"There is significant damage to up to 10 tombs at the cemetery which have been smashed," she told AFP, expressing her "shock and horror". ANALYSIS Where does all the hatred towards Jews in France come from? The Jewish cemetery was created in the late 17th century and progressively extended. Over 100 graves were defaced with swastikas and other anti-Semitic graffiti at the cemetery in Westhoffen in December, while 96 tombs were desecrated at Quatzenheim, also in Alsace, in February. President Emmanuel Macron said after the Westhoffen vandalism that "Jews are and make France" and that "those who attack them, even their graves, are not worthy of the idea we have of France."

Source: The Local January 07, 2020 12:33 UTC