French Anti-Jewish Violence Jumps, Reasons Unclear
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The number of anti-Semitic attacks in  France has more than doubled over the past year, with most  committed for vague reasons rather than ideology, France's  interior minister said in an interview published Friday.
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JERUSALEM, Aug 24  - An Israeli cabinet minister hailed the French government&#39;s stance on anti-Semitism Tuesday as Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom headed to Paris for talks on a growing spate of attacks on Europe&#39;s largest Jewish community.
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Violence in Iraq and instability in Lebanon are driving hundreds of thousands of people abroad in an upheaval not matched in the Middle East since the exodus of Palestinian refugees when Israel was created in 1948.
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France's Education Ministry is  distributing DVDs with excerpts of the classic Holocaust film  "Shoah" to its 5,500 lycees this week, in another step Paris is  taking to fight growing anti-Semitism.
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A 50-year-old Jewish man appears to have been behind the torching of the Jewish community center in Paris some 10 days ago, French police have confirmed.
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PARIS -- Arsonists destroyed a Jewish community center in eastern Paris before dawn yesterday, leaving behind red graffiti with anti-Semitic messages such as &quot;Jews get out.&quot;
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French police confirmed that a man arrested in connection with what was first believed to be an anti-Semitic arson attack on a Jewish social center a week ago was a Jewish man who had worked there.
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French police are investigating an arson-caused fire at a Jewish Social Center that might have killed dozens without the quick response of firefighters.
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A rise in the number of Muslims in  Western Europe has intensified longstanding anti-Jewish  sentiment in the region and acts such as desecrating synagogues  are likely to increase, the State Department said.
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In one of the worst recent anti-Semitic attacks in France, arsonists destroyed a Jewish center in Paris after daubing it with racist graffiti and swastikas, provoking condemnation by the entire political class ...
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Anger over Israeli construction near a disputed Jerusalem holy site erupted into violence Friday as police used tear gas and stun grenades to disperse thousands of rioting Muslims. Protests spread in the Arab world, with demonstrators accusing Israel of plotting to harm Islamic shrines.
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Mystery still shrouds Syria's complaint that Israel bombed its territory but the incident has set nerves jangling across the Middle East, with commentators urging both sides on Friday against an escalation into war.
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A rise in the number of Muslims in Western Europe has intensified longstanding anti-Jewish sentiment in the region and acts such as desecrating synagogues are likely to increase, the State Department said.
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Once again, arson struck a Jewish center in Paris, and once again condemnations by French government leaders are heard in what has become a routine.
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Israel's foreign minister was expected in France on Tuesday to meet with top officials about how to stem a four-year wave of violence against French Jews that shows no signs of easing.
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Around 200 French police swooped  on a Paris suburb on Monday and arrested 12 people after an  attack on two policemen renewed fears of rising crime and  sparked a row between France's judges and interior minister.
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Israel's foreign minister tells France more action is needed in the fight to curb the rise in anti-Semitism.