France
![French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=700/2024/07/29/08508ce0-4d6f-11ef-a8a8-27fa25dcdbd2__h3191_w4786.jpg)
A letter laced with black powder and racist messages, now confirmed to be infected with the bubonic plague, has heightened security concerns across France.
![Hezbollah vs. Israel. Illustration.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/07/28/34226050-4ce3-11ef-9f41-019fe144673f__h4000_w6000.jpg)
IDF, Lebanon, Hezbollah
Following the massacre in Majdal Shams and the expected powerful Israeli response, both France and Norway are calling on their citizens to steer clear of the region.
![Paris Olympics flag](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/07/21/567ecf50-477d-11ef-92f9-1b32553736e2__h2704_w3500.jpg)
Paris Olympics 2024, Israeli team, terror threats
One of the terrorist organizations has posted a video on social media: "France will pay for supporting Zionists." This comes after Iran called for Israel to be banned from participating in the upcoming Olympics.
![Paris Olympics flag](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/07/21/567ecf50-477d-11ef-92f9-1b32553736e2__h2704_w3500.jpg)
Paris Olympics, Antisemitism
Olympic controversy erupts: French lawmaker demands Israeli flag ban, sparking diplomatic row and security concerns ahead of Paris Games.
![PARIS, FRANCE - JUNE 8 2024: The Olympic Rings installed on the Eiffel Tower ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/07/21/71328620-475a-11ef-9b01-b9b61028cadd__h3024_w4032.jpg)
Paris Olympics, Antisemitism
Far-Right teen jailed as France ramps up Olympic security; authorities act on potential threats amid heightened vigilance for Paris Games.
![Paris Olympics 2024](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/07/17/097bce60-4417-11ef-9b01-b9b61028cadd__h3024_w4032.jpg)
Terrorism, Europe
16 million tourists will come to visit it this summer.
![Emanuel Macron.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/07/11/77606980-3f77-11ef-92f9-1b32553736e2__h3915_w6627.jpg)
France
French President Macron sent an open letter calling for "mainstream political forces" to form a coalition, since no one political bloc won an absolute majority in the elections.
![French National Assembly](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/07/09/86f9dc40-3ded-11ef-9b01-b9b61028cadd__h3643_w5465.jpg)
French Legislative Elections 2024, Caroline Yadan
Caroline Yadan's district is composed of French citizens residing outside France—in countries such as Israel, Cyprus, Greece, Turkey, and Italy.
![Paris, France](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/07/08/ff68a740-3d63-11ef-9b01-b9b61028cadd__h5584_w8368.jpg)
French Elections, Left-Wing politics, Anti-Semitism
With the Left-wing's shocking rise to power, French Jews are fearing for their futures as Sunday's election results reveal Anti-Semitic party to take the lead.
![French Elections: "Mélenchon is a threat to Jews" says CRIF president Yonathan Arfi](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/07/08/8af736c0-3d2b-11ef-92f9-1b32553736e2__h1663_w2494.jpg)
France, Elections, Politics, Antisemitism
France's Jewish Leaders Urge Exclusion of Far-Left from Government Coalition
![France 24: Macron refuses Prime Minister Attal's resignation](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/07/08/8037f360-3d16-11ef-92f9-1b32553736e2__h2000_w3000.jpg)
France, Elections
The French President asked him to stay on temporarily for the sake of the country's "stability."
![The presentation of the joint programme of the New Popular Front at the Maison de la Chimie in Paris.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/07/08/2fe12c20-3ce8-11ef-92f9-1b32553736e2__h2000_w3000.jpg)
France, Elections, New Popular Front, Politics
Leftist coalition secures most seats, but falls short of majority.
![2024 French elections](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/07/07/be5c64a0-3c49-11ef-92f9-1b32553736e2__h3333_w5000.jpg)
France Elections 2024, Left-wing, politics
France sees highest voter turnout since 1981, with 61% as of 5pm in second round of France’s snap parliamentary election. But as live updates come in, results seem to have drastically swung in other direction since first round of elections, france 24 news reports.
![2024 French elections](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/07/07/be5c64a0-3c49-11ef-92f9-1b32553736e2__h3333_w5000.jpg)
France
According to France 24, 59.71% of French citizens have voted, compared to 38.11% in 2022.
![The road to a European bomb? Nuclear explosion. Illustration.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/07/07/f47e8ec0-3c5b-11ef-9b01-b9b61028cadd__h4428_w6200.jpg)
France, Nuclear Weapons
With the Cold War over and the bipartisan support for Europe waning in the US, Europe is considering collective defense on a scale never before considered.
![2024 French elections](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/07/07/be5c64a0-3c49-11ef-92f9-1b32553736e2__h3333_w5000.jpg)
France
As of noon today, 26.63% of French citizens have voted, 7 points higher than in 2022.
![Marine Le Pen.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/07/07/3fe8c6f0-3c43-11ef-92f9-1b32553736e2__h3387_w5078.jpg)
France
With the second round for the French parliamentary election looking like a close-run thing, French Jews speak about their difficult choices.
![A French voter throwing a voting ballot into the sealed box during elections in France](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/07/07/43fff450-3c2c-11ef-9b01-b9b61028cadd__h2160_w3840.jpg)
France, Elections
Far-Right surge threatens Macron's centrist alliance.
![Marine Le Pen](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/07/04/24393a40-3a11-11ef-9b01-b9b61028cadd__h3337_w5006.jpg)
French Elections, Legislative Elections, Far-right
224 contestants from the center and the left, who advanced to the 2nd round, withdrew from it to increase the chances of prevailing on Sunday over the candidates of the National Rally.
![France expels Iranian who incited against Israel and harassed the opponents of the regime](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/07/04/3bf475c0-39e7-11ef-92f9-1b32553736e2__h2334_w3500.jpg)
France, Iran, Revolutionary Guards
The Iranian citizen is suspected of ties to the Revolutionary Guards.