France – Recent Anti-Semitic Acts

Source, Anti Defamation League (ADL), 2009

"Death to Jews" was spray-painted outside of a primary school in Nice, France (January 8, 2009).

April 11, 2009 – Drancy – A five-foot black swastika and several anti-Semitic slogans were painted on a railway wagon that was used to deport French Jews. Two other large swastikas were daubed on a commemorative monument and on the wall of a nearby shop.

March 9, 2009 – Creteil – An 18 year old Jewish youth, wearing a yarmulke, was attacked by three strangers on his way to synagogue for Purim. They threw objects at him, including a jar of mustard that struck him on the head. The resulting injuries required stitches. The victim was able to provide description of his attackers to the police who apprehended them.

January 24, 2009 – Paris – A kosher supermarket's warehouse was firebombed, causing a major fire in the eastern Paris suburb of Montreuil. An unused Molotov cocktail was found at the scene.

January 17, 2009 – Hayangue – A Molotov cocktail was thrown at a synagogue and burned the door.

January 17, 2009 – Creteil – Two 16-year-old Jews were beaten in front of a kosher restaurant by a gang that shouted “Palestine will win, dirty Jews!” One of the victims suffered head injuries, and the other was hit in the back. Seven were arrested in connection with the confrontation.

January 15, 2009 – Fontenay-sous-Bois – Carjackers shouted anti-Semitic threats and stabbed a man four times after noticing his Star of David necklace. The victim suffered stab wounds to the head and neck.

January 15, 2009 – Villeneuve-Saint-Georges – A synagogue in a small town southeast of Paris was firebombed, causing the door to catch fire.

January 15, 2009 - Villeneuve Saint Georges – The door of a synagogue south of Paris was burned, when at least one Molotov cocktail was thrown at it. No other damage was reported.

January 14, 2009 – Mulhouse – “Death to Israel”, “Long live Palestine” and “(expletive) France” were spray-painted on a synagogue.