PARIS: More than 100,000 people turned out on Sunday to march against anti-Semitism in Paris, after days of bickering by political parties over who should take part and a surge in anti-Semitic incidents across France. “Our order of the day today is… the total fight against anti-Semitism which is the opposite of the values of the republic,” Senate speaker Gerard Larcher, who organised the demonstration, before the marchers set off.
Tensions have been rising in the French capital – home to large Jewish and Muslim communities – in the wake of the Oct 7 attack by Palestinian militant group Hamas on Israel, followed by a month of Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip.Around 500,000 Jewish people live in France, making up Europe’s largest community. France has recorded nearly 1,250 anti-Semitic acts since the attack.
Paris’ police headquarters said 105,000 people had joined the march. More than 3,000 police and gendarmes were to be be deployed to maintain security.
At the front of the march were Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, the two speakers and dignitaries including former presidents Francois Hollande and Nicolas Sarkozy, as well as religious leaders. Earlier Sunday, thousands of people gathered in major French cities including Lyon, Nice and Strasbourg behind the same slogan as the Paris march: “For the Republic, against anti-Semitism”.
Tensions have been rising in the French capital – home to large Jewish and Muslim communities – in the wake of the Oct 7 attack by Palestinian militant group Hamas on Israel, followed by a month of Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip.Around 500,000 Jewish people live in France, making up Europe’s largest community. France has recorded nearly 1,250 anti-Semitic acts since the attack.
Paris’ police headquarters said 105,000 people had joined the march. More than 3,000 police and gendarmes were to be be deployed to maintain security.
At the front of the march were Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, the two speakers and dignitaries including former presidents Francois Hollande and Nicolas Sarkozy, as well as religious leaders. Earlier Sunday, thousands of people gathered in major French cities including Lyon, Nice and Strasbourg behind the same slogan as the Paris march: “For the Republic, against anti-Semitism”.
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