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French police will open antisemitism probe into killing of Jewish man, 89 after U-turn

New line of enquiry as suspect's concerning social media history emerges

By Shirli Sitbon

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A French gendarme stands at the entrance of a courtroom at the Palais de Justice, Paris' historic courthouse on May 17, 2022. (Photo by Geoffroy VAN DER HASSELT / AFP) (Photo by GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT/AFP via Getty Images)
French police officers stand guard close to a building in the Duchere district of the city of Lyon on October 26, 2021. - French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin on October 26, 2021, deplored the absence of surveillance cameras in the district of Lyon where police officers from the anti-crime brigade (Bac) came under fire on October 25, and sent a letter to the mayor of this city inviting him to install them. There were no injuries. (Photo by PHILIPPE DESMAZES / AFP) (Photo by PHILIPPE DESMAZES/AFP via Getty Images)

90-year-old Jewish French man allegedly pushed to his death from apartment block

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French far-right media pundit Eric Zemmour (C) gestures as he arrives for the promotion launch event of his new book "France hasn't said its last word" (La France na pas dit son dernier mot) in Nice, southeastern France, on September 18, 2021. - French far-right pundit Eric Zemmour is inching closer to announcing a run for the presidency, a move that would create fresh uncertainty around France's 2022 election race. (Photo by Valery HACHE / AFP) (Photo by VALERY HACHE/AFP via Getty Images)

Failed French Presidential candidate Éric Zemmour acquitted of Holocaust denial

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France’s new prime minister is the daughter of a Holocaust survivor and French Resistance hero

France’s new prime minister is the daughter of a Holocaust survivor and French Resistance hero

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PARIS, FRANCE - MAY 01: Marine Le Pen gestures as she delivers a speech during the French Far Right Party May Day demonstration on May 1, 2012 in Paris, France. Marine Le Pen, the daughter of the French far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen, received only 6.4 million votes in the first round of the presidential elections. Both current French President Nicolas Sarkozy and French Socialist Party candidate Francois Hollande are now fighting to win support from the French Far Right ahead of the second round elections on May 6. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)

France is in a worryingly dangerous place now

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TOPSHOT - French far-right party Rassemblement National (RN) presidential candidate Marine Le Pen addresses party supporters after the first results of the first round of the Presidential election in Paris, on April 10, 2022. (Photo by Thomas SAMSON / AFP) (Photo by THOMAS SAMSON/AFP via Getty Images)

French Jews urged to vote Macron to keep out Le Pen

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Family of Jewish man killed by tram call on police to re-open investigation into his death

Family of Jewish man killed by tram call on police to re-open investigation into his death

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French government bans two pro-Palestinian groups accused of inciting violence

By JC Reporter

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March 17, 2022 12:59
Protesters hold placards during an improvised demonstration in support of the Palestinian people in Bordeaux, southwestern France, on July 12, 2014, on the fifth day of the conflict with Israel, of which the toll reached 127 dead, with nearly 950 people wounded, according to Gaza emergency services. Some 1000 people according the organisers and 400 according to the police attended the gathering held without authorization and called by the collectives Generation Palestine 33 and Comite Action Palestine. AFP PHOTO / MEHDI FEDOUACH (Photo credit should read MEHDI FEDOUACH/AFP via Getty Images)
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