Paris region to sign co-operation deal with East Jerusalem

later this month, the Paris region will sign a co-operation agreement with the Palestinian district of East Jerusalem.

It will be only the second such deal between France’s most populous region and a Middle Eastern city; the first such deal was struck with Beirut.

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Jean-Marie Le Pen backs Marine on kippah ban

The founder of France's main far right party has backed its current leader after she called for a public ban of kippot along with Muslim headscarves and other religious symbols.

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Strauss-Kahn's wife 'doing well' after separation

Their relationship survived his political rise, her appointment as editor of the French Huffington Post, and of course, the scandal of his alleged infidelities in a New York hotel room.

But the romantic coupling of Dominique Strauss-Kahn and Anne Sinclair appears to be no more.

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Death camp letter sent to French rabbi

French anti-terror police are on high alert after a chief rabbi was sent harrowing images of Jewish children being marched to a Second World War death camp.

A menacing letter and the grim pictures were posted to Chief Rabbi Richard Wertenschlag at his synagogue in Lyon.

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Probe into mother's death after custody fight with prince

A French Jewish mother locked in a custody battle with a member of the Saudi royal family who she claimed had kidnapped her daughter has fallen to her death, just a few months after a court ruled in her favour.

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Marine Le Pen sues Bernard-Henri Levy for defamation

The leader of the French far-right, Marine Le Pen, is suing author Bernard-Henri Levy and Haïm Musicant, the director of Crif, the country’s Jewish umbrella group, for accusing her of antisemitism.

If convicted by the Paris Court of Justice, both Mr Levy and Mr Musicant face a fine of up to 15,000 euros.

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