Tag: Conseil Représentatif des Institutions Juives de France

Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel, in France 2002 – 2010

https://isgap.org/flashpoint/boycott-divestment-and-sanctions-against-israel-in-france-2002-2010/

The Palestinian cause is emblematic in more ways than one, mobilizing a multiplicity of solidarities, passions and/or actions. Associations take action to support this cause, as well as maintaining multiple links and contacts among themselves. These groups are essentially on the left or extreme left of the political spectrum and mobilize anti-globalization and alternative issues […]

The Law and the Internet (France – Europe – International Conventions)

https://isgap.org/flashpoint/the-law-and-the-internet-france-europe-international-conventions/

In France and in many European countries in particular, the provisions prohibiting incitement to racial hatred and the dissemination of racist remarks constitute reasonable and necessary restrictions on the right to freedom of speech. Many laws form the framework for combating racism and antisemitism. Furthermore, these countries are concerned with avoiding the trivialization of racist […]

ISGAP Initiates Expert Consultation on Measuring Antisemitism

https://isgap.org/post/2016/09/isgap-initiates-expert-consultation-on-measuring-antisemitism/

Leading scholars, experts and practitioners from Europe, North America and Israel held a closed meeting in Paris, to confront the question of how to build an effective multi-layered “tool” to measure antisemitism effectively. Please view the press release from the proceedings below. MEASURING ANITSEMITISM: EXPERT MEETING As more governments are accepting responsibility for monitoring and collecting data on […]

Antisemitism, Made in France (2000-2015)

https://isgap.org/flashpoint/antisemitism-made-in-france-2000-2015/

(English translation) For several years within the contentious field of antisemitism, we have seen a routine emerge of obscene words, selective outrage and blatant antisemitic assaults. But this violence forms part of a more general pattern, starting from the time of the second Intifada (2000) when anti-Jewish violence swept almost simultaneously across France and throughout […]