Yehudit Lazarovitch, JFeed Staff
![Marine Le Pen.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=700/2024/07/07/3fe8c6f0-3c43-11ef-92f9-1b32553736e2__h3387_w5078.jpg)
With the second round for the French parliamentary election looking like a close-run thing, French Jews speak about their difficult choices.
![Car explosion in Ashkelon](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/06/11/a6e7a080-2805-11ef-a53f-1909d648c45b__h331_w650.jpeg)
Crime
A 20-year-old woman was killed and a 5-year-old girl was seriously injured, in the crime-related incident.
![Osama Hamdan.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/06/04/cf6576e0-22ab-11ef-a53f-1909d648c45b__h331_w650.webp)
Israel-Gaza War, Hostage Deal
Hamas political leader Osama Hamdan convened a press conference announcing that the organization would accept no deal that did not include a complete IDF withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and a permanent cease-fire.
Polls, IDF, Charedim
81% of Charedim polled said they support the Rabbinic view that even non-yeshivah students shouldn't be drafted. 65% support leaving the coalition if yeshivah students are drafted.
![Emanuel Macron.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/05/29/10801810-1d89-11ef-90bc-6511137cc1af__h1933_w2900.jpg)
Israel-Gaza War, France
Emanuel Macron said that France would recognize a Palestinian state at an appropriate time and that he would not make this decision based on "emotion."
![Yair Golan elected leader of Labour party](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/05/28/9aac2570-1d10-11ef-ae3e-5ba489b5eb8e__h3636_w5465.jpg)
Politics
Former MK and Deputy IDF Chief of Staff Yair Golan won the Labour Party's leadership primary by an overwhelming 95%.
![Hezbollah rocket attack. Illustration.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/05/15/53c74d60-12ac-11ef-90bc-6511137cc1af__h3916_w5874.jpg)
Israel-Gaza War, Northern Front
Hezbollah fired several dozen rockets at the Meron area a few hours ago. No casualties have been reported.
![Amit Segal breaks it down.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/05/08/ed9fbc50-0d53-11ef-ae3e-5ba489b5eb8e__h4000_w6000.jpg)
Israel-Gaza War, United States
The Channel 12 political commentator says that Biden's decision to halt weapons shipments to Israel amounts to an "airlift of hope for Sinwar."
![Gabriel Attal](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/05/08/bab54290-0d0a-11ef-90bc-6511137cc1af__h331_w650.jpg)
France, Israel-Gaza War
The Prime Minister of France, Gabriel Attal, gave another pro-Israel speech, attacking the leader of the extreme left in the country who expresses his support for Hamas.
![Suspects tried to sneak goats to be sacrificed on Temple Mount](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/04/22/cdb3dd30-00a7-11ef-aef9-dd72173416da__h331_w650.jpeg)
Temple Mount
13 suspects who tried to reach the Temple Mount with goats in order to sacrifice them for Passover were detained by police.
![Soldiers of the Netzah Yehuda Battalion](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/04/21/a58bb780-ffd8-11ee-9685-6fa808a40761__h331_w650.jpg)
US-Israel Relations, Sanctions
Right-wing MKs blasted the US decision to impose sanctions on the Netzah Yehuda Battalion: "Modern-day antisemitism."
![Macron and Netanyahu](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/04/15/f4804190-fb22-11ee-aef9-dd72173416da__h331_w650.jpg)
Iranian Attack
Fearing a regional escalation, France sent a warning to its citizens to leave the country immediately. The Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the ambassadors of France, Great Britain and Germany after they condemned the attack.
![Einat Aviya Hazan](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/03/28/898f51a0-ed03-11ee-a65c-fd3f72bc574c__h331_w650.jpeg)
Fortune-teller
Einat Aviya Hazan sees visions of events that will happen in years to come and tells us she predicts Netanyahu won't finish his term in office due to health problems, Biden will not be president come Nov. 5, and all the Arab states will attack Israel.
![Netanyahu and Macron](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/03/25/2bfa1ff0-ea80-11ee-a65c-fd3f72bc574c__h331_w650.jpeg)
Emmanuel Macron
French President Emmanuel Macron spoke with Netanyahu, demanding an "immediate ceasefire" in Gaza, and a complete stop to settlement expansion in Judea and Samaria.
![Blowing of shofars.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/03/21/9733c1c0-e7c1-11ee-a65c-fd3f72bc574c__h331_w650.png)
Israel-Gaza War, Hostages
Today (Thursday), all the families of hostages participated in a mass saying of Shema at the Western Wall at 5:30 Israel Time.
![Emmanuel Macron](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/03/20/19685e90-e695-11ee-a65c-fd3f72bc574c__h331_w650.jpg)
Emmanuel Macron, Vladimir Putin
After French President Macron said that there would be no escape from sending NATO troops to Ukraine, Putin fired back: "When soldiers return in coffins covered with the French flag, I don't think the French will be happy."
![Biden accuses Putin of Navalny's death](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/02/17/46b0ef80-cdcb-11ee-bf85-77a8e5aca77e__h3596_w4355.jpg)
Russia, Alexei Navalny
President Joe Biden addressed the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in prison, accusing Putin of responsibility and calling for an investigation of his death.
![The Hague Ruling on Israel's War: The Possible Scenarios](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/01/25/3bfafcd0-bba0-11ee-8c05-7fe1aa7dfba1__h1653_w2500.jpg)
The Hague, Israel-Gaza War
Professor Amichai Cohen, an expert of public international law, believes the Hague will not issue an injunction to stop the war entirely, but thinks there are things we need to look at. Interview.
![France Holds Major Rally to Mark 100 Days of War](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/01/14/7c9adb50-b2f1-11ee-adaf-d9320ff81fe5__h331_w650.jpeg)
Israel-Gaza War, Hostages, France
President Emanuel Macron welcomed the rally, which marked a hundred days of war and called for the release of the hostages, by saying "France does not abandon its children. You can trust me."
![Rebbetzins from the Religious Zionist Community Met with Mothers of Abductees](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/01/04/859df000-ab14-11ee-8c05-7fe1aa7dfba1__h331_w650.jpeg)
Meeting with Mothers of Abductees
Rebbetzins from the religious Zionist community met with the mothers and wives of the abductees' families alongside minister Idit Silman, they shared their feelings in the face of the war and formulated methods of action in the nation for connection and unity.