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Former French prime minister Manuel Valls speaks to The Times of Israel in Jerusalem, January 15, 2026. (Lazar Berman/The Times of Israel)
January 15, 2026, 7:51 pm
Anti-Zionism ‘profoundly linked’ to hatred of Jews, former French PM says in Jerusalem
Calling Macron’s decision to avoid antisemitism march a ‘wound,’ Manuel Valls claims most in France don’t support Palestinian recognition though Paris’s stance toward Israel a ‘paradox’
By Lazar Berman
Colonel Golan Vach (R) speaks to French parliamentarians in Kfar Aza, October 16, 2023 (Lazar Berman/The Times of Israel)
October 17, 2023, 1:44 pm
In Kfar Aza, French MPs say gruesome scenes recall 2015 Paris massacre
Lawmakers from delegation, which includes former prime minister, say Paris won’t tie Israel’s hands and will support Jerusalem for as long as it needs to topple Hamas
By Lazar Berman
Former French Prime Minister Manuel Valls speaks during the 6th Global Forum for Combating Anti-Semitism at the Jerusalem Convention Center, March 22, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
March 30, 2018, 10:47 am
France must ‘make an example’ of anti-Semites, former PM urges
Manuel Valls calls for tougher implementation of anti-hate laws, distances himself from last year’s Paris peace summit, says Jerusalem is Israel’s capital
By Raphael Ahren
Actress Mayim Bialik, left, meets President Reuven Rivlin at his residence in Jerusalem, March 18, 2018. (Mark Neiman/GPO)
March 19, 2018, 12:57 am
President Rivlin welcomes actress Mayim Bialik to Jerusalem
US television star arrives to participate in Global Forum for Combating Anti-Semitism
By JTA
Gerard Filoche, former candidate for the 2017 French Socialist Party (PS) presidential primary, posing in Paris, September 19, 2016. (AFP/JOEL SAGET)
November 20, 2017, 10:58 pm
French Socialist lawmaker faces ouster over ‘anti-Semitic’ tweet
Gerard Filoche apologizes for posting image of President Macron with motifs suggesting Jewish control, but defends depiction of ‘cabal’
By JTA
French comedian Dieudonne M'Bala M'Bala gestures to the media as he leaves a Paris court house, February 4, 2015. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
November 17, 2017, 6:34 pm
French courts punish promoters of anti-Semitic hate speech
Holocaust denier Alain Soral slapped with fine and short jail sentence; Dieudonne and another English teacher also sentenced
By JTA
Jean-Luc Melenchon during a protest over the government's labour reforms in Paris on September 23, 2017. (AFP Photo/Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt)
September 24, 2017, 7:49 pm
French leftist leader in hot water over ‘shameful’ Nazi comparison
Jean-Luc Melenchon slammed for apparently likening Macron’s administration to Nazi Germany at anti-government demonstration
By Pascale Juilliard
People wave French national flags before a meeting of French presidential election candidate for the En Marche! movement at the Parc des Expositions in Paris, on April 23, 2017, during the first round of the Presidential election. (Eric Feferberg/AFP)
May 13, 2017, 2:55 am
Macron’s party boots politician over tweets deemed anti-Semitic
Pro-BDS Christian Gerin taken off En Marche ticket for 2013 post suggesting government run by umbrella Jewish group
By JTA
French presidential election candidate Emmanuel Macron rat the Parc des Expositions in Paris, on April 23, 2017. (AFP Photo/Eric Feferberg)
April 24, 2017, 5:38 pm
France’s mainstream unites for Macron as Le Pen reaches for outsiders
Establishment candidates rejected by voters rally around centrist; far-right party plans to woo those who backed far-leftist
By Sylvie Corbet and Elaine Ganley
French presidential election candidate for the far-right Front National (FN) party, Marine Le Pen during a public rally in Pierrelatte, central eastern France, February 24, 2017. (AFP Photo/Jean Phillipe Kziazek)
February 26, 2017, 7:43 am
Yes, Marine Le Pen could win in France
The same forces that led to the Brexit vote in Britain and Donald Trump’s victory in the United States could carry the far-right firebrand to power
By Guy JACKSON and Guillaume DAUDIN
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
Benoit Hamon at Les Invalides in Paris, June 14, 2012. (Getty Images)
January 30, 2017, 10:13 pm
Socialist primary winner in France had backing of prominent anti-Semites
Endorsed by Anti-Zionist Party, presidential nominee Benoit Hamon has urged support for Palestinian causes to boost his Socialists’ appeal to Muslim voters
By JTA
Winner of the right-wing primaries ahead of France's 2017 presidential elections Benoit Hamon (R) smiles next to defeated candidate Manuel Valls (L) following the announcement of the results of the second round of the left primaries ahead of France's 2017 presidential elections, at the Solferino Party Socialist's headquarters in Paris on January 29, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / Eric FEFERBERG)
January 30, 2017, 12:47 am
French left nominates Benoit Hamon for president
Former minister handily beats ex-PM Manuel Valls in runoff to be ruling party’s candidate in spring election
By John Leicester and Sylvie Corbet
Former French prime minister Manuel Valls on January 15, 2017. (AFP Photo/Bertrand Guay)
January 29, 2017, 7:27 pm
Valls vs. Hamon in French Socialists’ presidential primary
With elections drawing near, voters choosing candidate to become new face of ruling party as Hollande steps down
By John Leicester
French former minister and candidate for the left-wing primaries, Benoit Hamon, arrives to deliver a speech at his campaign headquarters after the first round of the left-wing primary for the 2017 French presidential election, on January 22, 2017 in central Paris. (Bertrand Guay/AFP)
January 23, 2017, 4:08 am
Outsider, ex-PM to vie for French left-wing presidential nod
Facing a surging far-right, France’s left splinters as staunch leftist Hamon beats establishmentarian Valls in first round of primary
By Guy JACKSON and Gina DOGGETT
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