Antisemitism has surged as a hot-button issue in France's high-stakes legislative election campaign.
Heat index up to 105° to 110° around San Antonio, and we’re watching the the Atlantic for dust and tropical activityShannon Seban, a legislative election candidate for the camp of President Emmanuel Macron , campaigns, in the Paris suburb of Ivry-sur-Seine, Tuesday June 25, 2024. Antisemitism has surged as a hot-button issue in France's high-stakes legislative election campaign. On the outskirts of Paris, a candidate who is Jewish is feeling the heat of hatred.
He was eventually expelled from the party as part of a makeover by his daughter and successor, Marine Le Pen, to make it palatable to mainstream voters. The manifesto notes that France's estimated 5 million Muslims are also targets of hatred. It pledges that, if elected, the coalition's government would propose plans to combat both antisemitism and Islamophobia.
“Good morning, Madame,” she said as she thrust a leaflet into the hands of another market shopper. “We're counting on you Sunday to be a bulwark against the extremes. It's important.”have surged in the wake of Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel. Seban says she faced antisemitism before that. She spoke in an Associated Press interview of being the target of particularly hurtful verbal abuse that she said referenced her supposedly"murderous Jewish nose.
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