November 24, 2024
A march against antisemitism took place in Paris, France, Sunday, and politicians participated.


A march against antisemitism took place in Paris, France, Sunday, and politicians participated.

Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne was among the estimated 105,000 protesters. Former presidents Francois Hollande and Nicolas Sarkozy also joined the march. Some carried banners that read: “For the Republic, against antisemitism.”

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President Emmanuel Macron did not attend, but issued a statement instead to condemn antisemitism. His country boasts a Jewish population of roughly 440,000, which is considered the third largest population in Europe.


“A France where our Jewish fellow citizens are afraid is not France. A France where French people are afraid because of their religion or their origin is not France,” Macron wrote. “No tolerance for the intolerable.”

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Similar marches took place across France, with one in Marseille drawing several thousand.

It has been over a month since Hamas first launched thousands of rockets into Israel and sent fighters to invade. The resulting war has killed over 11,000 Palestinians along with over 1,200 Israelis, according to the Associated Press.

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