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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 564

Jérôme RIVET

Illustrative: A woman walks past electoral posters in Tehran on June 20, 2024, ahead of the June 28 election to replace President Ebrahim Raisi, who was killed in a helicopter crash. (Atta Kenare / AFP)
June 21, 2024, 9:11 pm
Iranians divided on presidential vote as hardships mount, want winner to ‘act humanely’
Five hardliners, one relative moderate to vie in June 28 election after earning approval of Guardian Council, as country’s financial woes, women’s rights loom large in voters’ minds
By Payam DOOST MOHAMADI and Jérôme RIVET
In this photo released by Saudi Royal Palace, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman greets French President Emmanuel Macron, left, upon his arrival in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021. (Bandar Aljaloud/Saudi Royal Palace via AP)
December 4, 2021, 1:59 pm
France’s Macron in Saudi to talk regional stability with crown prince
Following stops in UAE, Qatar, French president in Jeddah to discuss crisis-hit Lebanon after Riyadh blocks imports
By Jérôme RIVET
French President Emmanuel Macron is slapped in the face by a man during a visit in a small town of southeastern France, June 8, 2021. (Screen capture: Twitter)
June 8, 2021, 6:33 pm
France’s Macron slapped in the face during visit to small town
Two people arrested after president approaches barrier to greet people, is struck by one of them
By Jérôme RIVET
French President Emmanuel Macron (L) speaks to the press as Nice's mayor Christian Estrosi (R) listens outside the the Notre-Dame de l'Assomption Basilica in Nice on October 29, 2020 after a jihadist attack in the city. (Eric Gaillard/POOL/AFP)
November 1, 2020, 2:06 pm
Battling virus and Islamist attacks, France’s Macron faces a defining moment
President was beset by a succession of crises even before current situation; likely challenger in 2022 will be far-right’s Marine Le Pen
By Jérôme RIVET
French President Emmanuel Macron (L) speaks to the press as Nice's mayor Christian Estrosi (R) listens outside the the Notre-Dame de l'Assomption Basilica in Nice on October 29, 2020 after a jihadist attack in the city. (Eric Gaillard/POOL/AFP)
October 31, 2020, 4:35 pm
Macron says can ‘understand’ Muslim shock over Muhammad cartoons
But amid protests, French president tells Al-Jazeera violence over caricatures cannot be justified
By Jérôme RIVET and Stuart Williams
French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech on October 2, 2020 in Les Mureaux, outside Paris. (Ludovic MARIN / POOL / AFP)
October 2, 2020, 11:49 pm
Macron calls Islam a religion ‘in crisis,’ unveils plan to fight radicalism
Radicals have ‘swooped in,’ says French leader; vows ‘no concessions’ in push to eradicate extremism in schools and mosques; warns Islamist ‘separatism’ creating counter-society
By Laurence Benhamou and Jérôme RIVET
Illustrative: French President Emmanuel Macron wears a mask due to the COVID-19 pandemic upon arrival at Beirut International airport, on August 31, 2020. (Photo by GONZALO FUENTES / POOL / AFP)
September 1, 2020, 12:57 pm
Macron visits Lebanon in high-stakes reform drive
French president meets leaders, attends ceremonial events in effort to help country overcome major political and health crises
By Jérôme RIVET
France's President Francois Hollande, right, stands next to German President Joachim Gauck, left, as they pay respect in the crypt of the the National Monument of Hartmannswillerkop, in Wattwiller, eastern France, Sunday, August 3, 2014, to mark the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of World War I. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, Pool)
November 4, 2018, 6:14 am
World leaders to descend on France for WWI commemorations
Macron to use international spotlight to issue rallying cry against populism — in the presence of ‘America First’ Trump and other nationalist leaders
By Jérôme RIVET and Katy Lee
French Republican Guards arrive to carry the coffins of former French politician and Holocaust survivor Simone Veil and her husband Antoine Veil to the Pantheon in Paris on July 1, 2018 during the burial ceremony. (AFP Photo/Pool/Ludovic Marin)
July 1, 2018, 4:56 pm
Pantheon burial honors French rights icon, Holocaust survivor Simone Veil
Rare honor comes a year after the death of Veil, who is remembered for her successful 1974 abortion rights campaign and her long advocacy for European integration
By Jérôme RIVET
French President Emmanuel Macron, left, welcomes Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu upon his arrival at the Elysee Palace on December 10, 2017 in Paris. (AFP/Ludovic Marin)
June 5, 2018, 1:12 pm
Macron walks fine line as Netanyahu seeks anti-Iran front
Israeli, French leaders look to cooperate despite criticism over Gaza and Paris’s desire to uphold the nuclear deal with Tehran
By Jérôme RIVET and Valerie LEROUX
French President Emmanuel Macron speaks before the European Parliament on April 17, 2018, in the eastern French city of Strasbourg. (AFP PHOTO / Frederick FLORIN)
April 17, 2018, 4:49 pm
Macron: Syria strikes were ‘for honor of international community’
In address to European Parliament, French leader warns divisions between democracy and authoritarianism in EU are like a ‘civil war’
By Jérôme RIVET, Cedric Simon and Danny Kemp
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