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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 367

French elections

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) sits with Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli, at the Knesset plenum in Jerusalem, June 26, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 10, 2024, 12:12 am
Macron complained to Netanyahu after Likud minister publicly backed Marine Le Pen
Comments by Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli further strain relations between two countries; PM claims he told cabinet to not make remarks on French election
By Lazar Berman
National Rally leader Marine Le Pen arrives for the party's election night party following the early results of the second round of France's legislative election in Paris on July 7, 2024. (Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP)
July 8, 2024, 3:23 am
Celebration shifts to disbelief for French far right as polls show third-place result
Le Pen’s triumph undone largely by dealmaking between center, left; pollster: National Rally showed they ‘had in their ranks candidates that are antisemitic, xenophobic or homophobic’
By Elizabeth Pineau
French President Emmanuel Macron reacts as he delivers a speech, June 12, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)
July 7, 2024, 9:31 am
France holds key vote that could see a historic far-right win or hung parliament
Party with historic links to xenophobia and downplaying the Holocaust may become country’s biggest political force, affecting global diplomacy and Europe’s economic stability
By Barbara Surk and HELENA ALVES
Two pedestrians walk past election posters of the left-wing "Nouveau Front Populaire" (New Popular Front - NFP) in Paris, on July 3, 2024, ahead of the second round of France's legislative elections. (Emmanuel Dunand/AFP)
July 5, 2024, 9:39 am
Marine Le Pen’s far right, Macron’s centrists make final push ahead of decisive vote
Left-wing and centrist parties have coordinated to withdraw some 200 candidates in effort to prevent National Rally from achieving an outright parliamentary majority in runoff vote
By Stuart Williams and Dave Clark
Renowned Nazi hunter Serge Klarsfeld poses in his office, July 2, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)
July 3, 2024, 7:38 pm
Ahead of runoff, famed Nazi hunter says French far left more dangerous than far right
Serge Klarsfeld says he’ll vote for Macron’s centrist alliance, but those faced with only a choice between the two poles should pick ‘a party which supports Israel’
By Sylvie Corbet and JEFFREY SCHAEFFER
Diaspora Affairs Amichai Chikli speaks in the assembly hall of the Knesset in Jerusalem, on June 25, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 2, 2024, 12:05 pm
Far-right Le Pen would be ‘excellent’ as French president, says Likud minister
Amichai Chikli claims Netanyahu shares his opinion that anti-immigration politician, who wants to limit public expressions of religion, is good for Israel
By ToI Staff and Agencies
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
France's President Emmanuel Macron leaves the polling station after voting for the first round of parliamentary elections in Le Touquet, northern France on June 30, 2024. (Ludovic Marin / AFP)
July 1, 2024, 5:03 pm
Macron’s implicit endorsement of ‘antisemitic,’ ‘pro-Hamas’ far left shocks French Jews
Defeats for French president’s party in the first round of the parliamentary elections prompt a controversial alliance against the far right – and, potentially, Jewish emigration
By Canaan Lidor
French far right leader Marine Le Pen reacts as she meets supporters and journalists after the release of projections based on the actual vote count in select constituencies , Sunday, June 30, 2024 in Henin-Beaumont, northern France. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
July 1, 2024, 1:29 pm
French far right ahead in 1st round of snap elections: Here’s what comes next
Parties advance to a runoff election, as far left and centrists scramble to prevent far-right National Rally from receiving an absolute majority in the lower legislature
By Sylvie Corbet
Leader of the French far-right National Rally Marine Le Pen, left, and lead candidate of the party for the European election Jordan Bardella during a political meeting on June 2, 2024 in Paris. (AP/Thomas Padilla)
June 30, 2024, 11:29 pm
French far right projected to win first round in elections with 34.5% of votes
National Rally longtime leader Le Pen urges voters to hand party victory in second round of voting for National Assembly next week; President Macron calls for opposing alliance
By Agencies
French nationals vote at the Lycée Français de Los Angeles during the first round of French legislative elections, in Los Angeles, on June 29, 2024. (Photo by Chris DELMAS / AFP)
June 30, 2024, 5:24 am
France votes in fateful election that could catapult far right to power
First round Sunday to be followed by second round on July 7, with President Macron likely to soon have to deal with a prime minister pushing in a very different direction
By Johnny Cotton
Followers of the leftist coalition Nouveau Front Populaire (New Popular Front) glue campaign posters for the upcoming legislative election, June 26, 2024 in Strasbourg, eastern France. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)
June 29, 2024, 9:26 am
France’s snap election: How it works and what comes next
Result of two-round vote — on June 30 and July 7 — highly uncertain: could see first far-right government since WWII Nazi occupation, or no majority at all
By Sylvie Corbet
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
Illustrative: Protesters hoist a banner reading 'Antisemitism is not a campaign promise,' at the entrance to a press conference where leftist French leaders announced they were forming an alliance called the New Popular Front, in Paris, France, June 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)
June 26, 2024, 8:46 pm
‘Caught between plague and cholera’: French Jews wary as extremes set to win votes
Snap election called by Macron sees center lag as far-right, left parties tainted by antisemitism expect parliament gains, amid soaring Jew-hatred post-Oct. 7
By Elizabeth Pineau
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen addresses reporters June 20, 2022, in Henin-Beaumont, northern France. (AP Photo)
June 20, 2022, 4:50 pm
Le Pen hails huge gains in French parliament as a ‘seismic event’
Election outcome, which saw strong performances from far-right National Rally and Melenchon’s left-wing coalition, will make it harder for President Macron to implement his agenda
By AP
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