DiscriminationEuropeFeaturesGlobal IssuesPoliticsProtestSocietyWorld
Tens of thousands march in Paris against antisemitism
Far-right politician Marine Le Pen joined the Paris rally against rising antisemitism, while the far-left party of Jean-Luc Melenchon stayed away.
Tens of thousands of people marched in Paris on Sunday against rising antisemitism witnessed in France since October 7, when the Palestinian militant group Hamas attacked Israel, killing some 1,200 people.
- Deutsche Welle
Paris authorities deployed 3,000 police along the route of the protest, which was called by the leaders of the Senate and the lower house of parliament, the National Assembly.
“This is a vital battle for national cohesion,” Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne wrote on X, previously known as…