During his joint news conference with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House, US President Donald Trump responded to an Israeli reporter's question about the sharp rise of anti-semitic incidents across the United States since his election and what he would say to allegations that his administration “is playing with xenophobia and maybe racist tones.’’
Ilan (Alain) Greilsammer, Professor of political science at Bar Ilan University and expert on French politics says he is is very concerned by Marine le Pen’s remarks about banning all religious symbols including the kippah.
‘’I strongly reiterate that all Jewish institutions reject any contact with the National Front,’’ declared Francis Kalifat, head of CRIF, the representative umbrella group of Jewish institutions of France.
Days after suggesting that Jews should stop wearing the kippah as a way of defeating radical Islam, French extreme-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen said that if she is elected, people holding dual French and Israeli citizenship would have to give up one of their nationalities.
Rabbi Menachem Margolin, head of the Brussels-based European Jewish Association (EJA), a body which represents thousands of Jews across Europe,blasted on Wednesday French Presidential hopeful Marine Le Pen who suggested Jews should stop wearing the kippah as a way of defeating radical Islam.
