Overview
- Rabbi Elie Lemmel was struck in the head by a chair at a café terrace in Neuilly-sur-Seine on June 6 and taken to hospital with a head injury.
- A Palestinian man residing illegally in Germany was arrested at the scene and is under investigation for aggravated assault.
- This attack followed Lemmel’s beating in Deauville last week, marking his second physical assault in seven days.
- In 2024, French authorities recorded 1,570 anti-Semitic incidents and recent weeks saw vandals spray green paint on synagogues and memorials in Paris.
- Leaders including Prime Minister François Bayrou and the CRIF condemned the violence and called for heightened protections for Jewish communities.