Macron hosts religious leaders for talks on combatting anti-Semitism
3 years agoGrand Rabbi of France Haim Korsia (2ndL), flanked by Rector of the Great Mosque of Paris, Chems-eddine Hafiz (L), Archbishop of Reims and President of the Conference des Eveques de France (CEF - Bishops' Conference of France) Eric de Moulins-Beaufort (C), President of the Protestant Federation of France (FPF) Christian Krieger (R), addresses media during a press conference after a meeting between France's President and France's religious representatives at the presidential Elysee Palace in Paris on November 13, 2023, one day after the anti-Semitism protests in France and after having himself appealed for national unity in a letter to the French. - Thousands of civilians, both Palestinians and Israelis, have died since October 7, 2023, after Palestinian Hamas militants based in the Gaza Strip entered southern Israel in an unprecedented attack triggering a war declared by Israel on Hamas with retaliatory bombings on Gaza. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP)
President Emmanuel Macron on Monday hosted religious leaders for talks on combatting anti-Semitism in France, a day after a Paris march rallied tens of thousands to express anxiety over an upsurge in acts against Jews.