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Short Film on Rise of Antisemitism in France to Air on All Major French TV Networks on Bastille Day, Ahead of UEFA Euro Championship Final


With antisemitism in France escalating since Oct. 7, a short film portraying a Jewish family grappling with fear will be broadcast on Bastille Day.

With antisemitism in France escalating since the Oct. 7 massacre in Israel and the ensuing war in Gaza, a short film portraying a Jewish family grappling with fear will be broadcast on every French TV network ahead of the UEFA Euro Championship Final on July 14, Bastille Day. The Arc de Triomphe landmark in Paris also paid tribute to it with a line, “Liberté, Egalité,” leaving a blank space in lieu of fraternity (pictured above and below). Two days after the terrorist attack by Hamas in Israel on Oct. 7 which killed over 1200 people, most of whom were civilians, La France Insoumise’s leader, Jean-Luc Melenchon, referred to the massacre as an “armed offensive by Palestinian forces.”

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