French leader: ‘Anti-Zionism synonymous with anti-Semitism’

2016. március 8 21:47

 French leader: ‘Anti-Zionism synonymous with anti-Semitism’

News updates from the World Jewish Congress website – 08 March 2016
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French leader: ‘Anti-Zionism synonymous with anti-Semitism’

France’s Prime Minister Manuel Valls told the annual CRIF dinner in Paris that „all too often, French Jews have reason to be frightened.”
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