Mayor of Nice, Christian Estrosi, at a rally in tribute to October 7 victims and in support of hostages, at the Palais de Justice in Nice, June 23, 2024. (Philippe Viglietti)

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Meet the French mayor who hung Israeli flags and a hostage banner on his City Hall

Leading Nice, the 5th-largest metropolitan area in France, the self-described ‘Jew at heart’ Christian Estrosi bucks opposition – and death…

Journalist and author of 'French Victims of Hamas,' Rachel Binhas, in Paris, June 2025. (Robert Sarner)

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Journalist explores France’s eerily telling response to its citizens’ murders on Oct. 7

With ‘French Victims of Hamas: Their Story, Our Silence,’ Rachel Binhas shines a light on local victims of the slaughter…

Renaissance party's candidate for the European Parliament election Shannon Seban addresses an audience in Aubervilliers, northeastern suburbs of Paris, on June 1, 2024, ahead of the European Parliament elections.

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French politician vocally fights antisemitism as her country is poised to recognize Palestine

After being targeted by a ‘Nazi’ website, Shannon Seban has leaned into her Jewish identity, fighting hate on the left…

Writer and pro-Israel, pro-Jewish advocate Pat Johnson in Vancouver, May 2025.

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Gay liberal Canadian writer takes fellow non-Jews to task, one acerbic essay at a time

Furious about antisemitism and unfair targeting of Israel, journalist Pat Johnson says Jews today need increasingly more support. His Substack…

Michal Harel and her husband Avital Epstein show the website they set up to help Israelis navigate a move to Canada in Oakville, Ontario, Canada, December 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Rob Gillies)

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Israelis fleeing post-Oct. 7 instability receive warm welcome from Jews in chilly Toronto

Even as antisemitism is on the rise in Canada, war-weary sabras are flocking to Toronto, where its large Jewish and…

Israel supporters observe a moment of silence as they attend a vigil outside McGill University in Montreal, Canada, on October, 7, 2024, to commemorate the victims of the October 7 massacre by Hamas on Israel. (Graham Hughes / AFP)

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264-year-old Montreal Jewish community fears antisemitism becoming the new normal

Latest incidents further fuel heightened anxiety over crisis in Canada’s second largest city as Jews face troubling questions about their…

Ofer Bronchtein in Paris, August 2024. (Hally Pancer)

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Macron’s point man on Israel-Palestine says ‘it’s not the right time to think about peace’

French-Israeli Ofer Bronchtein believes that conditions conducive to peace will eventually return, despite a deteriorating relationship between the French and…

Igal Hecht at the 'car graveyard' during filming of 'The Killing Roads' in March 2024. (Courtesy of Chutzpah Productions)

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In ‘The Killing Roads,’ filmmaker Igal Hecht confronts the visceral pain of October 7

The powerful new documentary, its release set to coincide with the massacre’s anniversary, focuses on the Hamas slaughter on the…

ICA Summit breakout session on US-Israel Alliance with (l to r) moderator Yuna Leibzon, panelists Michael Oren, Victoria Coates and Dennis Ross, in Washington, DC, September 21, 2024. (Robert Sarner)

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Not above the fray: How the US-Israel alliance is now part of American partisan politics

Three experts speaking at the Israeli American Council National Summit weigh in on the once-sacrosanct bipartisan support for the Jewish…

Benjamin Netanyahu during visit to southern Israeli city of Ashdod, January 12, 2009. (Jigsaw Pictures)

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Revealing leaked police footage, new film aims brutal lens at Netanyahu amid war

‘The Bibi Files,’ a scathing documentary, incorporates material from corruption probe to present sobering insight into the prime minister’s actions…