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Mayor of Nice, Christian Estrosi, at a rally in tribute to October 7 victims and in support of hostages, at the Palais de Justice in Nice, June 23, 2024. (Philippe Viglietti)
October 31, 2025, 7:52 am
Meet the French mayor who hung Israeli flags and a hostage banner on his City Hall
Leading Nice, the 5th-largest metropolitan area in France, the self-described ‘Jew at heart’ Christian Estrosi bucks opposition – and death threats – in his stalwart defense of Israel
By Robert Sarner
Nice CEO Barak Eilam. (CRC Media)
May 16, 2024, 9:28 pm
Nice’s Barak Eilam to step down as CEO after decade-long tenure
Eilam, who joined cloud-based software-provider in 1999, will stay in office until year’s end, help find a successor
By Sharon Wrobel
Nice's Algerian defender Youcef Atal, center fights for the ball with Lorient's Tunisian defender Montassar Talbi, right, during the French L1 football match between FC Lorient and OGC Nice at the Stade du Moustoir in Lorient, western France, on October 30, 2022. (JEAN-FRANCOIS MONIER / AFP)
December 18, 2023, 2:04 pm
Algerian soccer player facing jail time in France after sharing antisemitic clip
Youcef Atal sidelined by Nice, charged with incitement to religious hatred over Instagram post in which Palestinian preacher calls on God to ‘send the Jews a black day’
By AFP
NICE Ltd. CEO Barak Eilam. (CNBC/screenshot)
January 17, 2023, 7:34 pm
CEO warns judicial overhaul plan threatens Israel’s position as a business hub
Barak Eilam, head of the NIS 44 billion cloud computing software firm Nice, says businesses have a fiduciary duty to invest in countries with independent judiciary
By Sharon Wrobel
French policemen and forensic officers work on the scene of the knife attack in front of Notre Dame church, in Nice, France, October 29, 2020. An attacker armed with a knife killed three people at a church in the Mediterranean city of Nice, the third attack in two months in France. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)
December 7, 2020, 10:34 pm
Suspect in Nice church attack faces terror murder charges
Police had struggled to question stabbing suspect, who was seriously injured following spree in which three killed
By AP
French Prime Minister Jean Castex delivers a speech during a ceremony in Nice, on November 7, 2020, in homage to the three victims of an attack at Notre-Dame de Nice Basilica on October 29, 2020 (Valery HACHE / various sources / AFP)
November 7, 2020, 4:25 pm
After attacks, French PM says radical Islamism is the ‘enemy’
At Nice memorial for killing victims, Jean Castex says the ideology ‘distorts the Muslim religion by twisting its scriptures’
By AFP and ToI Staff
Priest Henri de La Hougue, left, celebrates the All Saints Day mass in Saint-Sulpice church, in Paris, France, November 1, 2020. (Thibault Camus/AP)
November 1, 2020, 7:08 pm
French churches honor 3 Nice terror attack victims as police detain 5 suspects
Investigators trying to determine if prime suspect, who was shot and wounded after deadly assault, acted alone
By Angela Charlton
French gendarmes secure the area around the Notre-Dame de l'Assomption Basilica in Nice on October 31, 2020, two days after a Tunisian man stabbed three people to death in a terror attack. (Valery Hache/AFP)
November 1, 2020, 2:07 pm
2 more suspects arrested over deadly Islamist terror attack in Nice church
Authorities holding 6 people for their suspected links to Brahim Issaoui, who stabbed 3 people to death in the southern French city
By AFP
Police block access to the Notre-Dame de l'Assomption Basilica in Nice on October 29, 2020 after a knife-wielding Tunisian man killed three people at the church in a terror attack. (Valery Hache/AFP)
October 31, 2020, 1:38 pm
Third suspect detained over deadly Islamist terror attack at Nice church
French police working to uncover possible accomplices of Brahim Issaoui, who they have been unable to question since he was shot while carrying out assault that left 3 dead
By Stuart Williams
French soldiers secure the Notre-Dame de l'Assomption Basilica in Nice on October 30, 2020 during a tribute to the victims killed by a knife attacker the day before. (Valery Hache/AFP)
October 30, 2020, 8:02 pm
Jewish schools and synagogues in Nice close Friday, fearing terror attacks
‘We’re all feeling threatened,’ says city’s chief rabbi after man shouting Allahu Akbar kills three in a church; Kosher shops in city also stepping up security
By Cnaan Liphshiz
This image grab from AFP TV shows a picture of Nice assailant Brahim Issaoui, who a day earlier killed three people and wounded several others in the southern French city of Nice, held by his mother at the family home in the Tunisian city of Sfax, on October 30, 2020. (AFPTV teams / AFP)
October 30, 2020, 7:18 pm
Tunisian in deadly Nice terror attack turned to religion after teen troubles
‘It’s not normal’: Family of Brahim Issaoui, suspected of killing three in French church, express dismay; officials say he was arrested for knife crime in 2016
By ToI Staff and Agencies
French police and forensic officers work on the scene of the knife attack in front of Notre Dame church, in Nice, France, Oct. 29, 2020 (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)
October 30, 2020, 11:08 am
French police question man over contact with Nice church killing suspect
47-year-old thought to have communicated with Brahim Aouissaoui, who killed 3 after entering house of worship holding a copy of the Koran and three knives
By AFP
Police officers stand guard near Notre Dame church in Nice, southern France, October 29, 2020. (Eric Gaillard/Pool via AP)
October 29, 2020, 11:57 pm
Nice church killer is Tunisian, 21, entered France from Italy three weeks ago
Terror suspect, named as Brahim Aouissaoui, 21, reportedly reached Italian island of Lampedusa on September 20 and traveled to Paris October 9, spent 2 weeks on quarantine ship
By Lori Hinnant and DANIEL COLE
French President Emmanuel Macron, second left, and Nice mayor Christian Estrosi , third left, meet police officers after a knife attack at Notre Dame church in Nice, southern France, October 29, 2020. (Eric Gaillard/Pool via AP)
October 29, 2020, 9:20 pm
World leaders including Netanyahu, Trump condemn deadly stabbings in France
US president says such attacks ‘must stop immediately,’ Israeli leader expresses ‘shock and condemnation,’ as Nice terror attack draws displays of solidarity
By AFP and ToI Staff
A woman is evacuated from the Bataclan concert hall after a terrorist shooting attack in Paris, November 13, 2015. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)
October 29, 2020, 8:04 pm
A timeline of jihadist attacks in France in recent years
The stabbing in Nice is the latest in a series of terrorist incidents, including one that left 130 concertgoers dead and another that killed a rabbi and Jewish kids
By Agencies and ToI Staff
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