Tatiana Geiselmann Credits // ABDESSLAM MIRDASS / HANS LUCAS / HANS LUCAS VIA AFP
– Last weekend, three students, members of the Union of Jewish Students of France, were violently attacked on the Strasbourg campus. Since the start of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, after the Hamas attacks on October 7, anti-Semitic acts have increased by more than 1,000% in France, according to the Representative Council of Jewish Institutions of France.
The conflict in the Middle East continues to have repercussions in France. Since the start of the fighting between Israel and Hamas, anti-Semitic acts have increased by more than 1,000% according to CRIF. Latest example: this particularly violent attack on the Strasbourg campus last weekend of three young members of the Union of Jewish Students of France.
At the time of the events, the young victims were putting up posters when they were attacked and then violently attacked. “They were accosted by two young girls who wanted them to stop putting up posters. After heated exchanges, they started yelling at them, then they called friends who beat up the three students,” testifies in Europe, the representative of Jewish students of France from Strasbourg.
Minister Aurore Berger denounces this attack
One of the attacked students managed to take refuge in a restaurant. The other two managed to escape and they all filed complaints. On Saturday, the minister responsible for combating discrimination, Aurore Bergé, came to provide support to the students. “Students who have Jewish-sounding names are refusing to come to university because they are afraid of being subjected to violence and that is unacceptable,” she denounced.
Anti-Semitic graffiti had been found on the Strasbourg campus, but this is the first time that a physical attack has taken place. According to the CRIF, more than 1,000 anti-Semitic acts have been recorded in France over the last three months.