These are just a few of the hundreds of anti-Semitic acts that have been committed in recent months in France, home to the world’s largest Jewish population outside Israel and the United States. According to French authorities, registered incidents of anti-Semitism rose to 541 last year from 311 in 2017, an increase of 74 per cent. “Day after day I’m noticing scandalous degradation and inscriptions. Some members of the yellow vest movement are known for extremist views, and several anti-Semitic incidents have occurred amid weekly anti-government protests that started in November. Concerns that anti-Semitism might be growing in France pre-dated the protests that were started in the fall to oppose fuel tax increases.

Source: National Post February 12, 2019 08:48 UTC