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January 16, 2025

Jean-Marie Le Pen Hated Jews and Israel

Shed no tears.

Last week, Jean-Marie Le Pen—the founder and longtime leader of France’s far-right National Front—died at the age of ninety-six. In the past decade, his party, now renamed National Rally, has, under the leadership of his successors, moved away from his hostility to Jews, and even attracted some with its anti-immigrant stance. Jews should not be shedding any tears of Le Pen’s death, however, according to Freddy Eytan:

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