2015 Paris Terror Attacks

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Giovanni Giacalone

Jul 23, 2024, 2:12 PM

The threats against Israeli athletes in France. Should we worry?

Over the last week, Israeli athletes competing at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics, taking place from July 26th to August 11th, have been receiving death threats, hateful messages, and phone calls from foreign numbers with the invitation to their...

May 13, 2024, 5:54 AM

Euro(di)vision: The Power of Music to Unite or Divide

Eden Golan delivers a captivating performance of "Hurricane" at the Eurovision Grand Final, Malmö Arena. (Photo by Sarah Louise Bennett / EBU)

In a world divided by conflicts and cultural clashes, music emerges as a beacon of hope, transcending barriers to entertain, inspire, heal, and bring people together. This year, Eurovision highlighted this transformative influence through Israel's entry, "Hurricane" by Eden...

Apr 17, 2024, 4:58 PM

Dangerous Iran: A Way Out

Make no mistake, the Iranians wanted and expected to inflict major damage on Israel and its citizens. This was not simply a case of slowly traveling drones. Iran fired 110 of its fast flying 500 kilogram ballistic missiles that...

Evyatar (Evy) Duek

Sep 16, 2023, 3:50 PM

To the Mayor of Paris; Too Little Too Late

Anne Hidalgo's Facebook post from Sept. 22, 2015, only weeks after Abbas stated the Jews have no right to desecrate Al-Aksa with their “filthy feet”

Many praises were sent to the Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, for revoking Mahmoud Abbas's honorary title, the Grand Vermeil medal, as a result of his recent anti-semitic and false claims about the history of the Jews and Israel. But...

Aug 4, 2023, 3:51 PM

Wiesenthal Centre and the Lessons of Copernic

In the years following the terrorist bombing of the Paris Copernic Synagogue, the French Jewish community was galvanized to create Jewish radio stations and training courses for the protection of Jewish religious and cultural institutions. On Succot, 30 October 1980,...

Jan 28, 2022, 12:50 AM

‘Happy as a Jew in France!’ – What happened to smash the dream

The Wiesenthal Centre chose to open its office in Paris as France had -- and still has -- the largest Jewish and Muslim communities in Europe. Though religion is not included in state census, it is estimated that there...

Sergio Restelli

Nov 8, 2021, 4:47 PM

Pakistan’s capitulation to terrorist groups begins

Khalil-ur Rehman Haqqani in Kabul. Original image tweeted by Sarfaraz1201

The Pakistan Government back to causing global concerns by talking truce with two major Islamist militant groups that are banned, yet defiant, whose activities have had ramifications beyond national borders. Domestic Pakistani critics, among them political parties, civil society...

Sep 20, 2021, 1:50 AM

Open Letter to French President Macron:’Jihadi Islamism Common Terror Factor”

Paris, 20 September Mr. President, France’s recent terrorist history is marked from the 1980 Copernic synagogue bombing to the 1982 Goldenberg restaurant massacre, the Carpentras 1990 Jewish cemetary exhumation of a corpse hung on an umbrella,the 2006 torture to death of...

Sep 9, 2021, 8:13 AM

2015 Paris Terror Attacks: A Jewish Perspective

For the 20th World Summit on Counter Terrorism Arab terrorism on French soil had predominantly focused on Jewish targets, especially since the October 1980 Copernic synagogue bombing. This launched 73 shootings and bombings against Jews across Western Europe, of which 29...

May 29, 2021, 10:51 PM

80th Farhud anniversary: A precursor to 2021 violent international antisemitism

The Wiesenthal Centre is proud to join 26 organizations, led by HARIF, the UK-based Association of Jews from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) on 30 May, to commemorate, the 1 June 1941, Farhud Baghdad pogrom against its...

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