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Vandals Deface El Al’s Paris Office With Red Paint and Pro-Palestinian Slogans

A joint French-Israeli investigation has been launched into the defacement following Macron’s pledge to recognize a Palestinian state.

A view of slogans 'EL AL genocide airline' and 'Palestine will live and will win', sprayed with red paint on the entrance of the EL AL Israel Airlines offices in Paris, France August 7, 2025. REUTERS/Noemie Olive
El Al Offices In Paris Vandalized With Red Paint, Antisemitic Graffiti
A view of a slogan 'EL AL genocide airline' sprayed with red paint on the entrance of the EL AL Israel Airlines offices in Paris, France August 7, 2025. REUTERS/Noemie Olive
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Overview

  • Overnight on August 7, El Al’s unoccupied Paris office was daubed with red paint and inscriptions including “Free Palestine” and “El Al Genocide Airline,” and no one was harmed.
  • French law enforcement opened an investigation and is collaborating with Israel’s Foreign Ministry and El Al security teams to identify the perpetrators.
  • Israeli Transport Minister Miri Regev denounced the act as “barbaric and violent” and linked it to President Macron’s recent statehood announcement.
  • Ambassador Joshua Zarka described the vandalism as an “act of terrorism” intended to intimidate Israeli staff and citizens.
  • The incident underscores a notable rise in antisemitic attacks in France since October 2023, prompting heightened security at Jewish sites across Paris.