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16/11/2012 - France - Middle East

Author Stéphane Hessel's home graffitied with anti-Semitism accusation

The Paris home of Stéphane Hessel, a 95-year-old French resistance hero and concentration camp survivor, has been defaced by graffiti accusing him of being anti-Semitic, his family said ...

16/11/2012

French press review 16 November 2012

Is Israel's latest Gaza operation part of Benjamin Netanyahu's election campaign?

16/11/2012 - Report: Gaza offensive

Israel's Gaza offensive aims to sabotage UN bid, Palestinians claim

Palestinian UN envoy Riyad Mansour has accused Israel of timing the attack on Gaza in order to "torpedo" Palestine's UN bid and influence the upcoming Israeli election in ...

15/11/2012

French press review 15 November 2012

All change in China ... perhaps. Why did Ahmed al-Jaabari die? Is the French left on the ideological run? Is more austerity in Europe feasible?

Palestinian Authority to submit new UN bid
14/11/2012 - World news explained

Palestinian Authority to submit new UN bid

The Palestinian Authority is again planning to submit a bid to become an observer member of the United Nations. However, the US and Israel are opposing the move.

Israeli fires warning shots into Syria
12/11/2012 - World news explained

Israeli fires warning shots into Syria

Swiss and French investigators are in Ramallah to prepare for the exhumation of former Palestinian leader Yassar Arafat.
05/11/2012 - France - Switzerland - Palestinian Territories

Swiss and French investigators in West Bank to exhume the remains of Yasser Arafat

A Swiss laboratory team and French investigators have arrived in the West Bank city of Ramallah to prepare for the exhumation of former Palestinian President Yasser Arafat.

02/11/2012 - Report: Palestinian territories

Settlers clash with Israeli soldiers

A group of settlers from the Yitzhar settlement close to the West Bank town of Nablus clashed with Israeli Defence Force (IDF) soldiers Thursday morning as they attempted to expand the ...

02/11/2012 - France

Toulouse killer's victims want inquiry as Hollande vows to wipe out anti-Semitism in France

Relatives of victims of Toulouse killer Mohamed Merah are demanding an inquiry into charges that French intelligence failed to act on clues that he was a risk. On Thursday President François Hollande acknowledged that there had been failures in intelligence at a ceremony to honour the Jewish children and rabbi Merah killed

01/11/2012 - France

French Jewish leader hails Hollande, Netanyahu visit to Toulouse killing site

President François Hollande’s visit to pay tribute to the victims of Toulouse killer Mohamed Merah is an “extraordinary gesture”, The head of France’s leading Jewish ...

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