Surge in ‘poisonous’ acts includes Jewish cemetery desecrated with swastikas
Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets in cities across France to protest against a recent rise in antisemitic attacks.
Political leaders from all parties, including former presidents Francois Hollande and Nicolas Sarkozy, gathered in Paris, filling the Place de la Republique, to decry anti-Semitic acts with one common slogan: “Enough!” Macron visited the national Holocaust memorial in Paris with the heads of the Senate and National Assembly.
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