Overview
- Paris 1 Panthéon‑Sorbonne says an August 24 WhatsApp poll asked “Les juifs, pour ou contre ?,” and it has formally condemned the act as antisemitic.
- Screenshots reviewed by multiple outlets show that on September 15 several students were removed from a first‑year promotion Instagram group with a message excluding “sionistes,” with reports citing at least five students affected.
- The university states it has transmitted all elements to the public prosecutor and will launch disciplinary proceedings once the authors are identified.
- Higher Education Minister Philippe Baptiste publicly denounced the incidents, pressed for an Article 40 referral to prosecutors, and called for zero tolerance.
- The UEJF is assisting affected students in filing complaints as coverage situates the case within a broader rise in antisemitic acts and recent higher‑education measures against such conduct.