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Illustrative: A policeman holds handcuffs. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
July 2, 2019, 1:01 pm
Trial starts for Franco-Israeli man accused in carbon credits scam
Stephane Alzraa, who was extradited from Israel, charged with organized fraud, aggravated money laundering and criminal conspiracy in $57 million scheme
By TOI staff and AFP
An Israeli policeman prevents ultra-Orthodox Jewish men from entering the Tomb of the Kings site owned and administered by the French Consulate of Jerusalem because they did not pre-register their visit through the internet which they do not use for religious reasons, in East Jerusalem on June 27 2019. (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP)
June 27, 2019, 5:39 pm
France reseals Jerusalem historic site after opening marred by dispute
Ultra-Orthodox Jews prevented from accessing Tomb of the Kings since they failed to register online, but try to enter anyway; Paris closes archaeological site until further notice
By AFP and TOI staff
Ultra-Orthodox men at the closed gate of the Tomb of the Kings, owned and administered by the French Consulate of Jerusalem, in East Jerusalem on January 24, 2019. (THOMAS COEX / AFP)
June 26, 2019, 1:18 pm
Jerusalem’s Tomb of the Kings to reopen to public
French-owned, Roman-era burial site to allow visitors for first time since 2010; some Jews, considering the tomb holy, have demanded the right to pray there
By AFP
Two US soldiers, shown in 1945 or 1946 inspecting a Rembrandt self-portrait in a salt mine where the Nazis stored stolen and hidden art (Courtesy National Archives and Records Administration)
June 5, 2019, 9:46 pm
France ramps up bid to return stolen WWII Jewish assets
Thousands of artifacts plundered by Nazis still held in French museums; government vows ‘active role’ to find owners
By AFP
Helene Le Gal during a ceremony for new ambassadors at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, December 12, 2016. (Isaac Harari/FLASH90)
April 30, 2019, 1:16 pm
Israel rebukes French envoy over colleague’s ‘apartheid’ accusation
Hélène Le Gal summoned to Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem over statement by Paris’s outgoing Washington ambassador; Gérard Araud says he was referring to the West Bank only
By Raphael Ahren
French President Emmanuel Macron (L) shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, upon his arrival at the Elysee Palace in Paris, on December 10, 2017. (AFP PHOTO/ Ludovic MARIN/File)
April 21, 2019, 9:44 pm
Israel said to reject ‘immoral’ French demand to resume tax transfers to Abbas
Paris implores Israel to renew payments — frozen because of PA’s funding for families of terrorists; Jerusalem replies that to do so would breach Europe’s anti-terror principles
By TOI staff
French national Romain Franck (R), then 24, a worker at the French consulate, and Palestinians Moufak al-Ajluni (L) and Mohamed Katout (C) appear in court in the Israeli city of Haifa on March 19, 2018, to face charges of smuggling guns from Gaza. (AFP Photo/Jack Guez)
April 8, 2019, 4:30 pm
Israel jails French consulate worker for Gaza gun smuggling
Romain Franck sentenced to seven years with a NIS 30,000 fine for using diplomatic car to ferry weapons from Gaza to West Bank
By AFP
Blue and White party No. 2 Yair Lapid meets with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris, April 5, 2019. (Facebook screenshot)
April 6, 2019, 5:53 am
Emmanuel Macron meets with Yair Lapid four days before Israeli elections
Blue and White No. 2 and French president said to discuss Middle East, Iranian threat and anti-Semitism in Europe
By JTA and TOI staff
French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee palace on February 8, 2019 in Paris. (Ludovic Marin/Pool/AFP)
April 5, 2019, 11:55 am
Four days before elections, Lapid to powwow with France’s Macron
Blue and White’s No. 2 had endorsed his ‘friend’ in 2017; the two will meet at the Elysee Palace to discuss Middle East issues and European anti-Semitism
By Raphael Ahren
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian leaves the Elysee presidential palace in Paris after a weekly cabinet meeting, on May 30, 2018 (AFP Photo/Ludovic Marin)
March 29, 2019, 1:17 pm
French-Israelis said to swindle millions by impersonating foreign minister
Three arrested in Israel on suspicions they scammed money they said would be used to pay ransoms of French citizens held in Mali and Syria
By TOI staff
A street advertisement for the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest 2019, seen on a central street in Tel Aviv, on January 24, 2019. (Adam Shuldman/Flash90)
March 25, 2019, 9:27 pm
Broadcaster delays airing Eurovision spoof after threat by European body
European Broadcasting Union warns Israel’s Kan against showing comedy mini-series that parodies a jihadist attempt to sabotage song contest
By AFP
The French Institute in East Jerusalem (Facebook photo)
March 22, 2019, 6:15 pm
France reprimands Israeli envoy after shut down of East Jerusalem event
Paris says police action at French Institute cultural center was a ‘serious and unacceptable attack,’ while Jerusalem insists event was sponsored by PA and thus illegitimate
By TOI staff
The French Institute in East Jerusalem (Facebook photo)
March 21, 2019, 5:19 pm
Israel shuts down East Jerusalem event in French center over alleged ties to PA
Participants in event deny association is funded by the Palestinian Authority; diplomatic source says French consulate views the closure ‘seriously’
By AFP and TOI staff
French President Emmanuel Macron (R) shakes hands with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a ceremony commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Vel d'Hiv roundup in Paris on July 16, 2017. (AFP Photo/Pool/Kamil Zihnioglu)
February 20, 2019, 10:28 pm
Macron tells PM France will adopt definition of anti-Semitism mentioning Israel
Netanyahu’s office says French president promised to adopt the IHRA’s definition of anti-Semitism, which includes expressions of anti-Zionism
By TOI staff and Agencies
A swastika and the words 'Shoa blabla' was on the monument in the Garden of Remembrance in the Champagne-au-Mont-d'Or cemetery, on February 20, 2019. (JEFF PACHOUD / AFP)
February 20, 2019, 10:06 pm
Anti-Semitic graffiti scrawled on monument in French cemetery
Swastika accompanied by the phrase ‘Passkon a pa le shoah’ (a denial of the Holocaust) inscribed in red on monument near Lyon
By AFP and TOI staff
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