France’s Macron Decries Rising Hate, Ignorance in Holocaust Speech: AP, Politico, Includes video, July 17, 2022 — French President Emmanuel Macron decried his Nazi-collaborator predecessors and rising antisemitism, vigorously vowing to stamp out Holocaust denial as he paid homage Sunday to thousands of French children sent to death camps 80 years ago for one reason alone: because they were Jewish.
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France’s Islamist Challenge: A Top Issue for French Intellectuals: Martha Lee, Middle East Quarterly, Summer 2022
French Jews on the Tightrope: Anael Malet, Mosaic, May 2, 2022
The French State’s Instruments for Combating Islamism: Responses and Shortcomings: Haoues Seniguer, European Eye on Radicalization, July 15, 2022
Shifting Policy, France Brings Home French Wives of Jihadists: Constant Méheut, NY Times, July 5, 2022
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For Further Reference:
Watch the Recording of Our Conversation on French Jewry’s Existential Dilemma: The Editors, Mosaic, June 2, 2022 — French Jews are in a difficult situation. On the one hand, France has endured a significant uptick in radical Islamist terror in recent years, of which Jews have been a chief target.
France ‘Betrayed Itself’ with the Vél d’Hiv Roundup, says President Macron: France 24, 2022 – July 17, 2022 — French President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday that France under the Vichy regime “extinguished the Enlightenment” during a speech at the former train station in Pithiviers from which more 8,000 Jews were sent to Auschwitz.
How French Court Ruled in Paris Islamist Attacks Trial: US News, June 29, 2022 –– A French court announced guilty verdicts on Wednesday for all 20 men tried for the Nov. 13, 2015, Paris attacks in which 130 people were killed by Islamist militants.
Islamic State Still ‘Global Operation,’ says Pentagon Report: Al-Monitor, Feb. 20, 2022 — According to the latest Pentagon Inspector General report, the Islamic State “claimed fewer attacks in Iraq and Syria but remained entrenched in remote, rugged areas.”
British Columbia to Rename Geographical Sites Honoring Nazi Collaborator Pétain: Dion J. Pierre, Algemeiner, July 5, 2022 — Three geographic sites in British Columbia will no longer be named after Marshal Philippe Pétain, the notoriously antisemitic leader of France’s wartime collaborationist government created after the Nazi invasion.
