After the results of the second round of voting for France’s National Assembly came in, showing that the left-wing Nouveau Front Populaire (“New Popular Front”; the only more ominous moniker would be “New Third Reich”) had become the largest grouping, the Chief Rabbi of Paris spoke: “It is clear today that there is no future for Jews in France. I tell everyone who is young to go to Israel or a more secure country.”
The parties of France’s center and center-right joined forces in the second round to defeat what they saw as the true menace, the “far right” Rassemblement National (National Rally) of Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella. Irony abounds. From the French Revolution onward, the French Right was identified with antisemitism. Today its most popular component, the RN, is the country’s strongest supporter of Israel. Meanwhile, as Rabbi Sebbag laments, the progressive Left has become the home of Jew-Hatred.
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