist bombings in Japan, is displayed outside a police station Friday, Feb. 2, 2024, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
February 5, 2024, 10:24 am
Hospitalized man tells Japanese cops he’s highly wanted fugitive, dies 4 days later
Satoshi Kirishima lived more than 40 years under assumed identity, without bank account; was only member of far-left group responsible for 1970s bombings to evade jail
By Mari Yamaguchi
A protester holds up a sign reading "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free" at an anti-war rally in Haifa on January 20, 2024. (Canaan Lidor/Times of Israel)
January 20, 2024, 8:58 pm
At Haifa anti-war rally, charges of genocide and chants of ‘From the river to the sea’
Participants in a counterdemonstration accuse the the crowd of Arab and Jewish Israelis of supporting Hamas
By Canaan Lidor
Trashcans burn in a street during a protest organised by far-left activists in Leipzig, eastern Germany, on June 3, 2023 (JENS SCHLUETER/AFP)
June 4, 2023, 2:24 pm
Protesters clash with German police over jailing of activists who attacked neo-Nazis
Three far-left demonstrators arrested in Leipzig amid unrest sparked by prison sentences handed to four people over assaults on neo-Nazis, far-right activists
By AFP
The defendant Lina E. (C-R) and a other defendant (C-L) are seen in the courtroom at the higher regional court in Dresden, eastern Germany, on May 31, 2023. (JENS SCHLUETER / AFP)
May 31, 2023, 7:57 pm
German court hands student 5-year sentence for attacks on neo-Nazis
28-year-old convicted of membership in a criminal organization and serious bodily harm for series of assaults with others over a period of two years
By AP
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