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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 589

Ilan Halimi

Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois mayor Frederic Petitta, left, listens to a speech by French writer Emilie Freche, on February 13, 2019 in Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois, at a ceremony honoring Ilan Halimi, two days after two trees planted in memory of the 23-year-old Jewish man abducted and killed over a decade ago by an anti-Semitic gang were found vandalized. (Bertrand Guay/AFP)
February 13, 2019, 10:13 pm
France’s ‘vile passions’ resurface in anti-Jewish graffiti
As poll finds nearly half of ‘yellow vest’ protesters believe in worldwide ‘Zionist plot’ and amid spate of anti-Jewish acts, one local says ‘French society is in trouble’
By Anne CHAON
French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee palace on February 8, 2019 in Paris. (Ludovic Marin/Pool/AFP)
February 13, 2019, 5:29 pm
Macron denounces ‘unacceptable increase’ in anti-Semitic attacks
French government says anti-Jewish attacks ‘spreading like poison’ after 74% surge in 2018, links incidents to yellow vest protests
By AFP
French lawyer Pierre-Francois Veil poses next to recently vandalized letter boxes displaying a portrait of his mother, late French politician and Holocaust survivor Simone Veil, on February 11, 2019 in the 13th arrondissement of Paris. (Christophe Archambault/AFP)
February 12, 2019, 5:53 pm
France vows firm response to wave of anti-Semitic vandalism
Government says anti-Jewish attacks ‘spreading like poison’ after 74% surge in 2018, tries to link incidents to yellow vest protests
By AFP
Ilan Halimi, kidnapped and murdered by an anti-Semitic gang in Paris in 2006, (Courtesy of Stephanie Yin/JTA)
February 11, 2019, 10:53 pm
Tree commemorating murdered French Jew is chopped down amid anti-Semitic spate
Desecration of memorial to Ilan Halimi the latest in series of anti-Jewish attacks that have raised fears in Paris; anti-Semitic attacks up 74% in 2018
By Clare BYRNE
French journalist Noémie Halioua, author of 'L'affaire Sarah Halimi' (Hannah Assouline/Editions du Cerf)
September 16, 2018, 6:04 am
Journalist investigates wholesale denial of pivotal anti-Semitic murder in Paris
French writer Noémie Halioua’s book, ‘L’affaire Sarah Halimi,’ dives into the vicious homicide of a Jewish woman that French authorities resisted calling a hate crime
By Robert Sarner
Ilan Halimi, kidnapped and murdered by an anti-Semitic gang in Paris in 2006, (Courtesy of Stephanie Yin/JTA)
November 2, 2017, 11:16 pm
Paris plaque in memory of murdered French Jew vandalized
Memorial to Ilan Halimi, who was tortured to death in 2006, torn from wall and daubed with anti-Semitic slogans
By JTA
Sarah Halimi, 66, killed on April 4, 2017, in Paris in what is suspected to be a racially motivated attack by her neighbor. (Courtesy)
June 14, 2017, 1:43 pm
Killing of Parisian Jew in April a test case for new French president
French Jews see manslaughter charge against suspected killer as sign of failure to confront anti-Semitism, fear of alienating Muslims
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Alexandra Laignel-Lavastine
June 1, 2017, 11:53 pm
Alexandra Laignel-Lavastine
France’s disgrace
An open letter to the new French Interior Minister Gérard Collomb on the horrific murder of Sarah Halimi
Clockwise from top left: Shneur Odze, left, and UKIP Parliament member Jonathan Arnot (Courtesy), David Lasar (Courtesy of the Freedom Party), Gidi Markuszower (Robin van Lonkhuijsen), Kent Ekeroth (Courtesy of Sweden Democrats), Michel Thooris (Courtesy of the National Front), all photos via JTA.
March 31, 2017, 4:05 am
Why these 5 European Jews are promoting far-right parties
Circumstances can bring about the unlikeliest of political allies — such as these community leaders who support candidates who are purportedly bigoted against them
By Cnaan Liphshiz
View of Paris suburb Créteil. (CC BY Christophe Pinard/Flickr)
February 23, 2017, 4:18 am
Hate crime charge dropped in rape-robbery of French Jewish couple
Anti-Semitism watchdog ‘indignant’ over decision by ‘novice judge’; French leaders had called 2014 attack in Creteil glaringly anti-Semitic
By JTA
Ilan Halimi, kidnapped and murdered by an anti-Semitic gang in Paris in 2006, (Courtesy of Stephanie Yin/JTA)
January 12, 2017, 10:52 pm
Ilan Halimi’s killer handed 10 extra years in prison
Gang leader serving life for torturing Parisian Jew to death in 2009 receives extended sentence for previous extortions
By JTA
Ilan Halimi, kidnapped and murdered by an anti-Semitic gang in Paris in 2006, (Courtesy of Stephanie Yin/JTA)
February 13, 2016, 12:33 am
Rabbi, Muslim rapper release song in memory of slain French Jew
72-year-old cleric, 30-year-old musician releasing clip on 10th anniversary of Ilan Halimi’s murder
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Family and friends attend a memorial ceremony by the grave of 23-year-old Ilan Halimi, at the Givat Shaul cemetery in Jerusalem, February 13, 2013. (photo credit: Tali Mayer/FLASH90)
May 3, 2015, 9:34 pm
Memorial to slain French Jew Halimi vandalized
French prosecutors open investigation into damaging of plaque honoring Ilan Halimi
By AP and JTA
A soldier stands guard outside a synagogue in Neuilly-sur-Seine, outside Paris, France, January 13, 2015. (AP/Christophe Ena)
May 3, 2015, 6:55 pm
2 Jewish men attacked by large gang in Paris
Victims left slightly injured in same location as 2006 kidnapping of Ilan Halimi; Jewish community ramps up security
By JTA
French actress Zabou Breitman as Ruth Halimi in '24 Days' (photo credit: Courtesy Menemsha Films)
April 24, 2015, 3:18 pm
Leading director holds up a mirror to anti-Semitism in France
After the release of his film about the murder of Ilan Halimi, Alexandre Arcady says he doesn’t want fellow Jews to emigrate
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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